Africa

• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Catholic priest taken hostage by bandits has been released Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was taken hostage by bandits engaged in rustling in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. The incident occurred on July 8, when some armed thugs (called "Dahalo" which in M ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appeal of Caritas: "Help us bring home more than 2,400 people expelled from Brazzaville" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched an appeal to help the Congolese expelled from the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) who find themselves in precarious conditio ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Torrential rains worsen the living conditions of hundreds of thousands of displaced persons Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The torrential rains that have hit South Darfur in recent days have destroyed hundreds of homes, particularly in the refugee camps in Kalma, Otash, El Salam, and Dereig. Over 1,500 shelters have b ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' appeal: "The media play a pivotal role in the Country" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The media must contribute to promote peaceful co-existence among Kenyans irrespective of political and ethnic affiliation. This is the appeal launched by the Kenya Episcopal Conference through i ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 17 people who sought refuge in the area of the Cathedral in Bambari have been killed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 17 people have died among the displaced who sought refuge in the area of the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph Bambari: they were killed yesterday, July 8, in the assault carried out by Seleka r ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The 'untouchables' of Burundi still waiting for full integration Gitega (Agenzia Fides) - Without identity documents and with high rates of illiteracy, the Pygmies of Burundi live marginalized in a Country where they are the poorest of the poor. This is the first ethnic group that pop ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Dozens killed in clashes in the oil region Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan army claimed to have killed most of the 60 guerrillas responsible for a series of attacks that have hit some villages in the west of the Country. On Sunday, July 6 groups of armed me ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Kidnappings of Copts are increasing, appeal to President al-Sisi Nag Hammadi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Coalition of the Copts, an active organization in the Egyptian governorate of Qena, has addressed an urgent appeal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and to the Egyptian Interio ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – The Cathedral in Bambari besieged by rebels Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Saint-Joseph in Bambari, in the area where there are more than 12,000 displaced people, is surrounded by the rebels of Seleka, said the local Bishop launching an appeal to Fides ...
• 7 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The army and the UN did not intervene to stop the massacre in Mutarule, HRW denounces Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The massacre of thirty civilians on June 6 in the village of Mutarule, in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could have been avoided (see Fides 12/06/2014), if the UN Peacekeepers ...
• 7 July 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than two thousand women widowed largely by the Boko Haram insurgency assisted by the Diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The widows suffer a lot once the husbands are gone, they become neglected, most of the family members do not come close to them, let alone to help them. We have an obligation to take care of the ...
• 5 July 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – Healthcare and mobile school services for nomad pastoralists Jijiga (Agenzia Fides) - The pastors of the Somali Region, in the south east of Etiopia live breeding cattle, camels, cattle and goats. In the arid and drought-prone region, they are forced to move from one place to anot ...
• 4 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The first container of medicines of Caritas Somalia and NGO Perigeo on the road to the Somali government Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Somalia is one of the States where the highest rates of malnutrition and mortality rate are registered in the world. There are always so many and uncontrollable emergencies in the Country and ...
• 3 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 6 hospitals looted or burned in a few months, at least 58 people killed in the hospitals Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan's most vulnerable people, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the report: "Sout ...
• 2 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO R.D. - The Bishops recall "the sacred duty to protect the nation and preserve peace" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of peace and hope to the Congolese people" was addressed by the Bishops of the African country at the end of the plenary Assembly of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO ...