Africa

• 9 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “I trust that something will give way to a peaceful solution,” the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “There is complete calm in Tripoli. The city appears tranquil and silent. There are no cars on the streets,” Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, in Libya, tells ...
• 8 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We need to avoid more bloodshed. There are better ways than with violence,” the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “I pray that there will be no further spilling of blood. I don't believe that it is appropriate to step in with force, because there will be more bloodshed. So declared Bishop Giovanni Innocen ...
• 7 March 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Internal divisions in Egyptian society will eventually need to be addressed,” says Fr Verdoscia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “In Egypt there are various issues which will need to be addressed sooner or later, one of which regards relations between Christians and Muslims,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia tells Fides, the Combon ...
• 7 March 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We will not continue to vote for dishonest politicians”: appeal by Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa call all citizens to vote in the May municipal elections, for the candidates that give concrete guarantees to want to defend the common good and interests of e ...
• 5 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We continue to instil hope in the remaining faithful”: testimony of Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday, 4 March, There were some clashes in the mosque after prayers in central Tripoli, but the city is well guarded,” said Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Trip ...
• 5 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - The religious leaders of Côte d'Ivoire: “Do not turn a political crisis into a religious conflict” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Christian and Muslim leaders in Côte d'Ivoire, in condemning the destruction of two mosques on 25 February in Yopougon, warn people not to turn the political crisis affecting the Country into ...
• 3 March 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Three Catholic sisters on the border, helping mothers flee from Libya Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – Three Catholic nuns who work in collaboration with a group of Protestant laity left this morning for the border between Tunisia and Libya to assist foreign workers fleeing Libya. Archbishop Maro ...
• 3 March 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Satisfaction for the close cooperation between Church and State in Burundi Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “The aim of this visit is to express my respect and my support for all that is being done to rebuild the Country. I am also here to bring the greeting, blessing and prayer of the Holy Father ...
• 3 March 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Divine Providence Hospital: point of reference for a million residents on the outskirts of the capital Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Years of devastating conflict, demographic changes and economic decline have reduced the people of Angola to a state of poverty and deprivation among the worst in the world. The unhealthy envir ...
• 3 March 2011
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Aqueduct in operation for the 28,000 inhabitants in the district of Gicumbi Gicumbi (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the topography of the area, the lack of hydrolic facilities capable of delivering water and the absence of water filtration systems, Rwanda is a country that has always encountered di ...
• 2 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The Countries that claim to respect human rights welcome Eritrean refugees from Tripoli”: new appeal from the Apostolic Vicar to Fides Eritrea (Agenzia Fides) - “Help us to get the Eritrean refugees out of Libya. They are just people who want to live in peace” Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli in Libya tells Fides, mak ...
• 2 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - The parishes of Abidjan welcome displaced people fleeing the fighting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – “At the moment we are not hearing any more gunshots coming from the districts of Abobo and Adjamé, in Abidjan, where security forces loyal to the outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and forme ...
• 2 March 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - One hundred years of Women's Day: in Kenya thousands of women live in acute poverty, without rights Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the upcoming International Day for Women (IDW), on 8 March, the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya's Justice and Peace Commission (AOSK-JPC), organised a series of events for the p ...
• 1 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Civilians abandoning their houses in the districts of Abidjan victims of the fighting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Clashes continue in the districts of Abobo and Adjamé, Abidjan, where a curfew has been imposed for at least another two days. People from the two districts, Abobo in particular, are leaving ...
• 1 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Calm in Kinshasa after an attempted attack on the Head of State's residence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Congolese authorities have arrested about 30 people in the ranks of the security forces after two simultaneous attacks on Sunday, 27 February on the residence of President Joseph Kabila, in t ...