Africa

• 12 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops denounce the climate of violence and the rekindling of the spirit of division of the Country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Thou shalt not kill". With reference to the fifth commandment the Bishops of Burundi invite Burundians to work for peace in the Country which is experiencing the worst crisis since the civil ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The rains have caused severe damage to church structures in Mbour; controversy over the lack of relief Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains have devastated Senegal in recent days and damaged the home and the school of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and the church of Santa Marta in Mbour, 80 km south of the c ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Chief of Staff escapes a road ambush carried out by rebel soldiers Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Chief of Staff of the Burundian army, General Prime Niyongabo, escaped this morning, September 11, an attack in the capital, Bujumbura. The convoy of the general was attacked by a heavily ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 24 Copts appointed in the electoral lists of the Salafi party Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Salafi leader Yasser al-Borhamy announced yesterday that 24 Christian Copts have been included in the electoral lists of the ultraconservative al-Nour Islamist party, also highlightin ...
• 10 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Assault against a military post near the capital, the population takes refuge in the parish Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 September two rebels were killed and three soldiers wounded in an attack against a military post in Kiyenzi, in the municipality of Kanyosha in the province of Bujumbura, the capital of B ...
• 9 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the Church has a spiritual and not a political mission Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Church is a reality of spiritual nature that serves the entire Egyptian society, without exception, and carries out that service without claiming direct political roles, but merely exer ...
• 9 September 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - President Nyusi recognizes the Church's role in national reconciliation Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has always called on the Mozambican society to appreciate all people, especially those who are most vulnerable and in need", acknowledged the President of Mozambique, Filipe ...
• 9 September 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - Three million people are suffering food insecurity, among them 715,000 children Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3 million people in Mali (one-fifth of the population) live in conditions of food insecurity, according to the specialized agencies of the United Nations. The north is the most critical ...
• 8 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A demonstration protest in front of the Coptic Cathedral has been prohibited Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Ministry of the Interior has not authorized a demonstration protest, much announced, which was to be held in Cairo, in front of the Orthodox Coptic Cathedral of St. Mark. The promoter ...
• 8 September 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui: "Authority and the international community have to take on their responsibility to stop the violence" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary that the Country's authorities take on their own responsibility to mitigate the suffering of the population", said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, cap ...
• 8 September 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The protest of teachers takes to the street, the Church calls for dialogue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenyan teachers took to the streets on September 7 to demand a wage increase, as determined by a court order which provided for an increase from 50 to 60%. The government, however, has said it c ...
• 7 September 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres committed by jihadists in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least nine people have been killed in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a new attack of the ADF-NALU, group of Ugandan origin that now calls itself Muslim Defense Internat ...
• 7 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bishops' message for the 11 October elections: "Politics, the highest form of charity" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a change of mindset for peaceful, free and trasparent elections" write the Bishops of Burkina Faso in their Pastoral Letter entitled "Political commitment: a supreme expression of l ...
• 4 September 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - More than 30 dead in two attacks in northern Cameroon Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - At least 30 people died in a double bomb attack yesterday, September 3, in Kerawa, a town in the far north of Cameroon on the border with Nigeria. According to testimonies, a first explosion, a ...
• 4 September 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops of Kenya officially announce Pope Francis' visit Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Bishops, I am happy to announce that the Holy Father has accepted our invitation and will visit Kenya in November". This is the official announcement of the Bishops of Kenya th ...