Africa

• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate: priests must not make electoral propaganda Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - To all the Copt priests of Alexandria explicit provision was given not to directly support candidates for the coming elections, limiting the role of the Church to an awareness campaign on the impo ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water to save refugees and children from death and disease Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, children under 5 years of age die in large numbers because of the dirty and contaminated water. Having access to clean and safe water can improve the health and well-being of al ...
• 15 May 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "By blocking visas, Europe pushes immigrants into the arms of traffickers", says Fr. Zerai Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "There are at least two factors that explain the increase in the number of people trying to cross the Mediterranean with boats" says to Fides Agency Don Mussie Zerai Yosief, President of the Hab ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal of the World Council of Churches: "With the agreement signed, the real work starts now" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains volatile until the truce actually takes effect on the ground" says a note by the World Council of Churches (WCC) sent to Fides Agency, on the peace agreement signed by Presid ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Adoration and prayers in all churches for the kidnapped girls Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - The Church of Nigeria is following with special attention and participation the case of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped by a terrorist group in Nigeria. "In the last two Sundays, at the end of eve ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - After the bombing of a Catholic hospital, mass displacement in Southern Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The European Union delegation for Sudan has expressed concern about the recent bombing of the Mother of Mercy Catholic Hospital in Gidel, near Kianda, the Nuba Mountains, condemned by Mgr. Macr ...
• 13 May 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Religious leaders create a Guarantee Commission to monitor the next election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An Integrity Commission and Electoral Mediation (CIME) to ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections, was announced by the religious leaders in Kinshasa at the end of a four-day seminar or ...
• 13 May 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Kenya oasis of peace has become a terrorist playground. We need to act", said Cardinal Njue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "In the past few weeks we have lost many Kenyans through terrorist attacks, road accidents, robberies, suicide and illicit brews and in some cases famine. The influx of guns and other dangerous ...
• 12 May 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "We are in an open-pit prison held hostage by violent people" denounce the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic is an open-pit prison, where freedom of movement and freedom of speech are conditioned" denounces a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Permanent Council of the Ce ...
• 12 May 2014
  AFRICA/GABON - Extreme poverty in a Country with one million and a half inhabitants Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - 30% of the Gabonese population lives below the poverty line. In an African country such data, compared to other countries of the continent, should not cause alarm, however, the number is very ...
• 12 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: "We want concrete action to free kidnapped girls"; maybe some of them are in Central Africa Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Onaiyekan of Abuja has called for “concrete action” to save the hundreds of girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. "We want concrete action to free the kidnapped girls", said Cardinal Jo ...
• 8 May 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The President of the Episcopal Conference announces the Diocesan Synods in order "to strengthen unity and deepen faith" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Burundi is about to experience a strong moment of grace and spiritual deepening thanks to the Synods which will be organized in every diocese in the Country", says to Fides Agency Hi ...
• 8 May 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Integrated program for the fight against poverty through rural development and human formation: a social project for a rural area Moatize (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Tete, the Salesian Mission in Moatize is realizing the second edition of Austria - Moatize project carried out by the NGO Austrian Salesian Jugend Eine Welt. According to the ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The complaint of the Bishop Gassis: Catholic hospital bombed in the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombing is an outrage against innocent civilians who are seeking medical assistance from our hospital," said Bishop Emeritus Macram Max Gassis of the Diocese of EI Obeid in a statement sen ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Twelve thousand children work as slaves on cocoa farms Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - According to the International Labour Office (ILO), 1 million 800 thousand children are engaged in cocoa plantations in West Africa, among these only 284 thousand are considered workers. The stu ...