Africa

• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who works in Bozoum in the west of the Central African Republic. "The behav ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the rules for the election of the Patriarch Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church towards a better future". This is the title of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to be held from February 17 to 19, under the chairmanship of Patriarch Tawadr ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The latest massacre of civilians unfortunately does not surprise me" says the Archbishop of Jos to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "The lastest massacre in northern Nigeria does not surprise me anymore, because Boko Haram follows a regular pattern, aimed at terrorizing the population" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignat ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Congolese, an explosive mix: ex Central African combatants and gold mines Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Central African Republic is a threat to its neighbors, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where at least 50,000 Central African refugees live in precar ...
• 14 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "God exists and God knows" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The clashes between these two factions (the former Seleka rebels and anti Balaka militia) have poisoned the Country and continue to claim innocent victims", writes Fr. Frederick Trinchero, Disca ...
• 14 February 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Rumors of a coup denied: "calm situation in Tripoli", say Fides sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - Rumors of a possible military coup in Libya, after an Arab satellite television had reported that militias loyal to General Khalifa Haftar had taken control of Tripoli have been denied. Haftar h ...
• 13 February 2014
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The challenges of ethics for Catholic leaders Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The conference on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Christian Association of Managers and Executives (ACGD, in Portuguese), on the theme "Truth and ethics, challenges for ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros to the European Union: help Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II received the representatives of the Delegation of the European Union present in Egypt on Tuesday evening, February 11th. The meeting with the Patriarch, which ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Test HIV/AIDS and free antiretroviral in the Diocese of Shinyanga Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - The five-year project "Test & Treat", which provides free access to HIV testing and if necessary, to antiretroviral treatment for approximately 120 thousand residents of the District of Shinyanga ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "No imposition of secular values in Africa," said the Archbishop of Jos Abuja ( Agenzia Fides) - "We must not be swallowed up by the tyrannical imposition of some governments or international non-governmental organizations who wish to dictate the moral trend of the world based on their secul ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New round of peace talks in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of peace talks started yesterday, 11 February, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between the two rival factions of the SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the ruling par ...
• 10 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops’ message in view of the elections on May 7: "Let us carefully choose who to vote for" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides ) - "As we approach the elections, politicians call for our support through the use of the TV, radio and other media. It is important that we listen carefully and make up our minds as to how b ...
• 10 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Zaki: Christian churches pray together for the future of the Country Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the different Churches and Christian communities in Egypt will meet Monday evening, February 10 at the Latin Catholic Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Heliopolis, in Cairo, to pr ...
• 10 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Do not drag religion into political conflict" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want religion to be dragged into a conflict that is purely political". This is what the main religious leaders of the Central African Republic (His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Ar ...
• 7 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Despite the truce, clashes continue: aid, medicines and therapeutic food are needed Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - In the aftermath of the truce signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between representatives of the Government of Southern Sudan and the rebels led by Riek Machar, fighting continues and there remains m ...