Africa

• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “It is a most unfortunate incident that need not, however, endanger peace in the nation,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We prayed for the victims of October 1, together with the different Christian denominations in Nigeria,” Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nigeria, told Fides. "The e ...
• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - UN report on human rights violations 1993-2003 published Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I think the UN report will force the international community to carry out further reflection on recent events in the region," Fides was told by Fr. Loris Cattani, Xaverian missionary with a lo ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We cannot accept the shedding of innocent blood,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We are saddened by the loss of 10 lives and concerned that we are facing a new phenomenon, never before seen in our history: a double attack in the federal capital," Fides has been told by Arch ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Forming the moral conscience well to better witness to our faith: theme for pastoral year in Diocese of Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The influence of the materialist and relativist mentality, propagated by the mass media and political organizations and national and international economies, is blurring the moral conscience of ...
• 1 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - On 50th anniversary of national independence, Pope encourages work towards peace and democracy Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has called on Nigerians to work diligently for the peace and prosperity of their fellow citizens as the nation celebrates the golden jubilee of her attainment of ...
• 1 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Onaiyekan tells Fides: 16 children kidnapped in south released, University's accountant also released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The accountant of the Catholic University was released after six days of being held hostage by her kidnappers,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nig ...
• 30 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Drama in Northern Nigeria: over 2 million flood victims Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,100,000 people have been affected by flooding in several areas of northwestern Nigeria. In the State of Jigawa alone, flooding caused by the bursting of dams affected 2 million people (a ...
• 30 September 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish priest of Mbau receives death threats, mugged by two bandits: violence spreading in the region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Augustin Mbusa, Assumptionist priest and Pastor of the parish in Mbau, (located in Beni, North Kivu), in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was threatened with death and robb ...
• 29 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 15 children kidnapped, Archbishop of Abuja speaks of “a terrible situation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an unprecedented event. We are facing a terrible situation," Fides has been told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, where 15 children we ...
• 27 September 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Mutilated cadavers discovered: “an extremely disturbing situation” a local source tells Fides Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – "It is a worrying situation that threatens to bring us back to the dark years of civil war," Fides was told by a source from the Church in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. For security rea ...
• 25 September 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Meeting in Abidjan in preparation for Forum on “Culture, Identity of Peoples, and Development in Africa and in the Black Diaspora.” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Culture, Identity of Peoples, and Development in Africa and in the Black Diaspora.” This is the theme of a Forum being promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture, in collaboration with ...
• 25 September 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Archbishop Rouamba tells Fides of “a very positive meeting,” after participating in the Congress for the International Catholic Union of the Press held for the first time in Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting was very positive, as I was able to observe in talking to some journalists from my country who participated in it," Fides learned from Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba, Ar ...
• 24 September 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Constitutional referendum and elections announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – A referendum will be held on November 17 to approve the new Constitution of Madagascar and on December 20, there will be municipal elections. The presidential elections are scheduled for ...
• 23 September 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Caxito tells Fides: “Greater efforts in evangelization are needed in order to combat witchcraft.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The situation eight years since the war's end, the spread of beliefs like witchcraft, the abyss between rich and poor, the need to re-evangelize part of the country after 20 years of Marxism, are ...
• 23 September 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - October 10 vote: "We need to reverse the trend in the country," Church source tells Fides Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "We need to go and vote on order to reverse the trend in the country and continue on the road to democracy," Fides has been told by a source from the Church in the Republic of Guinea, where th ...