Africa

• 7 May 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA – Attack in Arusha: the testimony of the Apostolic Nuncio to Fides Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful are in a state of shock and I am in town specifically to be close to the Catholic community," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Francisco M. Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio in Tan ...
• 7 May 2013
  AFRICA/GABON - Church organizes procession against ritual crimes Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is organizing in all the dioceses of Gabon on 11 May a procession to sensitize the population and authorities on the so called criminal rituals. This is what the Bishops o ...
• 6 May 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - "Let us wait to have more information before speaking out about the attack in Arusha" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to have precise information before expressing ourselves about what happened, because the situation is very delicate," say to Fides Agency sources of the local Church from Tanzania ...
• 6 May 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "What are the true intentions of Seleka towards us?" Ask the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Never this anymore, no to impunity". Is the title of the letter sent to the new Central African President, Michel-Am Nondroko Djotodia, from the three Bishops of the Metropolitan diocese of Bang ...
• 3 May 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The looting of the rebels continues, another church desecrated Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Looting has declined a bit and calm is trying to be restored but up to 10 days ago the situation was terrible" report local sources to Fides Agency from the Central African Republic, where gangs ...
• 2 May 2013
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Two armed groups are being chased after on the border with Algeria; concern for jihadists fleeing from Mali Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The Tunisian security forces are looking for two armed jihadi groups, said a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, stating that one is located on Mount Chaambi and the other in the region of ...
• 2 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The satellite images testify the heavy destruction in Baga Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - 2,275 buildings destroyed and 125 seriously damaged. This is the budget, of the military operation against a cell of Boko Haram carried out by soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF ...
• 2 May 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Food insecurity opens the door to tuberculosis Toliara (Agenzia Fides) - Malnutrition and tuberculosis (TB) are closely linked: the first weakens the immune system, increasing the vulnerability to the disease, while TB reduces appetite, worsens the absorption of micr ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is a small reality appreciated by all Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a small reality but our contribution to the social and spiritual life of the Country is appreciated by all," says to Fides Agency Fr. Hagos Hayish, Secretary General of the Episcopal ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Bishop Fahim Hanna: the meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros - to walk towards full communion between our Churches Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II to Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday, May 11, "could have important and positive results. I also hope that we can resume the thread o ...
• 30 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Six Bishops of the Province of Jos on a solidarity visit to Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are leaving for a visit of solidarity to the people of Maiduguri, severely tested by the violence of the Boko Haram sect," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Archbisho ...
• 29 April 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - 3 out of 10 children are likely to die of malaria Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, worldwide, there were about 219 million cases of malaria causing the deaths of 655,000 people. According to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization, Africa, where there ar ...
• 29 April 2013
  AFRICA/MALI – The situation improves but the plight of displaced persons and refugees is not forgotten Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Commission for Dialogue and Reconciliation has already begun its work, the safety conditions have improved and the civil administration is resuming its duties in the northern cities liberate ...
• 27 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 70 churches destroyed in the state of Benue Makurdi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church stressess a gloomy picture of the situation in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria: the social and religious crisis that crosses the region, more than 70 churches have bee ...
• 26 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Our leadership is intact" ensures the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Christian leaders in Southern Sudan have asked for clarification on the apparent tension between the leaders of the State when a month ago, President Salva Kiir had withdrawn the delegation of cert ...