Africa

• 6 August 2012
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - At least 6 people killed in an assault on a police station in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - At least six people died in the early morning hours of August 6 in an assault on a military camp in the Cocody district located in the north of Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. ...
• 4 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga denounces the illegal exploitation of timber in Kasomeno on behalf of the Chinese Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For about 8 months, some Chinese have started an anarchic exploitation of timber in the region of Kasomeno, 150 km north of Lubumbashi (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo)" denou ...
• 3 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Emergency malnutrition: the number of deaths in South Sudan has doubled with a daily average of 5 children and 2 adults Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - More than 170 000 refugees have had to walk for weeks to cross the border and escape from the conflict and food insecurity in the Sudanese states of the Blue Nile and South Kordofan. Many have ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Large participation in the "March of hope" to say no to the division of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Large participation in the "March of hope", which was held yesterday, August 1 in 47 Congolese dioceses (see Fides 01/08/2012), as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the ...
• 2 August 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Calmness returns in Nyala after clashes which caused victims and injuries in recent days Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in western Sudan, is recovering from two days of violent protests that caused deaths and injuries. A resident contacted by phone by the Catholic Radio Netw ...
• 1 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Confirmed for today the "March of Hope" to ask for peace in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The "March of hope", organized by the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of efforts to oppose the so-called "balkanization" of the Country, whose territorial integrity is ...
• 1 August 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Precarious security in Benghazi among attacks, kidnappings and assaults in prisons Tripoli (Agenzia Fides)-Bombs, kidnappings and assaults in prisons: security in Benghazi, the capital of Cyrenaica (eastern Libya) still seems precarious after about 9 months since the end of the civil war and the overth ...
• 31 July 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bombing continues in the Blue Nile Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese "Antonov" (transport planes converted into bombers) have dropped 37 bombs on villages and civilians in the State of The Blue Nile. This is what the Sudan Catholic Radio Network re ...
• 30 July 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A mysterious disease continues to claim victims among the children in the north of the country Kitgum (Agenzia Fides) - A mysterious form of epilepsy that affects children in particular, continues to spread in Uganda. So far 300 have been killed in the north of the country and in some areas of southern Sudan. The ...
• 30 July 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Alarm and concern about an uncontrollable cholera epidemic Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, is now the center of a cholera epidemic, after the first confirmed case was found in the north of the country in February. On 18 July, the first reported case ...
• 30 July 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The President ad interim announces the creation of new bodies in order to overcome the crisis Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The President ad interim of Mali, Dioncounda Traoré, who has just returned to the Country after a long convalescence in France (see Fides 28/07/2012), consolidates his power, with the creation o ...
• 28 July 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - "I forgive my attackers," says President ad interim upon his return to Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "I forgive my attackers," said President ad interim of Mali, Dioncounda Traore, on his return home after a long period of convalescence in France, to heal the wounds caused by the aggression with ...
• 27 July 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "To serve the sick at the cost of one’s life", Camillian communities gathered together for children orphaned by AIDS Karungu (Agenzia Fides) - Each year, on July 14, the Camillian Religious around the world celebrate their founder St. Camillus. Even this year the different Camillian communities in Kenya have come together and some have ...
• 27 July 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Not only Rwanda but also Uganda supports the M23", accuses the Congolese civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Fighting from the Congolese army, backed by United Nations troops and rebels of the M23 continue, in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to agency sources, the cla ...
• 26 July 2012
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Church of Ghana express their condolences over the death of President Atta Mills Accra (Agenzia Fides)-The Bishops of Ghana say they are "dismayed and shocked by the death of His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, President of our dear nation" in a message published on behalf of the local Episcopal Co ...