Africa

• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN: over 2.5 million people face food emergency because of the civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two and a half million people in South Sudan are in urgent need of food, desire peace and are tired of living in fear. This is what Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We hope that the postponement of the election was made with good intentions", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Several citizens are not happy with the postponement of the elections", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, following ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Demonstrations for the dissolution of the presidential guard Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last two days demonstrations were held in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, respectively the capital and the second city of Burkina Faso, to demand the abolition of the Presidential S ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The conflict is political not religious" say three participants Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "If you see us together, it means that religious coexistence among Central Africans is possible. The conflict in our Country is not religious, but is the result of political manipulation which ex ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No increase in fees for high schools" says the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kenya is concerned about the high cost of fees concerning different high schools. "No teenager should be banned from public school for not having paid school fees", said i ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for Africa as a continent" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for all of Africa", says Fr. Gideon Obasogie, head of social communications of the Diocese of Maiduguri, capital of Borno S ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – The Bishops ask for a clear electoral calendar Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The silence of President Joseph Kabila on his possible candidacy in the elections of 2016 is disturbing, as stated in an interview with RFI by His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Bishop of ...
• 4 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Year of Consecrated Life: Religious committed to healing the wounds of the Civil War Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite everyone to celebrate this Year in a special way, for the gift of consecrated and missionary life, and to share our call with the people, especially the younger ones". This is the appeal ...
• 4 February 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops send their best wishes to the newly-elected President: "Work to strengthen national unity" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Newly-elected President Edgar Lungu has to work to strengthen national unity, threatened by party divisions and tribalism". This is the meaning of the declaration of the Episcopal Conference of ...
• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Malnutrition and armed conflicts threaten the lives of thousands of children Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - More than 38 000 Somali children are at serious risk of starvation in the Country which continues to be battered by war. Statistics, based on the latest UN figures, reveals that after three ye ...
• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Entire populations deprived of basic health services: commitment to the re-opening of the hospital in Lunsar Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - With its 10,510 cases of Ebola (3,199 deaths), Sierra Leone remains the country hardest hit by the virus. However, the number of new cases per week continues to decrease fortunately. But beside ...
• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Christians in the Islamist electoral list. The spokesman of the Salafi: we are obliged by law Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Coptic Christians in the lists of the Salafist al-Nour Party is a "necessary act" required by the electoral law, and falls within the pre-constitutional requirements that political ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The story of a missionary: Malawi on its knees due to the damage caused by cyclones Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Cyclones of the Mozambique Channel have brought devastation in Malawi", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for decades has lived and worked in Malawi. "In ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian aid denied in conflict areas: MSF forced to close activities Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - Because access to people trapped in conflict areas has been systematically denied by the authorities in Sudan, the Brussels-based operational centre of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announce ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce: "Land grabbing threatens the stability of the Country" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Land grabbing can lead to a break up in the country" warn the Bishops of Southern Sudan. According to Catholic Radio Network (CRN), at the end of the plenary meeting of the local Episcopal Confere ...