Africa

• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to fostering an electoral period in peace and harmony Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The echoes that come from within the Country, the various messages that come from the secretariats of the political parties and the turbulent events in recent days have raised fears of a dist ...
• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Golden Jubilee for the Jeunesse étudiante catholique du Burkina Faso (JECBF) Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - "You are the Apostles of Christ with the particular mission to transmit in schools and among students the Gospel values which our society so desperately needs", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Yem ...
• 9 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary project to tackle drought in northern Kenya helps to save local farmers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-A Catholic mission in the most arid area of Kenya, drought-stricken, continues to provide meat to various religious centers in Nairobi and in the central area of the country. This is the Catholic ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The situation is tragic but the media pressure recalls the one that preceded " Restore Hope", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I wonder if that of the Shabab is a strategic retreat to bring together humanitarian aid to Mogadishu and then suddenly come back and take a part, or their management has felt the strong inte ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Twenty people were killed in an attack by Ethiopian bandits in the area of Lake Turkana, severely drought-stricken Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 5, at least 20 people were killed by a group of Ethiopians who attacked the area of Todonyang, in the Turkana County , in northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia. This is what Hi ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Missionary experience for a group of young Portuguese for the whole month of August Bissau (Fides Service) - A group of young Portuguese havearrived in Guinea-Bissau to carry out a missionary experience at the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Hospital. According to a statement sent to ...
• 5 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Balkanization of the DRC: an analysis of the real dangers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-In the colonial history two methods were used to conquer other territories and other empires or independent States. One is the "balkanization" which consists of replacing a large or medium-Stat ...
• 4 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops of Kenya launch an emergency fund to help people affected by drought Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all deeply concerned about the crisis caused by drought and suffering of so many Kenyans. Our concern is for the millions of vulnerable people who risk dying of hunger and for the many c ...
• 4 August 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In October the Sudanese Bishops will decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences for the North and the South Khartoum (Fides Service) - The Sudanese Bishops will meet in October in the Diocese of Wau (Southern Sudan) to decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences, after the separation between north and south Suda ...
• 3 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church of Burundi remembers with affection Mgr. Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, who served the Country in difficult times Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides )-On August 2, the Church of Burundi recalled His Exc. Mgr. Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio in the United States of America, with a Mass presided by His Exc. Mgr. Gervais Banshimiyubusa, Bishop of ...
• 3 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI- Malawi is increasingly at risk "risk of social explosion within a few months", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Malawi after the national day of protest on July 20, which resulted in violence with the death of twenty people (see Fides 20-22 July 2011). On August 1, Preside ...
• 2 August 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The different souls in Tahrir Square, forcibly cleared by the military and police Cairo (Fides Service) - Military and Egyptian police forcibly cleared Tahrir Square, the symbolic place of the Egyptian revolution, and arrested hundreds of people. The demonstrators had camped for days in the streets to ...
• 1 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A quarter of the Somali population is displaced according to a report of Caritas Somalia ìMogadishu (Fides Service) - "In south-central Somalia the primary need is the immediate access to food. People affected by drought are in urgent need of drinking water, sanitation, health care, protection, shelter and ...
• 30 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought emergency in the Horn of Africa: 2,500 people a day arrive in the Dadaab camps in Somalia. Caritas need help Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic famine that is affecting the countries of the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Kenya) has mobilized various humanitarian organizations. These include the Carit ...