Africa

• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The army have discovered four fields where the perpetrators of the attacks in the coastal region hide Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan security forces have found and destroyed four paramilitary fields used by militants who since June have terrorized some villages in the County of Lamu on the coast of Kenya on the bor ...
• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A bill to ensure and regulate the construction of churches is being studied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A committee of inquiry called to outline a draft law to regulate and ensure clear legal procedures concerning the building of churches and Christian places of worship on Egyptian territory has beg ...
• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President intends to ask a billion dollars to fight Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked the National Assembly for an international loan of one billion dollars to buy new weapons and equipment to fight Boko Haram. According to the ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - More than 250 Bishops from East Africa at the Assembly on new evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 16th, the 18th Plenary Assembly (Association of the Members of the Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa) opens in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. According to information sent t ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Insecurity caused by Boko Haram: The Church promotes a day of prayer Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to entrust Cameroon as well as all the other Countries in war to the Lord. The insecurity that is raging on the borders of Cameroon, in particular those with Nigeria, has created a psyc ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the Bishops do not express support for candidates or political parties in elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The date of the next general elections in Egypt has not yet been set. In all probability, the Egyptians will not go to the polls before next October, but already meetings and contacts to define li ...
• 15 July 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN – Opening of the meeting of African Bishops on the family in preparation for the Synod Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SECAM) to consolidate African issues and help prepare African bishops for the upcoming Synod which will be held ...
• 15 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The perpetrators of the attacks against some villages on the coast have been identified Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Idris Kamau, a Kenyan, has been indicated by a report of the Security Service (NIS) as the commander of the armed groups responsible for the attacks in Lamu County (coastal region on the border ...
• 14 July 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Stop to the building of churches by the authorities in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government, through the Minister of Religious Affairs, Shalil Abdullah, announced the freezing of permits for the construction of new churches. The decision - explained the Ministe ...
• 14 July 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Worrying situation in Tripoli after clashes at the airport Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very tense and uncertain. We are very concerned" say to Fides Agency local sources from Tripoli who have requested anonymity. The Libyan capital is experiencing difficult times ...
• 12 July 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Bishops to the constituents: "You have a moral duty to give the Country a new constitution" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "You have a moral duty to prepare a new Constitution. We cannot go back to the old Constitution of 1977 because one risks to generate tensions and endanger peace" say the Catholic Bishops ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Immediate start of the process of disarmament to ensure safety" ask religious leaders and politicians Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The safety of the population is "the priority of priorities" said a statement issued after the meeting of religious leaders and representatives of various political parties in the Central African ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Over 200 religious leaders in Africa discuss Sustainable Development and the Post 2015 Development Agenda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Africa Faith leaders have agreed to involve their various constituencies in setting up a Post-2015 Development Agenda collective mechanism to ensure the full implementation of the goals that was ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The worst outbreak of Ebola puts health workers at risk Kenema (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone, along with neighboring Guinea and Liberia, are going through the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded before, 481 deaths have been reported since July 2 (see Fides 05/06/2014). Seven ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 3 children die every day; 50 thousand at risk for malnutrition, diseases and ethnic conflicts Yuba (Agenzia Fides) - An average of three children die per day, and one in seven before the age of five, due to the severe humanitarian crisis in the Country. Three years after the independence of South Sudan, the popul ...