Africa

• 24 April 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops: "We plead to the human traffickers who are tricking the youth to leave their country through illegal means to stop their acts" Addis Ababa (Fides) - "We the Ethiopian Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia condemn in unambiguous terms this barbaric terrorist act and call up on all international communities and Governments to provide protection to migrants ...
• 22 April 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawians fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa: "We were chased like dogs" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We were chased like dogs", said the first vanguards of the 3,200 Malawians that the government is repatriating from South Africa, where violent xenophobic clashes are being carreid out. This w ...
• 22 April 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Malakal: heavy fighting between soldiers from three different ethnic groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Violent fighting with the use of heavy weapons between two groups of soldiers of the army of South Sudan with many victims is what is happening today, April 22, in Malakal, the capital of South Sud ...
• 22 April 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Outbreak of measles in Darfur: cases continue to multiply Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The local Ministry of Health has confirmed a sharp increase in cases of measles in Sudan. Currently we are talking about 1,472 people infected. The dead recorded so far are 25, while other 3000 ...
• 22 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Imams and priests promote the "culture of encounter" preaching together in schools in Minya Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The collective "mission" of a large group of imam linked to al Azhar – the biggest theological center of Sunni Islam - and Coptic priests begins today, who for a few days will visit together the ...
• 21 April 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Peripheral areas left to themselves due to national conflict: tribal clashes reawaken Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It was not possible to celebrate the Easter Triduum in Malakal due to clashes between the Shilluk and Dinka tribes" refer to Agenzia Fides missionary sources from the capital of the South Sudan St ...
• 21 April 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – A nun killed in KwaZulu-Natal: a life dedicated to poor children for 60 years Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – An 86-year-old Austrian missionary nun, Sister Stefani Tiefenbacher CPS (Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood), was killed in the night between Saturday 19 and Sunday, April 20 in her ...
• 21 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Islamic University of Al Azhar condemns the massacre of jihadist of Christian Ethiopians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A "heinous crime, committed by the Daesh terrorist group, which goes against any religion, law or human conduct". With these formulas without appeal the University of Al Azhar, highest academic ce ...
• 20 April 2015
  AFRICA - Senegalese NGO: "An international coalition to combat human trafficking" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An international coalition to curb illegal immigration, at the origin of tragedies such as the sinking of a boat with at least 900 migrants in the early hours of Sunday, April 19 off the coast of L ...
• 20 April 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The real aim of Al Shabaab is to spark religious conflict, let us not fall into that trap", say the Islamic leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The real aim of Al Shabaab is to spark religious conflict in Kenya between Christians and Muslims. Kenyans of different faiths should not fall into that trap. We have lived together in harmony ...
• 20 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina on Ethiopian Christians massacred: the martyrs are those in whom the great and consoling victory of Christ shines Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops of Egypt, have gathered in Cairo for their regular assembly that sees them together twice a year, and will dedicate part of their common pastoral reflection to ...
• 17 April 2015
  AFRICA/GABON - "The decline in oil revenues is causing negative effects on social life", says President of the Episcopal Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The drop in oil prices is having a negative impact on social life in Gabon, one of the largest producers of crude oil in Africa. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan, Bishop of Mou ...
• 17 April 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops condemn the outburst of xenophobic violence: "we are a nation of peace who conquered apartheid" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has observed with sadness the outburst of xenophobic violence in Durban which the Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier ha ...
• 16 April 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Moving Dadaab Refugee Camp back to Somalia must go hand in hand with allocating more resources to Northern Kenya for it to succeed", says the Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Now that there is a government in Somalia, it is good if the camp is closed and the people are allowed to return back home", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Darmanin, Bishop of Garissa, commenting on t ...
• 16 April 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Patriarch will participate in the commemorations of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, to be held in Yerevan Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, will travel to Yerevan on April 20 to take part in the most significant events planned to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian Genoc ...