Africa

• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in an attempted robbery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest of the diocese of Oyo, Fr. Goodwill Onyeka, was killed together with his younger brother, Onyeka Obi, in an attempted robbery. The event took place on the evening of 1 J ...
• 1 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - An assassination attempt foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura during the Marian procession Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – An assassination attempt was foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura, His Exc. Mgr. Evariste Ngoyagoye during the procession yesterday, Sunday, May 31. "This is what was reported to Voice ...
• 1 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Let us pray for the new President" says the President of the Episcopal Conference Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Buhari said that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody. I think what he is trying to say is that he will not be a sectional leader", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Ar ...
• 30 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Greater awareness is needed for the treatment of cholera and diarrhea Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Many children in Kenya die due to acute diarrhea and often, unfortunately, many parents do not know that a rehydration treatment would be enough to save the lives of their children. The main tre ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A "scary" financial law that aggravates the already difficult conditions of the population Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A "scary" financial law was submitted to the Parliament of Malawi. As reported to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, "after two years without the funds provided by ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to mass abortion for girls raped by Boko Haram; we are ready to help" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - No to abortion of girls released by Boko Haram, who got pregnant as a result of rape and forced mating by some members of the terrorist group. This was made known by the Catholic Bishops’ Confer ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church withdraws from the election process: "we cannot make ourselves guarantors of elections full of gaps" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not participate in the legislative elections in Burundi: says a statement of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi. "After taking into account the way in which the elect ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA - A third of Africans end up in poverty because of precarious health care services Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Health care, as well as being a right of every man is also the cornerstone of sustainable development and global security. The NGO for development Anesvad recently launched the alarm about the fa ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The President denies the motion for dismissal, the Bishops denounce "the culture of corruption" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Malagasy President Hery Rajaonarimampianina said he will not resign and challenged the dismissal of the motion passed by Parliament (see Fides 27/05/2015). In a televised message to the nat ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Coptic boys released, falsely accused of an "insulting" video towards Islam Minya (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Minya upheld the appeal filed by the defense of the four teenagers who were in detention for more than 40 days on charges of insulting Islam. The incident happened in a school in the vi ...
• 27 May 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "We are going back to chaos," says a missionary after the vote to remove the President Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is discouraged because there is a feeling of returning to the chaos that characterized the political life of the island for years", says to Fides Fr. Luca Trengia, Director ...
• 27 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian Churches: "Stop the violence, instigated by leaders, most of whom call themselves Christians" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "People are being killed, raped and tortured. (...). Children are being recruited into armed groups and looting is endemic", denounces the South Sudan Council of Churches, the body that brings toge ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Security situation worsens due to clashes Maper (Agenzia Fides) - The intensification of the clashes between the government and the opposition is gradually deteriorating the situation in some of the areas of Unity State on the border with the State of the Lakes, ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops denounce: "In eastern Congo three basic training camps for jihadists; but the UN observes without intervening" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A climate of genocide, a hearth of jihadist fundamentalism and a process of Balkanization". These are "the three greatest dangers" denounced by the Bishops of the Province of Bukavu (eastern D ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA - CCEE and SECAM hold a Seminar on The Family in Europe and Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be having a Seminar on the theme: "The joy of the Famil ...