Africa

• 15 September 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “A lively Church but the faith needs to be deepened” says President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “We intend to work to deepen the Christian faith and also to expand the contribution which the Church can make towards the wellbeing of our country” says Bishop Nicolas Diomo, Bishop of Tshumbe ...
• 13 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Children orphaned by ebola: One of the side effects of the virus Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - 20% of Liberian children under 2 years of age have lost their parents to the epidemic of Ebola which, since last March, has had a devastating impact in West Africa. Many remain completely alone ...
• 13 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "There is no fighting in Maiduguri, but the army patrols the churches" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no fighting in Maiduguri, instead there is fighting in certain towns nearby" says to Fides Agency Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of Social Communications of the Archdiocese of Abuja, ...
• 12 September 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Profession of vows at the end of the Jubilee Year for the 400th anniversary since the death of St Camillus Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Despite having solemnly celebrated the feast of St. Camillus on July 14, the camillian vice province of Burkina Faso wanted to conclude the celebration of the fourth centenary since the deat ...
• 12 September 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Civil society: "the press in Rwanda is being provocative with regards to the border lines" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Actions aimed at provocation and incitement" is how civil society in North Kivu describes the anticipations in the pro-government press in Rwanda regarding the experts conclusions on the demar ...
• 11 September 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Missionaries killed: "We do not believe in the police’s version, however, we will continue with our mission", says a nun Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not believe in the police’s version. The person arrested is an excuse to divert the investigation into the killing of our nuns", says to Fides Agency Sister Delia Guadagnini, former R ...
• 11 September 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - "There is a high level of alert against Ebola, villages in quarantine, hunger and malnutrition": the Director of CUAMM has just returned from the Country Padova (Agenzia Fides) - In Sierra Leone Ebola continues to claim victims. Don Dante Carraro, Director of the NGO Doctors with Africa CUAMM has just returned from the African Country, where there are volunteers of the NG ...
• 11 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Ethnic groups and oil in the Libyan civil war Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The clash between Islamist militias and so-called "nationalists" in Libya is turning into an ethnic clash with the intervention of guerrillas of the Tubu tribe of Kufra in the south of Cyrenaica ...
• 10 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Not even its Nigerian sponsors can control Boko Haram, now an international organisation AFRICA/NIGERIA – Not even its Nigerian sponsors can control Boko Haram, now an international organisation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Boko Haram has escaped even its Nigerian sponsors and risks becoming an internation ...
• 9 September 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "The murdered nuns will be buried in Africa: love to the very end” says former regional Xavarian superior Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “All three of the murdered Italian nuns had serious health conditions , but all three, AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The murdered nuns asked to be buried in Africa: love to the very end” says f ...
• 9 September 2014
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - “We have been blessed with good leadership: let’s vote to preserve this heredity” says Bishop of Gaborone Gaborone (Agenzia Fides)- “It is our duty, as citizens, exercise our right to choose leaders and government who will respect human dignity and work to improve the lives of everyone” Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane, of ...
• 9 September 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Archbishop of Freetown: “at each mass I speak about Ebola and how to avoid infection” Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – “Ebola is such a virulent virus that it is not easily treated; only experts can run the test to identify the virus and determine the stage of the infection. Therefore the Catholic Church, t ...
• 8 September 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI -Three Xaverian Missionaries killed in Burundi: the mission is full of people anxious to express sympathy with the sisters Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Three Italian Xaverian sisters have been killed in Burundi, at the mission of Kamenge. The news was confirmed to Fides by Sister Giordana, Directress General of the Xaverian missionary sist ...
• 8 September 2014
  AFRICA/LESOTHO – The Pope and the Bishops call for dialogue to resolve the crisis in Lesotho Maseru (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Lesotho remains tense after the failure of an attempted coup on 30 August led by rebel general Tlali Kamoli, now in hiding in the hills with a few faithful heavily armed milit ...
• 6 September 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – Peace agreement signed in view of October elections Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – A peace agreement signed yesterday 5 September in Maputo, has put and end to almost two years of “low profile” conflict between government forces and former Renamo guerrillas (Resistenza Na ...