ASIA/INDIA - Religious violence increases in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – Violence based on religion and hatred disseminated by Hindu extremist groups are increasing in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This is denounced to Fides Agency by the Com ...
22 July 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Last exodus from Mosul: nearly three thousand Christians
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The last Christians who have left Mosul after the jihadist ultimatum by the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate are almost three thousand. A very high number, Mosul is now empty of Christians.
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AFRICA/SUDAN – Sudan bans the construction of new churches
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and religious Endowments announced that the government will not issue permits anymore for the construction of new churches in the country. Sudanese Christian l ...
21 July 2014
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Race against time to control the outbreak of ebola
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two weeks, the NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has treated more than 70 patients with symptoms similar to those of ebola and fears a possible increase of patients in the coming w ...
ASIA/IRAQ - The last Christian families leave Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The last Christian families still present in Mosul are leaving the city and are heading towards Erbil, Dohuk and other areas of Iraqi Kurdistan which are considered safer. This is confirmed by sou ...