Africa

• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes in a suburb of Kano, a missionary to Fides: "The city center is calm" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The city is calm and we have no news of terrorist attacks in the area where we are," says to Fides Fr. Thomas, of the Society of African Missions (SAM), from Kano in the north-west of Nigeria, wh ...
• 21 February 2012
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Drought and malnutrition ravages the country: 12 million people at risk of food insecurity and hunger in Sahel Nouakchot (Agenzia Fides) - The majority of the inhabitants of Douerara, a small town located about 800 kilometers east of Nouakchot, the capital of Mauritania, live in an area surrounded by sand and rocks in Sahel. Beca ...
• 21 February 2012
  AFRICA/ NIGERIA - Assault on the market: "we heard at least 6 explosions," says the Bishop of Maiduguri, who asks the Christians in the world to pray for them Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation appears to have returned to calm, with the people who dedicate themselves to their normal activities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, the city i ...
• 21 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The repression of the march on February 16: the evaluations of a missionary to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The opposition relied a lot on the success of this march to reassert itself at a political and social level. The police then intervened to prevent a successful initiative that would eventually ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-"I thank all people of good will who are close to us," says the Bishop of Moramanga after a visit to the places affected by the cyclone Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - According to data released by the National Office, there are at least 200,000 people affected by the passage of Cyclone Storm Giovanna on February 13th (see Fides 14/02/2012; 16/02/2012; 17/02 ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The priests and nuns arrested on February 16 have been released, when a march was blocked organized by lay Catholics Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The three priests and two nuns who were arrested on February 16 in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. This is confirmed to Fides by the local Church from Ki ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Islamic brotherhoods in the electoral game Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "There is not a good atmosphere, especially here in Dakar, even if the rest of the Country, the situation looks better," say to Fides local Church sources from the capital of Senegal, where a week ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "I have lived the experience of 5 cyclones, but this was worse than the others": the Bishop of Moramanga traces to Fides an initial toll of the damage Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The rivers have risen and in many parts of the city there were severe floods, the crops have been completely lost, in some villages epidemics are feared, many houses (huts or similar) have co ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/BENIN - Moto-taxis for needy families: ensuring the development and creation of jobs Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - Several families with economic difficulties in the municipalities of Dangbo, Adjarra and Porto-Novo received 75 motorcycle taxis at the "Centre Michael Magone" in Porto-Novo. This is a microc ...
• 16 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The number of children abandoned because of clashes in Southern Sudan increases Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2 000 people have died and 250 000 are displaced due to the conflict between the ethnic communities of the Lou Nuer and Murle in Likuangole and in other regions of Jonglei, in Southern Su ...
• 16 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - After the cyclone: " phones blocked and communication is very difficult, the main damage is to crops," says to Fides the Bishop of Ambanja Ambanja (Agenzia Fides) - Despite poor internet connections, the Bishop of Ambanja, His Exc. Mgr. Rosario Vella, managed to get in touch with Fides and communicated some information concerning cyclone Giovanna which on ...
• 15 February 2012
  AFRICA-In Africa 23 million people are at risk of hunger Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) with regards to the food crisis that could hit 23 million people in arid areas of West Africa if not treated immediately. The I ...
• 15 February 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-Evangelizing among illiteracy, extreme poverty and endemic diseases: the work of Mgr. Azzolini, founder of the diocese of Makeni, which celebrates 50 years Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, on 24 February 1962 (see Fides 09/01/2012). This church was born by the division of the newly for ...
• 14 February 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- A "juvenile court" to ensure respect for the rights of even the youngest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - For several months a "juvenile court", has been active in Kinshasa, an important achievement for the Congolese society. "After the promulgation of the law in January 2009 for the protection of ...
• 14 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Alert in the country for the arrival of the devastating tropical cyclone "Giovanna" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - A violent tropical cyclone near the Madagascan town of Toamasina on the east coast is expected, which will head to the capital Antananarivo. Named cyclone Giovanna, will have such a violen ...