Africa

• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Elections: a delegation of Bishops of Southern Africa as observer in the national elections Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is in Lesotho as observer in the national elections to be held on February 28th. In a note sent to Agenzia Fi ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Strong humanitarian concern for the announced offensive against Rwandan rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced Congolese army offensive against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebel group will take place without the concurrence of the UN Mission in the Democratic ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The number of homeless children, 700 000 live on the streets of the capital Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the recent Childhood Festival, Majda Suleiman, spokeswoman of the Sudanese Homeless Child Association, told the local press that the streets of Khartoum is home to about 700 ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Towards a more "human" prison system Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Definitely something is changing in the prison system in Malawi" says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary, commenting on the President's speech to the 731 new prison guards at the end ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christian archaeological area risks demolition, Coptic monks lie down in front of bulldozers Fayyum (Agenzia Fides) - The project to build a road that should unite the city of Fayoum to an oasis area crossing the territories around the Coptic monastery of St. Macarius, threatens an archaeological area that stret ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – First step for a representative of the Catholic Church at the African Union Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Berhanu Tamene Woldeyohannes has been appointed head of the office for relations between SECAM (Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar) and the African Union in Addis A ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA – Drug to cure Ebola: positive effects on a few patients but research must continue Guéckédou (Agenzia Fides) – The first results of clinical tests with the experimental anti-viral drug Favipiravir to fight Ebola reveal that the drug can reduce mortality in patients with low levels of the virus in t ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “Our country can be compared to a desert, where we must combat the temptations of the devil” says Archbishop Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis which grips our country is a consequence of human weakness and human incapacity to open our hearts to the Lord’s multiple calls to conversion” Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga ...
• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Church forms committee to evacuate Egyptians from Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A “crisis unit” has been instituted at the request of the Synod of the Copt Orthodox Church to collect data and information regarding all Egyptians still present in Libya, in order to facilita ...
• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Government must guarantee freedom of press”: appeal following closure of several broadcasters including Kinshasa’s Catholic TV Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Guarantee freedom of press on the eve of important electoral commitments”. This appeal was launched by the Congo National Press Association (Union Nationale de la Presse du Congo), in a s ...
• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Cameroonian press questions French policy to fight Boko Haram Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius confirmed, during a visit 21 and 22 February to Chad, Cameroon and Niger, that France is ready to support African countries threatened by the Islam ...
• 21 February 2015
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO – Election calendar made public: eight elections in two years Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The National Independent Election Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo has made public a long awaited Election Calendar . “The Calendar is ambitious, - remarks Congo Netwo ...
• 21 February 2015
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE – Since the beginning of missionary activity caring for the sick has been important: Archbishop of Harare for Lent Harare (Agenzia Fides) – A Lenten Season with special attention for sick and weaker members of society. This was requested by Archbishop Robert Ndlovu, of Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, in a Lenten Pastoral Letter, a cop ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The day for demonstrations against Boko Haram a village is bombed by mistake on the border with Nigeria; 37 dead Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – At least 37 dead is the tragic outcome of an aircraft bombing over the Nigerian part of Abadam, a village cut by a river and shared by Nigeria and Niger. According to the authorities of Niamey, ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Elections postponed: a contribution towards peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A positive development in the interest of peace in the country. This was how Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kusala, of Tombura-Yambio, interviewed by Radio Anisa, viewed the postponement on the part of t ...