Africa

• 2 January 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Corruption and widespread immorality threaten the nation", say the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, widespread of drugs, immorality are the evils that threaten the nation, according to a New Year Message from the Bishops of Ghana. The message, signed by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Osei-Bon ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Stigma and discrimination, Ebola also jeopardizes religious practices Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola will have a long impact in Sierra Leone. The total population is 63.48,350 people. To December 19 the total number of cases recorded were 8880 among suspected, probable and confirmed. Accor ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Anti-Christian attacks: Christian leaders urge the faithful to forgiveness Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "What would Christ have said if there were terror attacks during his time?" ask Christian leaders of Kenya in a joint message on the occasion of Christmas to the faithful still shaken by the att ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui pays a visit to former Seleka rebels again Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – On Christmas Eve His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, went to the reception camps of former Seleka guerrillas near the capital of the Central African Republic. The deleg ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Security measures strengthened for the Coptic Christmas celebrations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A special plan to ensure security for the upcoming Christmas celebrations for Coptic Christians was developed in detail during a meeting of the heads of the police and security apparatus, convened ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The IDPs in Maiduguri celebrate Christmas among hope and fears of suicide bombs Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has been under siege for quite some time now with IDPs fleeing the violence of Boko Haram. This is what was experienced in Maiduguri, capital city of Borno State, ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "A sad and uncertain Christmas", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A sad Christmas is what was celebrated in Malawi, reports to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who for decades has been engaged in the African country. "What I want ...
• 23 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Accomplice of a gang specialized in the kidnapping of Coptics arrested Sohag (Agenzia Fides) - Mina Zaghloul Hanna comes from a Coptic Christian family and was arrested in recent days by the police in Sohag because considered an accomplice of a gang specialized in kidnapping wealthy Copts o ...
• 23 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - State and Church work together to help the people of Lake Turkana Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have entered into a memorandum of understanding on service delivery on provision of basic amenities such as health services and water in the county", said His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Kimengich, Bi ...
• 22 December 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: the conclusions of the meeting of the "wise men" to end the war in the Territory of Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The threat to the civilian population in the Territory of Beni, part of the province of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is "hybrid". This was stated in the final document of t ...
• 22 December 2014
  AFRICA/RWANDA - A fish farm to support the orphanage in Muhura Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - The St. Joseph Orphanage in Muhura, renamed "Casa San Giuseppe", was built in the early 90s by an elderly Italian midwife. Today the center is run by the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul and since 200 ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Foreign staff on the run from a looted hospital; health care system collapsing Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - The clashes in Benghazi, capital of Cyrenaica, between Islamist militiamen and soldiers loyal to General Khalifa Haftar are causing serious damage to the local health system. The Libyan press r ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Islamist threats against the Christmas celebration; Muslim leaders: we defend the churches together with Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt even this year, as in the past, as the Christmas celebration approaches the Internet becomes a vehicle for attacks and threats against local Christian communities. Islamist sites warn Mus ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - One hundred thousand children cannot attend school because of the floods Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred thousand Moroccan children have not been attending school since November due to severe floods and heavy rains that have hit southern Morocco, severely damaging bridges, roads and infra ...
• 18 December 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: appeal of the Hospital in Serabu; for FAO a million people at risk of hunger Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation due to the epidemic of Ebola is really horrible. Our health workers are subjected to very serious risks, and some of them have lost their lives", said Fr. Paul Sandi, Secretary G ...