Africa

• 17 March 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Church assists 230,000 flood victims Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Clothes, food, money and other aid, for a total of 1 billion kwachas (about 192 thousand US dollars), were distributed by the Bishops of Malawi to more than 230,000 displaced flood victims (se ...
• 17 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government reviews Islamic religious education programs to combat extremism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Awqaf - in charge of endowments to mosques and religious communities - announced that it has completed a draft revision of the general programs of religious education that will pro ...
• 16 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Religious leaders: "Development and the fight against corruption to stop Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hatred and mistrust sown by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria are likely to last for years even after the disappearance of the Islamist group. This is what emerged from the seminar titled "Religious ...
• 16 March 2015
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - "Year of Reconciliation" from July 29, 2015 Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - "Justice and Peace" Commissions must be at the center of reconciliation, peace and development pastoral programs promoted by various Episcopal Conferences of Africa. This was stated by His Exc. ...
• 14 March 2015
  AFRICA - "Africa, a continent on the move", Africa is always more part of the global village Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The conference, "Africa, the continent on the move" is taking place at the Auditorium of Seraphicum in Rome, organized by the Comboni missionaries. "From colonialism to the emergence of independen ...
• 12 March 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Alarm for the recruitment of young Muslims in eastern Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Young Congolese Muslims are recruited in North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The alarm is launched by some articles in the Belgian and Congolese press. "The pheno ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – A study of the Church: the factors of internal conflict Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Youth unemployment, unequal distribution of resources, land disputes, fights between ethnic and political groups. These are the potential causes of conflict in Kenya according to a study sponsor ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The suffering of the population will increase with the war; the Church is making huge efforts Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately the military option seems to prevail, and the suffering of the population will continue", say local sources from South Sudan to Agenzia Fides, who for safety reasons have asked for a ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A primary school for children in Hosanna Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Hosanna, 250 km south-east of Addis Ababa, about 70 thousand people live, mainly very poor families, who do not have sufficient resources to ensure education to their children. The precar ...
• 10 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops to 36,000 refugees in northern Cameroon: "We have not abandoned you!" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Providing pastoral care for over 36,000 Refugees is not an easy task. It is a big challenge for our diocese. That is why we brought the matter to the attention of the Episcopal Conference of Came ...
• 10 March 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The civil war is likely to resume after the failure of Negotiations Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in South Sudan continues after last week’s talks failed in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) aimed at finding a final peace agreement between the two factions of the SPLM (Sudan People's Liberat ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Care centers for children who have been in contact with family members infected by Ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - To help children orphaned by Ebola, but not necessarily infected with the virus, the Ministry for Social Affairs of Sierra Leone, with the support of UNICEF, has established Centres of Temporar ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO – Free and transparent elections: very good result for a Country that has been in the grip of a potential civil war Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - The elections held in Lesotho were considered "free, fair, transparent, peaceful and credible" by local and international election observers, says a report sent to Agenzia Fides signed by Seán O ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack on the UN base in Kidal and the bombing in Bamako committed by the same group Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack against the MINUSMA base and the attack on the restaurant in Bamako were committed in all probability by the same group - Mokhtar Belmokhtar", says Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary Gene ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Armed assault against the Franciscan church of Kafr el Dawar Kafr el-Dawar (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Catholic Church of Kafr el-Dawar, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and officiated by the Franciscan fathers, was attacked in the early hours of the day by armed men who used an expl ...