Africa

• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 announces its withdrawal from Goma, but the humanitarian situation remains serious Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the M23 announced that they agree to leave Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) they conquered last week. The rebels seem to have succumbed to intern ...
• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tense atmosphere, the meeting between Patriarch Tawadros II and leaders of the Egyptian Catholic Churches has also been postponed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting announced by the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II with a qualified Egyptian delegation of the Catholic Churches - which would have also provided the opportunity to agree on a ...
• 27 November 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Strong divisions among political parties in Bamako; contested the deal with the MNLA and Ansar al-Dine Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Strong political divisions in Bamako while the north of Mali remains under the control of Islamist groups. As reported to Fides Agency by Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Elections: many promises, but no candidate has said where he will get the resources to implement them Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "With these elections, conducted in a peaceful and exemplary manner, the people of Sierra Leone confirms the outgoing President. The announcement of the results was not too peaceful and there h ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is disturbing to see who defends us suffer such attacks," says the Archbishop of Jos Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "What is really disturbing is that in carrying out these attacks, members of Boko Haram seem to be sure of success. This is shocking because it is supposed that the police and the military are in ch ...
• 26 November 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR -Prisoners: also condemned to chronic malnutrition Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - After the coup in 2009, the economy has plummeted and even the prison system is rapidly deteriorating. In 2008, the European Union allocated $2.5 million to NGOs committed to improving the ...
• 24 November 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "There is always the widow's contribution that gives hope": testimony of the Bishop of Tenkodogo Tenkodogo (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Prosper Kontiebo, Burkinabé Camillian, since February 11, 2012 is the Pastor of the new Diocese of Tenkodogo, in the south of Ouagadougou. This is the fourth Bishop in the 400 ...
• 24 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos: Christians will study a common strategy due to the authoritarian tendencies of Morsi’s government Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 27. On that day, a delegation of the Catholic Churches in Egypt will visit Patriarch Tawadros II, crowned Pope of the Coptic Orthodox on Sunday, Novemb ...
• 23 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops of 34 African Countries "outraged and shocked by the violence in eastern DRC" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are outraged and shocked by the escalating violence which started a few months ago in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is causing a new human tragedy," said the statement sent to Fi ...
• 23 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Firmness and dialogue with the sympathizers to stop Boko Haram," said Cardinal-elect Onaiyekan Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Abuja is the new capital of Nigeria, where all faiths and ethnic groups in the country are represented. In this sense it is a training ground for dialogue, said Cardinal-elect Mgr. John Olorunfemi ...
• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Calm situation, but developments are unpredictable; in any case the missionaries remain close to the population Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Today in Bukavu, the situation is calm after yesterday where demonstrations and looting by the people were carried out after they had spread the news of the advance of the rebels of the M23 fr ...
• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA - "The region is going through a complex and painful transition," say the Bishops of North Africa Mazara del Vallo (Agenzia Fides) - "A more difficult and painful transition than expected a year ago." This is what the Bishops of CERNA (Episcopal Conference of the North Africa Region) say at the end of their Plenary A ...
• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Thousands of children workers suffer verbal and physical abuse, despite laws Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - There are so many children, sometimes just 8 years old, who are physically abused and spend the whole day at work as domestic servants for a paltry reward. To offer a panorama of this disconcertin ...
• 22 November 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 8,900 families severely affected by the floods Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In the course of this year in Uganda there has been a succession of disasters and emergency situations such as tribal, border conflicts, fighting for territory, population movements from other c ...
• 21 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 begins its administration of the city of Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 movement has summoned members of the police and FARDC (the Congolese army) still present in Goma at the stadium of the city, probably to recruit them in the administration which they ar ...