Africa

• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - In Bujumbura, one lives in fear: every night murders and disappearances of suspected opponents Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Every night there are killings and disappearances. People live in fear", local sources from the capital Bujumbura in Burundi told Agenzia Fides, where a serious political and institutional c ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops' appeal to young Africans: "Stay in Africa to build a better continent" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not allow false trappings of wealth lure you to move out of your Countries in search of non-existent jobs in Europe and America". This is the appeal launched by Mgr. Nicolas Djomo of Tshumb ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Caritas builds four schools for 4,800 South Sudanese refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4,800 South Sudanese refugee children in Ethiopia will be able to receive education in 4 schools, inaugurated recently in Kule and Terkendi camps, in the Gambella region, about 800 ...
• 19 August 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The 2015 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize will be awarded to the Interfaith Peace Platform Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The 2015 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize will be awarded to the Interfaith Peace Platform for the work achieved to reconcile religious groups in the hope of reaching a lasting peace in Central Afri ...
• 19 August 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - "We express our solidarity with our brothers and sisters from the Kingdom of Lesotho!" say the Bishops of Southern Africa Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "Lesotho is not alone, the Bishops and the Catholic community are with you in this time of need", says Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and President of the Southern African Catholic Bish ...
• 18 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After lengthy delay polling station distribution law approved Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The date, 25 October, set for local elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to be definitively jeopardised, according to a note sent to Fides by the Peace for Congo Network, regar ...
• 18 August 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A country adrift where frustration among the people rises out of all control Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)-“Poverty is ever more serious, out of all proportion, each new day brings more bad news” Fides is informed in a report from Italian Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, for several decad ...
• 17 August 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Claretian Missionary priest killed in road ambush Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- A Claretian father in Nigeria has been killed. Fr Dennis Osuagwu was murdered in Nekede on 15 August, according to news sent to Fides by the General House of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate ...
• 17 August 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – Concern for reported destructive behaviour in local Catholic schools Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in Kenya has voiced concern for bad behaviour in schools culminating in some cases in acts of violence “radical extremism activities, sexual perversion and cultic behaviour� ...
• 11 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The peace process led by the Council of Churches begins Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has officially launched a peace process led by the churches. The launch of this peace initiative took place at the Juba Christian Centre on Saturday, A ...
• 10 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Catholic Church celebrates 135 years of missions in the DRC Boma (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church celebrated 135 years of evangelization in the Independent State of Congo, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the town of Boma in the Central Province of Congo. On Sunday, ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The beatification ceremony of Benedict Daswa will be held on September 13, the first martyr of South Africa recognized by the Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 September the Church in South Africa is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Benedict Samuel Tshimangadzo Daswa, martyred on 2 February 1990 (see Fides 30/09/2014), the first m ...
• 7 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - There are few hopes that the peace agreement will be signed by 17 August Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between the South Sudanese factions have resumed in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in order to end 19 months of civil war. The peace plan, presented by IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on ...
• 6 August 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - By 2020, 20 Catholic radio stations will be created to cover the entire territory of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - By 2020 there will be 20 Catholic radio stations in Kenya. This is laid down in the 2016-2020 plan approved by the Commission for Social Communications/Waumini Communications of the Episcopal Co ...
• 5 August 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Rain and wind storms are causing severe damage in South Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - A downpour has destroyed more than 100 houses in a camp for the displaced near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. El Salam camp spokesman told the local radio station Radio Dabanga that the rains ...