Africa

• 8 November 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – The Mozambican crisis worries neighboring countries; Zimbabwe threatens to intervene Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Mozambique is facing a problematic security crisis after the former rebels of RENAMO denounced the agreements of Rome in 1992 and have taken up arms (see Fides 22/10/2013). Although so far the mi ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Abortion is a threat to the very existence of the nation", the Bishops said Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Abortion not only goes against the law of God, but also against the Angolan cultural identity and is therefore a threat to the very existence of the nation. This is what the Angolan Bishops said ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hard Times": Pope Tawadros renounces to celebrate the anniversary of his inauguration Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Tawadros II canceled the celebrations planned to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration as the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The anniversary falls on November 18. The renun ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A stampede left at least 28 people dead during a prayer vigil Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A stampede that left at least 28 people dead was caused by a false alarm raised by someone not yet identified (and another 200 were hospitalized) in the Holy Ghost Adoration Center in Uke, in the ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Air raid on a school in the area of the Nuba Mountains: people killed and wounded El Abassiya (Agenzia Fides) - Five people were killed and 20 wounded during an air raid on a school in the town of El Abassiya on the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan in Sudan. According to information released by Rad ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Healing the ills of Africa to prevent tragedies such as what happened in Lampedusa " Bujumbura ( Agenzia Fides) - The fight against poverty and misery in Africa, which leads to tragedies such as what happened in Lampedusa (see Fides 04/10/2013), passes through good governance and proper exploitation of t ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - "A school, a life" thousands of children without education condemned to poverty N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In Chad, public education is free and compulsory , however, extreme poverty, poor school infrastructure, lack of teaching materials and unqualified teachers, transforms school education in a g ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The defeat of the M23: a historic victory for the Congolese army Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 has been defeated: in the course of the night fighters of the main rebel movement in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), abandoned the last two positions held on the bord ...
• 5 November 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The M23 surrenders but first bombards civilians, accuse local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On November 4, dozens of civilians were killed in the territory of Rutshuru in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) due to artillery bombardments of the M23, despite the fact that ...
• 5 November 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Parish priest brutally assaulted in Pretoria Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot believe that anyone is capable of committing something so cruel to a priest. It is really shocking", said Mgr. William Matthew Slattery, Archbishop of Pretoria, after visiting Fr. Cra ...
• 4 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The defeat of the M23 seems likely but there are 40 other armed groups in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese army offensive against the rebels of the M23 in North Kivu (eastern DRC ) continues, despite the unilateral ceasefire announced on Sunday, November 3 by the leadership of the rebe ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - John Paul II foundation for the Sahel: renew oneself for a better service to the poor Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Need for a renewal of the "John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel" so that it realizes its service in the best way to combat drought and desertification in the Sahel, carrying out the Pope’ ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Bishop: no to weapons in churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks and persecutions suffered by the Copts in the last convulsive seasons in Egypt should not be exploited to propagate ideas and alien behavior towards the Christian faith and contrary to ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - M23 : "There are several mass graves in addition to those already found" denounces civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As the offensive of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC ) against the guerrillas of the M23 continue in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Coordination of Civil Society in the ...
• 25 October 2013
  AFRICA - "The crisis of Lampedusa is also a wake-up call for Africa" say the Catholic Bishops of the continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of freedom and the search for better living conditions are the basis of tragedies such as that which occurred on October 3 off the Italian coast of Lampedusa, said a statement sent to Fide ...