Africa

• 23 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al-Sisi decrees that even church buildings and mosques shall soon pay for electricity AFRICA/EGYPT - President al-Sisi decrees that even church buildings and mosques shall soon pay for electricity Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – All Egypt’s church buildings and mosques will soon have to pay electricity bill ...
• 22 July 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: people want to go back to normality, but we must not let our guard down Pujehun (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian organization "Doctors with Africa-Cuamm" continues to be vigil with regards to the situation in Sierra Leone and the spread of the Ebola virus, even though the most critical pha ...
• 22 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A law is being requested against conversions of Christian minors without parental consent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Mikel Munir, founder and leader of the political party of liberal character al-Haya, addressed a public appeal to Egyptian authorities to ensure that the personal status law under review, s ...
• 21 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Council of Christian Churches convenes a day of prayer on the anniversary of the 1952 "Revolution" Cairo (Agenzia fides) - The Council of Christian Churches in Egypt, through a statement of Coptic Orthodox priest Bishoy Elmy, head of the General Secretariat of the Council called on all Egyptians to join the "Day of Pr ...
• 20 July 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Three African Christians kidnapped by jihadis in the south of Sirte; four Italians kidnapped in Mellitah Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - Three Christians - a Ghanaian, a Nigerian and a Coptic Egyptian – have been kidnapped in Libya by a jihadist group linked to the Islamic State (Daesh). The kidnapping dates back to 11 July, but ...
• 17 July 2015
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - More violence in the M'Zab valley. Bishop Rault: repression alone cannot help but spread violence Ghardaia (Agenzia Fides) - The M'Zab Valley in southern Algeria, continues to be the scene of sectarian violence on ethnic-religious basis, that the Algerian security apparatuses are not able to stop. The clashes have cr ...
• 17 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We must start again from scratch", says the Bishop Emeritus of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 July, South Sudan celebrated its fourth year of independence. Unfortunately the anniversary is marred by ethnic conflict, due to the clashes of government forces of President Kiir, an ethnic D ...
• 17 July 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - "Clashes within military forces with arbitrary arrests and torture", 'Justice and Peace' denounces Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - Mass protest in Lesotho against human rights abuses by the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Earlier this week, the capital Maseru was a "dead city" with offices and shops closed a ...
• 17 July 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New assaults of the ADF/MDI in the territory of Beni: fires, looting, pillaging Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven people were killed in the assault on July 15 in three villages in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on behalf of ADF-NALU, a group of Ugandan or ...
• 16 July 2015
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Expansion of a water system to provide water to about 22,000 people Cyeza (Agenzia Fides) - Even in Cyeza there is water! We are talking about a village that is located in the central part of the Country and now sees the realization, with the contribution of the non-profit organization M ...
• 16 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Doubts of the Burundian opposition regarding the mediation of Museveni Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The Burundian opposition does not have confidence in the mediator chosen by the East African Community, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, to try to unravel the political crisis in our ...
• 16 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "If Boko Haram succeed in cutting us off from the other part of Nigeria, Maiduguri is doomed" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The rate of the Boko Haram attacks in the past few weeks have become worrisome and dangerous. This remains the only route linking Maiduguri city with the other parts of the world. One can only im ...
• 15 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros withdraws the complaint against the militants of the "38 Copts" association Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic activist Nader El Serafy, co-founder of the "Copts 38" association revealed that Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II withdrew the complaint lodged by the Coptic Church against militan ...
• 15 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram strikes again, but no longer controls whole territories Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is still able to strike and unfortunately cause victims, but unlike a few months ago, no longer controls towns and villages", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of Social Communica ...
• 15 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Caritas launches the program of consolidation of democracy in view of the elections in October Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Burkina Faso has launched the "project of consolidation of democracy and social cohesion (2015-2017)" run by OCADES, Caritas Burkina Faso. The project was presented yesterday, ...