Africa

• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Rifts in the presidential party and the army on Nkurunziza's third term Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Burundi seems more and more divided, as rifts appear even within the presidential party CNDD-FDD. "The President of the Assembly, Pie Ntavyohanyuma, and Vice President, Gervais Rufyikiri, both ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks of Boko Haram: a mosque and a Protestant Church Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – At least 44 dead and 48 wounded is the provisional toll of the twin bombings perpetrated on Sunday, July 5 in Jos, capital of Plateau State (in north-central Nigeria), attributed to Boko Haram T ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Noma severely affects the poorest and malnourished children Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Severe malnutrition in Niger continues paving the way for Noma disease to claim more victims among poverty-stricken children, most of whom feel socially outcast as they see the infection eating a ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram wants to punish Muslims who rebel against their violence", says a priest from Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "These terrible attacks against the Muslim community are signs of weakness and not of strength", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of Social Communications of the Archdiocese of Abuja, capita ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Ebola nightmare is back: 3 new cases Nedowein (Agenzia Fides) - Liberia, declared "Ebola-free" on May 9 by the World Health Organization (WHO), has plunged back into the nightmare of a new epidemic. Three new cases were registered in the same village, Nedow ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - South Africa concerned about the "explosive" situation in Lesotho Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - Concern in South Africa about the situation described as "explosive" in Lesotho, after the killing, last week, of former Chief of Staff, General Maaparankoe Mahao, who according to family members ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - If these structural issues are not adequately addressed, we shall soon have another Marikana", says "Justice and Peace" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "If these structural issues are not adequately addressed, we shall soon have another Marikana, if we continue to pursue a brand of mining economy that puts profit before people", warned His ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Floods destroy homes and buildings, there are two thousand displaced Douala (Agenzia Fides) - A week of heavy floods, caused by heavy rains have hit the economic capital of Cameroon, Douala, and has caused the death and destruction of homes and buildings in the city, as well as two thousa ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church after the jihadist attacks in Sinai: we are on the side of the military fighting "evil forces" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After a series of attacks carried out yesterday by jihadist groups against 18 army posts in north Sinai, the Coptic Orthodox Church expresses sympathy and full support to the Egyptian military. I ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - More and more weapons circulate even among the opposition, a very worrying situation Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of victims in yesterday’s clashes is higher than reported by official sources, that speak of 6 dead", say local sources to Agenzia Fides from Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - School lunch program to fight malnutrition and school dropout Moamba (Agenzia Fides) - Primary education and access to basic health services for school age children are the target of the non-profit Cooperative Development Center (CCS), which has been involved in promoting a better ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Two hundred thousand Burundian refugees abroad, some priests forced to flee because of threats Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we celebrate national independence. The celebrations in the center of the capital, Bujumbura, are taking place without problems, but the suburbs are blocked due to the presence of oppos ...
• 1 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Precarious security and non-existent infrastructure in the areas liberated by Boko Haram" reports the Bishop of Yola Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Many refugees would like to return to their villages and return to work in the fields, but different areas formally liberated by Boko Haram are still dangerous", says His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Dami M ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Do not abandon Tunisia, otherwise you will find the extremists at home", says the pastor of Sousse Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to punish Tunisia for its democratic progress. This is why it must not be left alone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tunisia, who ...
• 30 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops denounce insecurity and threats to family Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo denounce the insecurity in the north, east and south of the Country, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides at the end of their 52nd Plenary Assemb ...