Africa

• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “With the immense number voters, the people have called for an increase in democracy and respect from their representatives,” missionary says Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Just 10 days after the re-election of President Bingu wa Mutharika (see Fides 22/5/2009), Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfort Missionary who has lived in Malawi for years, sent a note to Fides o ...
• 2 June 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Austrian Mariannhill Missionary killed Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Ernst Plöchl, a 78 year-old Austrian missionary from the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries was killed in the South African Cape Province. Fr. Ploechl, who was a missionary i ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Over 700,000 people affected by floods, 40,000 homeless; Caritas appeal Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) – Over 700,000 people have been affected by heavy flooding in Namibia. Of these, 40,000 are homeless and in need of urgent assistance. The water levels of the Zambesi River have reached over 8 ...
• 1 June 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Unprecedented humanitarian situation” in the Niger Delta; Nigerian Bishops call for an immediate ceasefire Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Chief Shepherds of the people of God in Nigeria, we are particularly pained by the suffering, displacements and deaths of innocent citizens in the Niger Delta Region which have resulted ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - UN report accuses police of serious human rights violations Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Heated debate has been sparked in Kenya following a report in which UN Special Representative for Human Rights, Philip Alston, accused the Kenyan police of serious violations. The report affi ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Chaldean Community in Egypt celebrates 25th anniversary of their Pastor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Our Lady of Fatima's Cathedral in Heliopolis (Cairo) celebrated the Jubilee (25th anniversary) of its Pastor, Bishop Joseph Saraf, the Chaldean Bishop in Egypt. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI se ...
• 29 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Church in Nigeria collects offerings for the victims of violence in the Niger Delta: “It is not time to apportion blames, but to assist our brothers and sisters in need.” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Nigeria has decided to send all the money collected from the Masses on Sunday, May 24 to help victims of the fighting taking place in the Delta region (see Fides 26/5/2009 ...
• 28 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violence continues against civilians in eastern Congo; testimony from a priest and the UN’s alert Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as they are forced to suffer the retaliation attacks conducted by two foreign guerrilla groups, the Lord’s Resi ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of Fr. Romolo, from the Don Orione Village in Muntanhana Weru Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – Orione Missionary Father Romolo Mariani has launched an appeal on account of the difficult conditions of the Muntanhana Weru mission in Bagamoyo. He writes in the “Don Orione Oggi” Magazi ...
• 27 May 2009
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Inculturation, liturgy, missionary pedagogy and promotion of local clergy in the writings of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja in his 35 years of mission work in Ethiopia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The missionary should consider the country where he is sent as his own, love it as his homeland, and do everything he can for it.” This is one of the passages found in the “Historical Memoir ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal from humanitarian organizations for Niger Delta refugees Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 3,000 people have been deprived of aid in the Niger Delta (Nigeria), on account of the military attack on MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) militants. This is what has ...
• 26 May 2009
  AFRICA - The scramble for land in Africa, a report highlighting the possibilities and risks Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A new “scramble for Africa” is underway, no longer in the colonial style of troops and colonies, but with financial investors interested in acquiring the best lands for producing food product ...
• 25 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Over 200 dead and 57,000 refugees as a result of fighting in Mogadishu; President Ahmed makes appeal Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Somalia has made an appeal to the international community, asking them to help his country to expel the hundreds of foreign troops that have sided with the Islamic fundament ...
• 25 May 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Failed attempt to reach a resolution to the crisis Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Former Madagascar President Didier Ratsiraka announced that he will no longer participate in the talks taking place in an effort to help the country emerge from the crisis between the Pre ...
• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Incumbent President elected for a second term, as women take their place in politics Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – The incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika, 75 years of age, has been reelected President of Malawi, winning the presidential elections held on May 19 (see Fides 18/5/2009). The Electoral Com ...