Africa

• 23 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "too many politicians resort to slander and incite violence" during the election campaign Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend all politicians and political parties who have so far run issue-based, violence-free campaigns in preparations for general elections in Nigeria. We urge them to continue in this manner ...
• 23 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Associations are working on a document on the rights of citizenship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Associations and movements animated by Coptic Christians who are part of the "Coptic Advisory Council" have announced the imminent publication of a document on the rights of citizenship. The text ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Churches and convents burned, schools and dispensaries closed Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Between Friday 16 and Saturday 17 January, various churches and religious communities in Niger suffered extensive damage because of demonstrators protesting against the publication of the French ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Anti-Christian Violence: Bishops suspend all activities of the Church Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Niger have suspended "until further notice" all the activities of the Catholic Church (schools, health centers, charitable activities), "following the looting of churches and infra ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Mgr. Zuza was a person of great courage", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "A person of great courage". This is how, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary remembers His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza (59), Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi) ...
• 20 January 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Schoolchildren abused of their rights Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Huge uproar has followed the tear-gassing of schoolchildren as they protested the grabbing of their playground in Nairobi yesterday and the incident has sparked the reaction of many Kenyans. A g ...
• 20 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the Church does not interfere in elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the next parliamentary elections in Egypt, scheduled in the coming months of March and April, the Coptic Orthodox Church "will not point out any name" of a candidate to be supported and will no ...
• 19 January 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Emergency Ebola: light at the end of the tunnel Pujehun (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone has been hit hardest by the epidemic Ebola, followed by Liberia and Guinea. Since the epidemic started the world has seen over 21,000 people infected and over 8,400 deaths, accordin ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mgr. Mukasa Zuza dies in a car accident Mzuzu (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza (59 years old), bishop of the Diocese of Mzuzu (Malawi) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, tragically died in a car accident on January 15th. The communi ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - With Patriarch Mathias’ visit, evidence of "ecclesial mediation" on the controversial Ethiopian dam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The visit to Egypt by Abuna Mathias I, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia ended on 16 January. In the six-day stay in Egypt, the Primate of the Church of Ethiopia - who had been invited ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The importance of "true hospitality" towards refugees Juba (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent visit to the region of South Sudan, still in conflict, His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, stressed the importance of education and hospitality towards refugee ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops discusses support for Christian schools Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 and 14 January, the periodic meeting of Catholic Bishops in Egypt took place in the district of Maadi. The meeting was held under the presidency of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaa ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Malnutrition, trauma, violence: urgent medical assistance to the survivors of the attack committed by Boko Haram Baga (Agenzia Fides) - In the wake of a major attack carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on the town of Baga, in northern Nigeria, a team from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is assisting survivors who ha ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Thousands of displaced and deaths because of torrential rains Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people have been displaced and many have died as torrential rain continues in Mozambique. This is what is reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by Radio Mozambique. Some peop ...
• 15 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the cartoons on Muhammad are offensive Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The cartoons on Muhammad published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are "offensive" and any insult must be rejected "at all levels". This is how Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II ...