Africa

• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "postpone the African Cup of Nations due to the Ebola situation" Accra (Agenzia Fides) -The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has called on the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone the AFCON (African Cup of Nations) 2015 scheduled for next year in Morocco due ...
• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The comfort of the Church for the victims of the attack in the area of Lake Turkana Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The attack against a police contingent carried out by an armed group in the early morning hours of November 1st in Kapedo, in the Lake Turkana area, in northern Kenya caused 22 victims. Among ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Pray for reconciliation, justice and peace", asks Cardinal Ouédraogo Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A novena for peace in the Country was proclaimed by Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, upset by the popular uprising that on October 31 forced ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Constitutional Amendment: Kinshasa looks at what is happening in Ouagadougou Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The events in Burkina Faso, where President Blaise Compaoré has been forced to relinquish power after 27 years of uninterrupted power, are closely observed throughout Africa, and in particular ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "We have reached a turning point in the history of the Country", say local Church sources Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The main question is where is President Blaise Compaoré and what is he doing. What seems certain is that his power is over", say to Agenzia Fides sources of the Church in Burkina Faso, who ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops a year ago warned: "Young people’s anger increases due to corrupt politics" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A young and angry society because of the lack of prospects due to corrupt politics, but also more informed thanks to the widespread of new technologies. This is what the Bishops of Burkina F ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Project for a "return to normality" after months of armed conflict Sofala (Agenzia Fides) - After months of heated conflict, the two political forces that have been facing each other in Mozambique have signed a truce, but many families preferred to stay in camps or hide in the forest, w ...
• 30 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Campaign against the recruitment of children in armed conflict: "Children, not soldiers"! Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The government of South Sudan has just launched, with the support of the United Nations, the national campaign "Children, not soldiers" which aims to end and prevent the recruitment and use of chil ...
• 30 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches’ appeal after the death of the President: "Let us join together in prayer during this time of mourning" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the three major churches in Zambia, we send our sincere condolences to the presidential family, the Government and people of Zambia, following this great loss", said the condolence ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets against the extension of the presidential mandate Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, on October 28 to protest against the Constitutional Reform Project which aims to allow Presid ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President Sata has died after a long illness Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambian President Michael Sata died yesterday, 28 October, in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness that had long prevented him from fulfilling presidential dut ...
• 29 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Camillians and the emergency of Ebola: the virus exacerbates an already complex and precarious situation Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - The emergency of Ebola in Africa, in particular in Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry and Liberia, also involves at the forefront the Camillian religious. A few days ago Father John Toai left for a vis ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery denies the news of an Islamist attack Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - St. Catherine's Monastery, located in the region of Sinai, has denied reports of alleged assaults carried out by Islamist groups, put into circulation in recent days by Christian media and blogs. ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - There has not been any negotiation so far with the "real" Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is divided into several groups, and those who say they negotiate in its name is not the main component", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of t ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A Congolese priest has disappeared for three weeks in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There has been no news of Father Jean-Berchomans Nguna for three weeks, a priest of the Diocese of Bunia, Ituri District, in the Eastern Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thi ...