Africa

• 12 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Possibility of national unity government after presidential ballot is good news Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "This is good news, because Guinea needs to continue on the road of national unity, which has until now been well managed by the National Transitional Council (CNT),” Fides learned from a lo ...
• 12 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian leaders in Sudan warn UN of risk for war if people are left unheard Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The people of southern Sudan expect to fulfil their right of self-determination on the 9th of January 2011. Denial of this right, for whatever reason, represents a fundamental denial of thei ...
• 11 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches working for peaceful January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Christian communities that form a part of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC, which is also part of the Catholic Church of Sudan) have reached an agreement with the government of Southern Sud ...
• 11 October 2010
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Arab-African Summit opened, the second after 33 years Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - "Afro-Arab Cooperation: Towards a Strategic Partnership." This is the theme of the second Arab-African summit, which opened yesterday, October 10th, in Sirte, Libya, in the presence of 66 Heads of ...
• 9 October 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Commitment to increase agricultural production in Africa by 70% by 2050 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – African agriculture ministers, researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, and private sector members have pledged to increase agriculture productivity by 70 per cent by 2050. The resolution was made ...
• 9 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 300 participants at Youth Missionary Congress in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Building Ecclesial Communion, The Key to the Mission." This is the theme of the Youth Mission Congress, being held October 7 to 10 at the Shalom Center of the monastery of the Canons Regular ...
• 8 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Church's concern for fate of Sudanese from south living in north, in case of southern secession Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – A call to pray for peace in Sudan was launched by Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, Bishop of Rumbek, in southern Sudan, on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Bishop Mazzolari led the prayer at the ...
• 7 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian Association of Nigeria warns: “national unity is being threatened by the political situation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN, an association that brings together the main Christian denominations in Nigeria, including the Catholic Church) said that the unity of the country is t ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “I mourn the loss of that Muslim leader with whom I worked for peace,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “I was shocked by the death of the Emir Haruna Abdullahi of Wase, who was my friend and with whom we started a fruitful collaboration for peace between Christians and Muslims," Fides was told by A ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “Education and aid for children, general healthcare, and pastoral care of the youth are among the Church's main priorities in Ethiopia,” Apostolic Vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming World Food Day to be celebrated on October 16, Fides met with Bishop Rodrigo Mejia, SJ, who has served as Apostolic Vicar in Soddo, Ethiopia, for 4 years. The coun ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary Bishop launches appeal for Africa: “Stop taking advantage of riches without thinking of the welfare of Africans.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “50 years after the 'Year of Africa' (1960), when many African countries became independent, it is time to ask whether the population of the continent should have to continue living in anguish an ...
• 6 October 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - New home for disabled adults in Adidome Adidome (Agenzia Fides) – Work has just recently begun on a new home for the disabled in Adidome, Ghana, in the Volta Region. 7 adults between 18 and 32 years are being cared for at the facility, with programs designed ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The people want peace, but the high unemployment among youth is a time bomb,” missionary tells Fides Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – "Sierra Leone has undoubtedly made progress in recent years, however it must still be observed and encouraged by the international community," Fides has been told by Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, a X ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishops schedule November extraordinary Plenary Assembly on January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of Sudan will hold an extraordinary Plenary Assembly from November 8 to 15 in Rumbek, the capital of the Lakes State, in Southern Sudan, to discuss the referendum of Janu ...
• 5 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Precarious health conditions increase misery in slums Korogocho (Agenzia Fides) – Poor sanitation, lack of water and related disease outbreaks are making the lives of the residents of the sprawling Korogocho slums in Nairobi even harder. The threat of typhoid, cholera and ...