Africa
20 April 2011
AFRICA - 50 years of the Jesuit Province in Central Africa: General Father`s visit
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - From 26 April to 11 May, the Jesuit General Father, Adolfo Nicolás, will be in Africa and Madagascar, accompanied by Fr. Jean Roger Ndombi, his Assistant for this continent, and Fr. Antoine K ...
20 April 2011
AFRICA / SOMALIA - Drought emergency for residents and displaced people in southern and central parts of the country
Dobley (Agenzia Fides) - A severe drought in the southern Somali town of Dobley is worsening the living conditions of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs). This is what is said in a statement by the Jesuit Re ...
20 April 2011
AFRICA / LIBYA - "War cannot solve a social crisis, but only worsen it”, said Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning we are doing the Consecration of the Oils, instead of doing it tomorrow, when we will be celebrating the Mass of Coena Domini instead. Our priestly community is therefore gather ...
20 April 2011
AFRICA / EGYPT - The Bishop of Luxor to Fides: "The people of Upper Egypt feels neglected by the central government"
Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - "We live on the edge of a volcano, we do not know what will happen tomorrow”, says Bishop Joannes Zakaria, Bishop of the Catholic Copts of Luxor, Egypt, to Fides and whose diocese is part of Qa ...
20 April 2011
AFRICA / SIERRA LEONE - Self-determination and continuous effort for a better life, in 50 years of independence
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 April, Sierra Leone, a small West African state, celebrates an important date: its 50 years of independence among African nations. The independence of Sierra Leone was reached after a c ...
18 April 2011
AFRICA / BURKINA FASO - The revolt of the military extends to other cities, merchants irritation to ransacking is increasing
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Since yesterday evening, the situation is calm, in Ouagadougou even if a few gunfire shots were heard in the night” Church sources told Fides from the capital of Burkina Faso, where in r ...
18 April 2011
AFRICA / NIGERIA - Clashes in northern Nigeria, while the outgoing president is leading in the vote count
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes broke out in northern Nigeria while the outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, appears to be leading in the partial counting of votes for the presidential elections that were held April 16 ...
16 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - Libyan women to Archbishop Martinelli: "stop bombs and violence against civilians"
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "At the end of the celebration of the Holy Mass, I found about ten Muslim Libyan women at the back of the church . This is the first time in 40 years of celebrations in Libya. They came crying ...
16 April 2011
AFRICA/DR Congo - Humanitarian Centre for children from displaced families
Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "Boscolac" is a humanitarian centre built in Goma, R.D. Congo, by the NGO "Red Deporte" in collaboration with the Salesians, which takes care of the children most in need in that area. Recently, ...
16 April 2011
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military protest is returning to normality, but problems remain
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - It seems that the military protest is returning to normality in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso (see Fides 04/15/2011), after President Blaise Compaoré dissolved the government, fi ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA / RWANDA - In the rural area of Muhura 40,000 people can now take advantage of the electricity power
Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - According to the estimates conducted by FAO , two billion people, mostly in rural areas of developing countries, are still living without electricity. This means living in a never-ending state ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The survivors of a boat adrift of desperate people describe a mysterious helicopter that flew over them throwing water and food”, said Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday we received some survivors who had been brought by the stream on the beach in Tripoli", said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli to Fides. "There are ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA - About 2.64 million fetuses die after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy, especially in poorer countries
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The annual number of stillbirths in the whole world is twice the number of people who die from diseases associated with HIV. According to the weekly science magazine The Lancet, about 2.64 mil ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Tension is high in Ouagadougou for the military revolt
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – Uncertain situation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, where a military revolt forced President Blaise Campaoré to take refuge in his native village (Ziniaré, about thirty mile ...
14 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "Providing weapons just means extending the war, " says Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The risk of providing weapons to rebels in Benghazi is a way of not ending the war, or rather a way to lenghthening it, " says Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Vicar Apostolic of Trip ...
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