Africa

• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Medical care precluded to thousands of people who have no water and food Bentiu (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the ongoing conflict, thousands of people in Bentiu, capital of Unity State in South Sudan, have no medical care, and about 10 thousand displaced are heading towards Leer, in the south ...
• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Catholic Church saves a dozen children from human trafficking Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve children who had fallen into the clutches of human traffickers have been saved thanks to the efforts of the Diocesan Commission "Justice and Peace" in Kikwit, in Bandundu Province, in th ...
• 21 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The new President launches an appeal to lay down arms Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is gradually improving. The election of the new President has brought a bit of hope in the population", say to Fides sources of the local church in Bangui, capital of the Central A ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cardinal Wako launches an appeal for peace in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum, has launched an appeal to political leaders in South Sudan so that they go beyond their personal interest and solve the crisis the Country is e ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The testimony of a missionary in the midst of the violence in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Between 8 and 9 January, Seleka burned more than 1,300 homes and killed at least a dozen people in the area of Bozoum. To do this in a context of tensions, is suicide" denounces Fr. Aurelio Gazz ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 68 thousand children vaccinated against measles in the IDP camps in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Extreme violence in the capital of the Central African Republic continues. Attacks, lynchings, looting and reprisals happen every day. One hundred thousand displaced persons live in the M'Poko ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian leaders: "It is an abomination to see a political struggle turned into an ethnic war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We are heart-broken to see what was purely a political problem in the ruling party, SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement), quickly slides into an ethnic one on a rapid and frightening scale", ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Hery Rajaonarimampianina is the new Head of State Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Hery Rajaonarimampianina is the new President of Madagascar. This was officially declared on January 17 by the President of the Special Electoral Court (CES), which rejected the appeal pres ...
• 16 January 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The 8000 Dakar missionaries committed to bringing "the joy of the Gospel" everywhere, Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 8000 children and young people of the Archdiocese of Dakar gathered on Sunday 12th January, on the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, at the National Shrine of Popenguine in the sign of ...
• 15 January 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Disturbing speculations on the killing of the officer who defeated the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Disturbing facts have been raised on the death of Colonel Mamadou Ndala, killed on January 2 in an ambush in Ngadi (Matembo), a village near the airport in Mavivi, five kilometers from the town ...
• 14 January 2014
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The challenge of an ecclesial community that is renewed every 4 years Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Ours is an apostolate of life: we present Christ simply trying to live according to his teachings", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of Tunis. "We cannot in fact c ...
• 13 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Referendum on the Constitution, Christian leaders invited to participate Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Christian Churches in Egypt, and also representatives of groups and associations related to the ecclesial communities, invite all their compatriots to participate in the referen ...
• 13 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishops Message: "Let us rebuild our Country together in peace" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important to re-create the conditions of harmonious coexistence, in the interest of each one of us and of our beloved nation, by taking courageous measures, with the help of the internatio ...
• 10 January 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Anemia, typhoid, diarrhea and cough are the causes for thousands of deaths in South Darfur Gireida (Agenzia Fides) – There is alarm for the inhabitants of the city of Gireida, in South Darfur, due to the high number of deaths among pregnant women for bleeding and severe anemia. Typhoid and diarrhea due to po ...
• 10 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The fate of Central Africa is being decided in N'Djamena Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the Central African Republic is being outlined in these hours in Ndjamena , capital of Chad, where the national leaders have gathered: the Head of State, Michel Djotodia, the govern ...