Africa

• 12 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Drought emergency for 10 million people Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The worst drought in 60 years has created a devastating food crisis that is hitting 10 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Only this year, more than 135 000 Somalis have fl ...
• 11 July 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-Father Balthazar Barreira: the first missionary in West Africa Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 1605, feast of St. James the Apostle, the first missionary in West Africa, the initiator of the African missions in that corner of the planet: father Balthazar Barreira landed in Po ...
• 11 July 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious leaders unite in the fight against female genital mutilation Bukwo (Fides Service) - Some Churches in the Ugandan districts of Kapchorwa and Bukwo, have formed an alliance with local NGOs Inter African Committee Uganda (IACU) and the Reproductive, Educative Community Health (REACH ...
• 9 July 2011
  AFRICA-Humanitarian tragedy in the Horn of Africa, while funds are lacking Rome (Fides Service) - "The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years" says the spokesperson of the Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, Elizabeth Byrs. Eritrea, E ...
• 9 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Appointment of the Bishop of Malindi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Malindi (Kenya) Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap, Provincial Minister of P.P. Capuchins in Malta and President of the E ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Awka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor Bishop of the Diocese of Awka (Nigeria), on July 8, 2011 . He has so far been Titular Bishop of Tetci, Au ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-Appointment of the Bishop of Namibe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Namibe (Angola) Rev. Dionisio Hisiilenapo of the clergy of Ondjiva, Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Angola ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- A new center for the treatment of HIV/AIDS opens tomorrow in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNAIDS report 2010, the world begins to register a reversal of the spread of the HIV epidemic. In recent years more than 5 million people in the southern countries of th ...
• 8 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-In the country people continue to die due to lack of basic medicines and anesthetics Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the lack of anesthetics, one person dies every week in Kenya, and the situation is particularly serious in rural areas. In areas such as Turkana in the Rift Valley, and Northeastern provi ...
• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Return of immigrants and insecurity among the problems of the new state of Southern Sudan, "but the hope is high", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Khartoum (Fides Service) - One of the problems that South Sudan will have to face is the accommodation of hundreds of thousands of immigrant southern Sudanese who are returning from Khartoum and other areas of northern S ...
• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the Theological major Seminary "Paul VI" in the Archdiocese of Douala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Benoit Kala, of the diocesan clergy of Nkongsamba, Rector of the inter-diocesan The ...
• 6 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the major philosophical Seminary "Paul VI" in the diocese of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2011 Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Dominique Ndeh, of the diocesan clergy in Bafoussam, Rector of the ...
• 6 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Despite the tensions, a festive atmosphere is lived on the eve of independence", says the Secretary general of the Archdiocese of Juba Juba (Fides Service) - "The spirit of the population is high, there is excitement about the event. Feverish preparations are under way to fix streets and paint the buildings", says Fr. Martin Ochaya to Fides, Secretary ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA /NIGERIA - "I do not exclude political reasons, someone could use the sect Boko Haram" says the Bishop of Maiduguri after recent attacks Maiduguri (Fides Service) - "It is clear that the tension in the city is very high, since there are armed groups who go around shooting people", says Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doem to Fides, Bishop of Maiduguri, in north Nigeria ...
• 5 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- Peace march for Congo along the Francigena way on behalf of a Congolese living in Italy Rome (Fides Service) - "It is important to know one’s own history to avoid that the same crimes are repeated", says John Mpaliza to Fides, a Congolese native of Bukavu ( Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC ...