Africa

• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - UNICEF decries death of 45,000 children every year in Cameroon, as a result of malnutrition; the refugee dilemma Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – At least 45,000 children die every year from malnutrition in Cameroon. This is what UNICEF, the UN's agency for children, has declared in recent days. In their report on Africa, the organizati ...
• 22 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Let us educate people to go beyond the futile fascination of the mass media,” says Bishop Badejo on the 43rd World Communications Day Ibadan (Agenzia Fides) - ““The Church is communication”. It is very tempting for theologians to try to contest this statement but it is not a frivolous one,” said Bishop Emmanuel Ade Badejo, Coadjutor Bishop of t ...
• 20 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Military attack on rebels continues in the Niger Delta Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – At least 70 people have died in the military attack being led in the Niger Delta, in southeast Nigeria, against the rebels of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Among t ...
• 20 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Amidst extremists, pirates, and foreign investors, Somalia wallowing in chaos and violence Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is uncertain in Somalia, where fighting between government forces and the militia of the Shebab (“the boys”) extremists has intensified. Today, May 20, the rebels attacked ...
• 19 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Conflict between government forces and extremist rebels intensifies Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Somalia has worsened, as the conflict between two sides of the Islamic Courts, the “moderate” (as Western mass media defines them) which has taken control of the nationa ...
• 19 May 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Leave your personal interest aside for once and concentrate on the fate of the nation,” Archbishop of Mombasa asks the nation's leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Only through respect of the other and proper use of dialogue can this government forge ahead to tackle the issues affecting ‘mwananchi’ [kiswahili for “sons of the nation,” i.e. Kenya ...
• 18 May 2009
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi prepares to elect its new President Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Malawians will vote tomorrow, May 19, for a new President and Parliament. The incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika is the favorite, especially after the Supreme Court ruled that Bakili Mulu ...
• 18 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Church in Umuahia begins construction on a chapel for prisons Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Umuahia Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Organisation (UDCCWO) is supporting the construction of a chapel for the prisons of Umahia in Nigeria. According to a report sent to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 15 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Presentation of the Catholic Church's program to help AIDS victims: a 3-year, 144 million-dollar plan Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be spending over 144 million dollars to help AIDS victims and combat the spread of the HIV virus. This is what has been released i ...
• 14 May 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Marianhill Missionaries celebrate one hundred years of missions in Africa and throughout the world: the Benedictine charism as an instrument in freeing mankind from poverty, ignorance, and marginalization Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On July 28, 1909, Pope Pius X separated the Trappist monastery of Marianhill, in South Africa, from the Order of Reformed Cistercians. The Congregation of the Marianhill Missionaries was founded. ...
• 14 May 2009
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - AECAM, Catholic Campus Ministry in Morocco, unites university students in the country Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – Throughout the university cities of Morocco, Catholic youth from the various countries of sub-Saharan Africa come together not only to celebrate Sunday Mass, but also to participate in the life ...
• 14 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - North Kivu: Jesuit Relief Services launch alert for refugees and express concern for further military operations in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last three weeks, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), have stepped up reprisals against the civilian popula ...
• 13 May 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The violence in North Kivu has never ceased,” says UN Special Representative for Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for North Kivu, the region to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where various armed groups are working, some of them from foreign countries. “The violence has ...
• 13 May 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Conference held at the Urbaniana on the African religion of the Dinka in South Sudan Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Becoming familiar with other religions, especially those of Africa, is of fundamental importance for understanding the context and listeners in announcing the Gospel, so that it may become “inc ...
• 13 May 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Those who have not seen anything good in what the Pope has said can be seen as enemies of Africa,” Bishops of Nigeria affirm Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Nigeria have joined in expressing their support for the Holy Father in regards to the controversy that began during his recent visit to Angola and Cameroon. In a declaration sent ...