Africa

• 26 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Hopes for peace with the African Union; “we are waiting for events to evolve”, says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We have been invited to a big event to be held in Tripoli. I am not exactly sure what it is about. If it is a peace rally we have no problems with participating,” says Bishop Giovanni Innoc ...
• 26 March 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Events in Northern Africa pose interesting questions for the Christian community Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to see how this transition phase will develop. Then on the basis of this development we as a Church will be able to make our evaluation,” says Fr Luciano Verdoscia, the Columban missi ...
• 25 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “The European Union should drop the embargo on medicine”: appeal to Fides by Archbishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I call on all to respect life. In the name of the right to health, I ask that the European Union drop the embargo on medicine”. This is the appeal launched through Fides by Archbishop Jean- ...
• 25 March 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Fourteen thousand new cases of tuberculosis in Addis Abeba, Government taking action Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – Health officials in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, are concerned about the spread of tuberculosis in the city, whose population is more than 2.7 million. In a statement by Desalegn Gebr ...
• 24 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “I have trust in African wisdom,” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli; a ship of refugees bound for Italy turned back Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “I have trust in African wisdom to resolve the crisis. The Europeans delude themselves that they can resolve this matter with bombs. We need to allow room for mediation by the African Union.� ...
• 24 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - African Bishops revive demand for observer status at African Union Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of Secretaries General of African national and regional Episcopal Conferences, held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), concluded with the adoption of a strategic pla ...
• 23 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “I am not afraid of the bombs, but rather the inability to try and dialogue,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “I am not afraid of the bombs, but rather the inability to try and dialogue to find a peaceful solution,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, Libya, to Fid ...
• 23 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “Human rights are not being respected. The poorest are paying the price for everyone. How can we stop this massacre?”, asks a sister from Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The confrontation between the armed forces of Côte d'Ivoire, who support the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, and the supporters of President-elect, Alassane Ouattara is becoming increasi ...
• 22 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “What do you want to achieve with these bombings?”, asks the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “From last night to tonight we heard several very loud explosions, albeit in the distance, with the counter-attack by the Libyan anti-aircraft artillery, says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martine ...
• 22 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Towards civil war to the indifference of the international community; damage to a convent in Clarisse Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Côte d'Ivoire is sliding into civil war,” reveal local Church sources to Fides, who for security motives wish to remain anonymous. “The fighting in Abidjan, the administrative and econom ...
• 22 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Card. Pengo calls for greater commitment to evangelisation in Africa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Symposium for the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Card. Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, issued an appeal to all the African Episcopal C ...
• 22 March 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Rising recruitment of child soldiers Mogadiscio (Agenzia Fides) – There is some uncertainty about the number of children involved in armed conflicts throughout Somalia. It is estimated that there are two or three thousand, spread among several opposition ...
• 21 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “War does not solve anything,” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, where the people are fleeing Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We heard a heavy bombardment on the outskirts of the city. Tripoli is emptying, the population fleeing from fear of being bombed,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar ...
• 21 March 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “We need to carefully observe how the situation in Egypt evolves,” missionary says Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Now, we need to be more careful observers of the events in Egypt,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia tells Fides, the Comboni missionary operating out of Cairo, commenting on the approval of the constitut ...
• 21 March 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops appeal for food for the people hard-hit by drought Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Emergency Response Fund for Kenya 2011 Drought Appeal” is the appeal recently launched by the Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal John Njue, on behalf of the Bishops of Kenya, for the 2.1 milli ...