Africa

• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-Appointment of the Bishop of Namibe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Namibe (Angola) Rev. Dionisio Hisiilenapo of the clergy of Ondjiva, Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Angola ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- A new center for the treatment of HIV/AIDS opens tomorrow in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNAIDS report 2010, the world begins to register a reversal of the spread of the HIV epidemic. In recent years more than 5 million people in the southern countries of th ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-In the country people continue to die due to lack of basic medicines and anesthetics Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the lack of anesthetics, one person dies every week in Kenya, and the situation is particularly serious in rural areas. In areas such as Turkana in the Rift Valley, and Northeastern provi ...
• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Return of immigrants and insecurity among the problems of the new state of Southern Sudan, "but the hope is high", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Khartoum (Fides Service) - One of the problems that South Sudan will have to face is the accommodation of hundreds of thousands of immigrant southern Sudanese who are returning from Khartoum and other areas of northern S ...
• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the Theological major Seminary "Paul VI" in the Archdiocese of Douala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Benoit Kala, of the diocesan clergy of Nkongsamba, Rector of the inter-diocesan The ...
• 6 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the major philosophical Seminary "Paul VI" in the diocese of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2011 Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Dominique Ndeh, of the diocesan clergy in Bafoussam, Rector of the ...
• 6 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Despite the tensions, a festive atmosphere is lived on the eve of independence", says the Secretary general of the Archdiocese of Juba Juba (Fides Service) - "The spirit of the population is high, there is excitement about the event. Feverish preparations are under way to fix streets and paint the buildings", says Fr. Martin Ochaya to Fides, Secretary ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA /NIGERIA - "I do not exclude political reasons, someone could use the sect Boko Haram" says the Bishop of Maiduguri after recent attacks Maiduguri (Fides Service) - "It is clear that the tension in the city is very high, since there are armed groups who go around shooting people", says Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doem to Fides, Bishop of Maiduguri, in north Nigeria ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- Peace march for Congo along the Francigena way on behalf of a Congolese living in Italy Rome (Fides Service) - "It is important to know one’s own history to avoid that the same crimes are repeated", says John Mpaliza to Fides, a Congolese native of Bukavu ( Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the preparatory Seminary "Paul VI" in the Diocese of Nkongsamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 27, 2011 appointed rev. Wolfgang Bienvenu Misoba, the diocesan clergy of Eseka rector of t ...
• 4 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "I pray for reconciliation between the Libyans", says Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "We need sincere dialogue to keep Libya united. I hope that the Libyans are reconciled. I hope in a sincere reconciliation between Tripoli and Benghazi, without prejudice and without special cla ...
• 2 July 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tahrir Square fills up again with protesters. The opinion of a missionary to Fides Cairo (Fides Service) - Thousands of people demonstrated yesterday, 1st July, in Tahrir Square in Cairo to ask the trials against those who ordered the violent suppression of the revolution of January and February to be ...
• 2 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA- 50 years of AMECEA celebrated in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year, founded in 1961. The anniversary coincides with the 17th Plenary Assembl ...
• 1 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Okogie: "No to Islamic Banking, because it is a plan to subjugate Christians" AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Okogie: "No to Islamic Banking, because it is a plan to subjugate Christians" Lagos (Fides) - Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop of Lagos, has expressed his opposition to the proposal ...
• 1 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Mothers forced to give birth on the roadside: "the situation of displaced people of Abyei is still dramatic," says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Juba (Fides Service) - "The situation of displaced people of Abyei remains dramatic, despite the arrival of some humanitarian aid", said Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sud ...