Africa

• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Council of Christian Churches celebrate the second anniversary of its founding Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The second anniversary of the founding of the Council of Christian Churches in Egypt was celebrated at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. On Monday, May 25 all the heads o ...
• 25 May 2015
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Child marriage exacerbated by poverty and ignorance htnee s e steme t e Casablanca (Agenzia Fides) - Child marriage affects 15 million girls worldwide every year. It is a growing phenomenon, aggravated by poverty, ignorance and fear. This is what participants in a recent forum held in Morocc ...
• 25 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - Despite the latest violence, one hopes in the talks in Algiers in order to reach peace Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Mali had placed great hope in the peace agreement signed on 15 May, but unfortunately violence continues in the northern regions", says to Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of th ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Sun Village: center of assistance and support for children in need Dedza (Agenzia Fides) - Malawi is a strip of land in East Africa inhabited by about 15 million people where food, water, medical facilities is lacking and where AIDS is rampant among the young and old. Among the many cha ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Justice and Peace": "The state budget has to give priority to flood victims" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " We encourage you, our honourable parliamentarians to consider the plight of those affected by floods and droughts. Through this forthcoming budget deliberation currently in progress, the affe ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society denounces the ambiguous role of the army in the massacres in the territory of Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the territory of Beni, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) people continue to be victims of massacres and thefts" says a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Peace Network for ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros speaks at the conference on the "Coptic Diaspora" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to take care of all the questions and demands that come from our people". This is the message that Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to launch on Thursday, May 21 during the f ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church cannot support an electoral process that is likely to divide citizens Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where protests continue against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for election for a third term. The President announc ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The police free four kidnapped Copts Minya (Agenzia Fides) - An operation carried out by the police led to the release of the four young Copts who had been kidnapped on the night of Sunday 17 and Monday, May 18 as they were returning, in a car, from a visit ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Civil society denounces: serious human rights violations in the east of the Country Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Security forces in Niger are committing human rights violations in the region of Diffa, in the east of the Country, where in February a state of emergency was declared because of the raids carrie ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA - Rubber and leather shoes that "stretch" for African children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the world there are hundreds of millions of children who cannot afford to have a pair of shoes. A young American has invented a pair of rubber and leather sandals, made with a system of clamps ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – First beatification in Kenya: the Italian missionary Sr. Irene, "mother all mercy and love" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On 23rd May, all eyes will be set on Dedan Kimathi University grounds in Nyeri, near the Consolata Mathari Chapel where Italian missionary Sr. Irene Stefani, of the Consolata Missionaries (MC) i ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Four Copts kidnapped on the way to the Marian shrine of Jabal al-Tair Minya (Agenzia Fides) – Four young Coptic Christians in the province of Minya, Upper Egypt, were kidnapped along the country road they were walking to reach the ancient church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the villag ...
• 20 May 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Food insecurity in the north of the Country Maroua (Agenzia Fides) - It becomes increasingly difficult to find food in northern Cameroon especially due to the insecurity caused by Boko Haram which has seriously damaged agriculture and cross-border trade. Aid agenc ...
• 19 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - After the failed coup, demonstrations resume against the third presidential term Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a scary situation, because we fear more violence", say to Fides local sources from Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, after the failed military coup led by General Godefroid Niyombare ...