Africa

• 12 December 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The military hospitals refuse to treat the militiamen El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - The military hospitals in El Obeid and Khartoum refused to treat the wounded militiamen during the recent fighting with rebel groups in South Kordofan. The inhabitants of El Obeid, the capital ...
• 12 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptians in Austria candidate Pope Tawadros for the Nobel Prize Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Austria launches the campaign to candidate Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II for the Nobel Prize for Peace. This was announced by the head of the Egyptian community in Austria Mufid Ekladios. ...
• 11 December 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Inauguration of a new Catholic church for the small community of faithful in Herero Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "We have recently opened a new church in the village of Herero. Two African missionaries of the religious congregation of Apostles of Jesus, who live in Adaba 9 km from Herero are responsible for t ...
• 11 December 2013
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Barbed wire with blades to defend the Spanish enclaves, is an attack on the physical integrity of immigrants" says the Bishop of Tangier Tangier (Agenzia Fides) - "Barbed wire with blades on fences in Ceuta and Melilla, is an attack on the physical integrity of immigrants: those blades cut, injure, maim and are contrary to the duty which we all have to re ...
• 10 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – Mandela; Cardinal Napier: "Grateful for what he did for South Africa and the world" Johannesburg ( Agenzia Fides) - "When I learned of the death of Mandela, my first reaction was one of gratitude. Gratitude for what Nelson Mandela did for South Africa and for the world", says Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - On December 13, National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace convened by the Bishops Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the liturgical season of Advent, the Bishops of the dioceses in Guinea Bissau and Bafata , His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Zilli and His Exc. Mgr. José Camnate na Bissign have invited all t ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The situation in Bangui is slowly normalizing, but there are still thousands of refugees in parishes" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangui is slowly normalizing, but there are still thousands of people in parishes", says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, who has been blocked ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT – New Draft Constitution now available. Religious freedom guaranteed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Arab Republic of Egypt is "a sovereign state, united and indivisible, a democratic republic, based on citizenship and the rule of law". This is how the Egyptian nation is defined in the new dr ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Political divisions increase while conditions of life worsen", denounce the Bishops Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The political fault lines and their impact on all aspects of the lives of Zimbabweans are set not only to deepen, but also to stand in the way of progress and ultimately in the way of peace" the ...
• 7 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The testimony of two missionaries who welcome the displaced people fleeing violence Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 deaths were caused by clashes carried out on December 5 and 6 between the Seleka rebels and anti Balaka militias in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. The French troop ...
• 7 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The whole country is terrorized": new testimonies on the drama of Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received further dramatic testimony from the Central African Republic, gripped by clashes between former Seleka rebels and "anti Balaka" self-defense groups, while the French troops of the ...
• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Let us pay tribute to Mandela fighting for his ideals", write the Catholic Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – "Let us now sing the praises of famous men, great men in their generations... They ruled their governments wisely, were known for their valour. Their counsel displayed wisdom, they saw t ...
• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A well-known Christian arrested for his conversion from Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Egyptian Bishoy Armiya, became known at the time of his conversion from Islam, was arrested in recent days by the national security forces. This was claimed by Egyptian sources that ...
• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Apocalypse in Bangui" says Mgr. Aguirre to Fides Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "An apocalyptic day". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou defines what happened yesterday, December 5th, in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republi ...
• 5 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Intense gunfire in Bangui, civilians flee Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Intense gunfire in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on the eve of the vote of the UN Security Council for a resolution that authorizes the intervention of the French and African t ...