Africa

• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - The letters of the first missionaries (SAM) who arrived in Dahomey in 1861 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The current April 21, which fell on the first Sunday after our arrival, a hundred people or more, between blacks and whites attended the first Mass that we publicly celebrated in the chapel of the ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops of Burundi express their concerns to the Head of State about the insecurity that plague some areas of the country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burundi expressed their appreciation for the good relations between State and Church to the head of State, but at the same time said they were concerned about the insecurity di ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Death of Father Tony Bellagamba, a Consolata missionary, postulator for the cause of beatification of the Servant of God, Cardinal Maurice Otunga Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Tony was a great missionary and a dedicated servant of the Catholic Church. May he rest in peace. He now makes his final journey to God our Father to meet the Servant of God Cardinal Ot ...
• 18 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "You cannot suffocate civil society and democracy", warns the President of the Episcopal Conference Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The police have intensified controls in the major cities in Malawi although the protest planned for yesterday, August 17 was postponed (see Fides 17/8/2011). Opposition parties have given the g ...
• 17 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The national demonstration of protest planned for today has been called off Lilongwe (Fides Service) - The demonstrations planned for today, August 17, in Malawi have been called off. The organizers have announced that "demonstrations have been postponed and not canceled to allow the High Court ...
• 17 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Golden Jubilee of the Shrine of Mugera and the consecration of Burundi to the Virgin Mary Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Burundi coincided with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Marian Shrine of Mugera, located in the Arc ...
• 13 August 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Five southern African countries create a common area of sustainable development Luanda (Fides Service) – The creation of an ecologically protected area in the Kavango Zambezi Transfontier region (Kaza-ATFC) is becoming more and more concrete. As reported in the Angolan newspaper "Apostolado", thi ...
• 13 August 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In the State of Kogi sermons are under the control of the security forces Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nigerian State of Kogi (north-central Nigeria), the agents of the State Security Service (SSS) have begun to monitor sermons in mosques and churches, to prevent the spread of speeches that ...
• 12 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas provides its network to pay Catholic school teachers’ salaries Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Congolese State have reached an agreement to facilitate the payment of Catholic school teachers’ salaries in the vast territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
• 12 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New interventions on behalf of the international community regarding the somali drama Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Guinean general Sékouba Konate, High Representative of the African Union at the African Force in standby, went to Somalia to inspect the troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia. ...
• 11 August 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - South Kordofan: the new "hot spot" of the region Khartoum (Fides Service) - South Kordofan, in the north region of Sudan on the border with South Sudan (has recently become independent ) seems to have become the new "hot spot" that threatens the stability of the regi ...
• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to fostering an electoral period in peace and harmony Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The echoes that come from within the Country, the various messages that come from the secretariats of the political parties and the turbulent events in recent days have raised fears of a dist ...
• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Golden Jubilee for the Jeunesse étudiante catholique du Burkina Faso (JECBF) Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - "You are the Apostles of Christ with the particular mission to transmit in schools and among students the Gospel values which our society so desperately needs", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Yem ...
• 9 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary project to tackle drought in northern Kenya helps to save local farmers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-A Catholic mission in the most arid area of Kenya, drought-stricken, continues to provide meat to various religious centers in Nairobi and in the central area of the country. This is the Catholic ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...