Africa
12 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Despite hundreds of deaths and more than a million refugees the missionaries will not leave the Country
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – To this point the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire has caused irreparable damage both to the economy and to the Country and the people, as well as causing hundreds of deaths and more than a million r ...
11 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Fighting continues in Abidjan; humanitarian situation worsens; Archbishop calls for peace prayers
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Bombing around the presidential residence has gone on throughout the night. Here at the Nunciature (200 metres from Gbagbo's residence), the shots were felt very strongly,” Archbishop Ambro ...
11 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, “a little more optimistic that the crisis can be resolved peacefully”, says statement issued by Christian Churches
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “I am a little more optimistic that the crisis can be resolved peacefully. The ceasefire is the first step, then the two parties have to find some way of communicating to arrive at agreement o ...
9 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “Italy should support Turkish diplomatic initiative,” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides)- “Italy should support the Turkish diplomatic initiative,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, to Fides. “This is because the Libyans have officially state ...
9 April 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The Nigerians want peace and good governance. Anyone bombing wants to destabilise the Country,” says the Archbishop of Jos
Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “The attacks and the violence are being carried out by people who want to impede the democracy that Nigerians aspire to. Nigerians are tired of the violence and bad governing. The elections are th ...
8 April 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Surrender by Gbagbo does not seem likely; “when the emergency is over it will be difficult to reconcile souls,” says Vicar General of Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Apart from some sporadic strikes, the situation is calm. There are displaced people in all the parishes of Abidjan. Just in the Cathedral we have welcomed 2,000 displaced. However, we need fo ...
8 April 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Nuncio to Fides: “damage to the Nunciature,” 200 metres from the Presidential Palace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Some damage has been done to the Nunciature. All the windows have been blown to bits from the explosions. However we are all well and we have not thought to move from here,” says Archbishop ...
8 April 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - The challenges to the Church in South Sudan in preparing to become independent
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 July, South Sudan becomes an independent state, following the national referendum on independence, which was held in early January. South Sudan is already faced with a massive number of return ...
7 April 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Five million inhabitants of Abidjan, devastated by the fighting at risk of food shortages
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “At the moment the situation is relatively calm. The fighting ceased last night,” Jean Djoman tells Fides, Director of Development and Human Promotion for Caritas Côte d'Ivoire, in Abidjan, ...
7 April 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The words of the Pope resonate, appeal for peace in war-torn Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The appeal by Pope Benedict XVI has found great resonance in Côte d'Ivoire and was broadcast several times by the Catholic radio station,” Fr Celestine Ikomba, Scalabrinian, chaplain for t ...
7 April 2011
AFRICA/GHANA - Cholera epidemic affects 5,000 people: worst in 10 years
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Health officials in Ghana are worried the rainy season, due to start in April, will fuel the spread of cholera, which has killed at least 69 people and stricken more than 5,000 in the past few m ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “There have been violent explosions in the centre of Abidjan,” Archbishop Kutwa tells Fides, before communications are cut off
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I am in a hidden place. Violent fighting continues. We can hear massive explosions,” Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, says to Fides before he hangs up. He is in the centre of the ad ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to continue to launch appeals for peace ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “The appeal by the Pope is encouragement not to give up on diplomacy,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a further boost to diplomacy to not give up strength and to act in a way that keeps the possibility of reconciliation alive. I think the appeal of the Holy Father, whom I offer my heart ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The Nuncio in Abidjan denounces the serious violations of human rights and gives witness to the aid to victims provided by the Church
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Civilians are the first victims: they suffer serious violence,” says Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, to the French section of Aid to the Church in Need (Aide ...
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