Africa

• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The new Coptic Catholic Patriarch settles while in Rome the Pro Eligendo Pontiff Mass is held. Cardinal Naguib: it is a providential coincidence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts on January 15th, after spending a few days in spiritual retreat is about to officially take possession of h ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram is now divided into several groups, among which there is Ansaru" said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no entity called Boko Haram but a number of groups that use this symbol which are now divided among them," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, the Archbishop of Jos ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elections: Kenyatta wins but Odinga presents recourse Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Raila Odinga, the outgoing Kenyan Premier, defeated in the presidential election on March 4, will appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta. After 5 days of countin ...
• 9 March 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Christians launch a campaign to combat violence against women Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Zambia launch a new initiative to combat violence against women, a phenomenon of vast size in the country. According to official statistics, 47% of women in Zambia ha ...
• 8 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The Central African Bishops: "Feelings of hopelessness for the conditions of the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Central Africa denounce "the inertia and total inaction of the signatories of the agreement of Libreville, in a statement issued after an extraordinary Council of the Central Afric ...
• 8 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Waiting for the election results; the Bishops appeal for calm Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to Kenyans to remain calm " while awaiting the election results, say the Bishops of Kenya, where count operations of the legislative and presidential elections held on March 4 are bei ...
• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting continues in North Kivu despite the agreements in Addis Ababa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 people have lost their lives in fighting in the territory of Masisi and Rutshuru (90 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo). Thi ...
• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The population of Mali finds hope again Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The military successes of the Franco-Malian troups (supported by those in Chad) in the north of Mali incourage people who see a possible way out from the crisis. "Not only jiahdisti groups were e ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Addis Ababa Agreement greeted with suspicion by the Congolese but there is good news Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Congolese people welcomed the agreement of Addis Ababa with a certain mistrust, because many other similar agreements had already been signed in the past, but with poor results," said the ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - The counts of the presidential election continues Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In Kenya the counting of the presidential election votes held on 4 March continues, albeit slowly. From the initial data so far available it appears that Uhuru Kenyatta is ahead with 53% , follo ...
• 5 March 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - One person was killed in a demonstration against the alleged killers of Sister Marie Emmanuel Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - One person was killed and 8-9 were wounded and three are in serious condition. This is the toll, still provisional, of today’s clashes, March 5, in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madaga ...
• 5 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops: "the respect for the constitutional order must be observed by all" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops say they are opposed to the revision of Article 220 of the Constitution which prohibits changes in the shape of the State. In a Memorandum to the President of the Republic ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Catholic priest attacked in Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest in Tripoli was attacked by armed militia men. This was reported by local sources Fides Agency according to which the fact happened on Saturday, March 2. "The situation is not g ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – Deep emotion for the killing of a nun Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of a French nun caused deep emotion in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madagascar. Sister Marie Emmanuel Helesbeux was killed on 1 March in a village in Madagascar. "The nun was ...
• 4 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Catholic Bishop Fahim Hanna: U.S. politicians do not understand what is happening in Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The invitation to find an agreement to ensure the success of the Egyptians elections by the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to the North African country "cannot be regarded as ...