Africa

• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Not only local militia, also foreign interests clash in Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In Libya there is a strategic struggle among various Arab and non-Arab powers, in which a number of local actors play a primary role, while being in turn backed by foreign referents. The United ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Police raid Evangelical church in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the police force carried out a raid on an Evangelical church in North Khartoum and preceded to demolish the building. Others arrested 37 young people gathered for prayers inside t ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina the anti-Islamist terrorism Conference at al-Azhar was “epochal” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The conference organised at the University of al-Azhar to condemn terrorism and extremism of Islamist matrix , was an event of historic importance. However I am not sure whether or not it was ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI – The dream of a nation free of the nightmare of AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “There is widespread participation in Malawi on the annual day for the fight against AIDS” . Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, who has worked in the country for several decades, tol ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches to monitor presidential elections in January Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The principal Christian confessions in Zambia will monitor presidential elections to be held 20 January 2015 by means of a purposely formed body: Christian Churches’ Monitoring Group (CCMG). ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Islam and Terrorism at Al Azhar. Imam al- Tayyeb: “takfirist” extremism perverts the Islamic religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) –'Takfirist' extremism which justifies with verses of the Koran violent and terrorist activity is a “perversion of the Islamic religion ”, and jihadist factions commit “barbaric crimes with ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A more functional school for 4000 children in one of the poorest regions of the Country Soddo (Agenzia Fides) - A cooperation project led to the restructuring and the provision of school materials regarding the first public school which opened in Wolayta (the southern area of Ethiopia) in 1953. The institut ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops denounce: "Banditry threatens peace, it seems that some have fun scattering weapons among the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are still held hostage by armed groups present in the area and occupy the national scene" denounce the Central African Bishops in the message for Advent prepared by the Permanent Coun ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "One is trying to destabilize the north of Kenya" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people targeted by the Shabaab are skilled workers (doctors, nurses, teachers, policemen, military, civil servants etc ...) from other parts of Kenya. Forcing them to flee means destabilizi ...
• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Justice and Peace Commission: The state of insecurity is to be declared "national disaster" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Declaring the state of insecurity in which different areas of Kenya live as a "national disaster" and regulate the sale of ammunition to ordinary citizens: are some of the demands made by the "J ...
• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: assault on the capital of Yobe, new victims over the weekend Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, in northern Nigeria, was assaulted in the early morning hours today, December 1, by a commando of Boko Haram. According to the testimony of some of the inhabitants ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA - Flexibility in health systems and community approach that adapts to the daily realities of HIV-positive people Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - 71% of the 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. The call by (UNAIDS) to close the gap around access to HIV services will not be met unless the delivery of anti ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "Boko Haram attacks Muslims who do not think like them" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrible attack against Muslims in prayer shows that Boko Haram has expanded its objectives", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Magic shows" to finance the schooling of children Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - To finance the schooling of children in Benin, a group of "wizards" have set up a series of shows for young children who go to the kindergarten run by the NGO Spanish Mensajeros de la Paz, in Co ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops reaffirm that the ordination of women to the priesthood is not recognised in the Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - With a Pastoral Statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Bishops reaff ...