Africa

• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fourth Major Seminary in Burundi is starting Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, coincided with the blessing of the first buildings of the Major Seminary of Saint Charles Lwanga, in the presence of the Apostolic Nun ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - " Minimum services are guaranteed in Dadaab, waiting for new security protocols", says the representative of Caritas Somalia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "For the moment, given the security situation, what remains active in Dadaab are those that the UNHCR calls the Life Saving Activities. All organizations present in Dadaab keep the necessary sta ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rape and sexual violence, the problems mostly felt by women who have fled from Somalia Dadaab (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a brief analysis carried out by the Program on Gender-based violence (GBV) in Dadaab, rape and sexual violence are the problems mostly felt by women and girls who have fled from Som ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - Cholera continues to make victims among Haitians: in a year 6,500 infected people have died Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the population is still threatened by the deadly disease. Since the first cases which occured in October 2010, more than 450 th ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The second annual meeting of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is taking place in Accra, Ghana, from October 23 to 26. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides r ...
• 22 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "I am optimistic about the future of Tunisia" says the Archbishop of Tunis on the eve of the vote Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very calm. Last night, the campaign ended without any incidents and now we are living in the expectation of the vote" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Maroun Elias Lahham, Archbishop ...
• 22 October 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Paul Biya re-elected President of Cameroon Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The outgoing President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, was re-elected the Head of State for the sixth time in the elections held on 9 October (see Fides 10/10/2011). This was announced on October 21 by ...
• 22 October 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - A chain of prayer broadcast by radio Haja prepares World Mission day in the Diocese of Antsirabé Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Antsirabe in Madagascar celebrates World Mission Sunday preceded by weeks of preparation marked by moments of prayer and missionary animation. This is what Fr. Serge Faraklin ...
• 21 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The death of Colonel Gaddafi, "a tragic epilogue, which one cannot rejoice over, but we must work to build peace and harmony" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "When faced with the death of a man, sentiments of Christian piety, besides human sentiments must always prevail. One cannot therefore rejoice over an epilogue, the death of Colonel Gaddafi, th ...
• 21 October 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "The population still needs to be reconciled in its innermost self", says the Bishop Lwena to Fides Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The hope is through faith that enlivens our communities despite the serious problems that they are afflicted by," said His Exc. Mgr. Jesus Tirso Blanco, Bishop of Lwena, in eastern Angola, pass ...
• 20 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 60 000 refugees were transferred to Kakuma camp Kakuma (Agenzia Fides) - The difficulties in the Horn of Africa continue: recently more than 60 000 refugees were transferred from Dadaab to Kakuma camp. Various international organizations are warning of possible outbre ...
• 20 October 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary October amid difficulties and indifference, in a poor and starving country Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, the celebration of Missionary October is not felt for several reasons: the different calendar, the major presence of communities of the Eastern rite, the weakness of the structu ...
• 19 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Every parish, home and workplace is a land of mission", says the National Director of the PMS in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As part of our baptism, we are called to the mission of proclaiming and living the Word of God", said Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Za ...
• 19 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Our nation is in a state of serious crisis", say the leaders of Christian Churches in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Our nation is in a state of crisis, a crisis of dignity and discipline, a crisis of education and crisis in our communities. Together, the Christian communities can help turn this situatio ...
• 18 October 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Angola is a country in rapid transformation; poverty, sects and immigrants are a challenge and an opportunity for the Church" says the Bishop of Caxito to Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our diocese is young, since it was established on June 6, 2007, derived from one part of the Archdiocese’s territory of Luanda. It spreads out over two provinces of Angola, Luanda and Bengo, of ...