Africa

• 
  10 April 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - More than 2000 young Ghanaians send message of hope to their peers in difficulty Accra (Agenzia Fides)-The youth of Ghana must continue to hope despite the many present difficulties. This was the message sent out by two some thousand young Ghanaian Catholics who took part in a two day evangelisation ...
• 10 April 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Bishop of Ogoja appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis, on 9 April 2017, appointed Bishop of the diocese of Ogoja, in Nigeria, Rev. Donatus Edet Akpan of the clergy of Ikot Ekpene, presently parish priest in th ...
• 10 April 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Vicar apostolic of Hosanna resigns, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis, on 8 April 2017, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna (Ethiopia), presented by Bishop Woldeghiorghis ...
• 
  7 April 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - No news of Sister Cecilia two months after her kidnapping, despite the indictment of 4 people Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Where's our Sister Gloria? Who are her kidnappers? And who are those who still hold her?" These are the questions of the Diocese of Karangasso, two months after the kidnapping of Sister Gloria C ...
• 
  7 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Malnutrition, cholera and diarrhea among children: cases increase Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children in Somalia suffer from acute malnutrition, cholera or diarrhea, and the figure is increasing rapidly. According to UNICEF, therapeutic food was given in the months of Jan ...
• 
  6 April 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Catholic missions of Ngaoundaye have been attacked; the bandits fled at the arrival of the Blue Helmets Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic missions in Ngaoundaye, a small town in the far northwest of the Central African Republic have been attacked. "The news that we have is still incomplete", says Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, ...
• 
  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More attacks against priests and nuns; unknown persons assault Paida parish in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From Kinshasa to North-Kivu, churches, convents and Catholic schools are vandalized, looted and attacked by armed bandits, rebels or other uncivilized persons", denounces CEPADHO, an NGO based ...
• 
  5 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Zuma do not be afraid to consider resigning" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Bring the political crisis in Parliament to preserve democracy and social peace, ask the South African Bishops in a message signed by Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Presi ...
• 
  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture: "Beware of online recruitment into ISIS of our students" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited ...
• 
  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - General strike called by the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Residents in key cities joined a general strike called by the opposition to force Congolese President Joseph Kabila to implement a power sharing deal signed on December 31, 2016 to provide the ...
• 
  4 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar condemns the attack in Russia. The Grand Imam: Interreligious dialogue is not enough to stop terrorism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An immediate condemnation of the terrorist attack that on Monday, April 3 hit Saint Petersburg was expressed by the University of Al Azhar, the main theological and academic center of Sunni Islam. ...
• 
  3 April 2017
  AFRICA/ RD CONGO - Fresh attacks on Catholic church property in Kasai; Pope Francis says “pray for peace in DR Congo” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Fresh attacks on Catholic church buildings are reported from the Kasai region of the democratic republic of Congo ravaged by fighting between army troops and followers of traditional chief Kam ...
• 
  3 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The tragedy of outcast children accused of witchcraft Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Outcasts accused of witchcraft : thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rejected by their families, accused of practicing black-magic, bringing bad luck or just because ...
• 
  31 March 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Child "beggars" of Senegal Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - In Senegal there are about 50,000 children who beg in the streets. They come from villages or from neighboring Countries like Gambia, Mali and Guinea Bissau. Most of them are Talibe, children betw ...
• 
  31 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace: "the dismissal of the Minister of Finance damages economy and the poor" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The continuous reshuffling of the Ministry of Finance summits throw the Country into chaos and uncertainty and "are not in the interest of the economy and the poor". This was stated by Hi ...