Africa

• 30 August 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "17 artillery shells fired on Goma" denounce the Congolese NGOs Kinshasa ( Agenzia Fides ) - "A total of 17 artillery shells were fired on civilian targets, which resulted in loss of life, severe damage to property and a generalized fear in the popular areas of Goma", said a statemen ...
• 29 August 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Real believers are working for peace", say Christian and Muslim leaders Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "Those who claim to know God must love his neighbor and live in peace with everyone", said Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja to the interfaith seminar held at the Central Mo ...
• 29 August 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New bombing on Goma, but the rebels have suffered heavy losses Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Still more bombing on Goma, the capital of North Kivu ( eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) where the regular Congolese army, supported by the Brigade for UN intervention, is fighting against ...
• 28 August 2013
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Displaced Congolese: victims of a serious car accident in Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - 17 deaths, 30 seriously injured, another twenty slightly injured. This is the toll of a serious road accident in Uganda whose victims are Congolese refugees who fled from Kamango, in the territo ...
• 27 August 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Increase sea fishing to contibuire the fight against poverty Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The industrial maritime fisheries sector, which accounts for 35% of the total activity of fishing in Angola, is being relaunched in the African country to fight hunger and poverty. According to t ...
• 27 August 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christian Churches defend the Imam of Al Azhar against the attacks by Erdogan Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Council of Christian Churches in Egypt, Father Bishoy Helmy, has rejected and deplored, on behalf of the Egyptian Christians, the hostile statements aimed at Turkish P ...
• 27 August 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A testimony from Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Life goes on, and the situation is calm. The fighting between the army and rebels of the M23 is far from the city, although from 22 to 24 August Goma was hit by long-range artillery fire" say ...
• 26 August 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Kinshasa accuses: "Goma hit by the Rwandese territory" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The tension between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda increases after the Congolese government accused Kigali of having hit Goma, capital of North Kivu (in the north-east of the DRC), ...
• 24 August 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Luanda, the most expensive city in the world where many do not have anything and just few have everything Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, Luanda was ranked as the most expensive city in the world, even before Geneva, Moscow or Tokyo. Unfortunately, the quality of life of African citizens is not remotely comparable to that ...
• 23 August 2013
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - A day of prayer and peace for the Arab world proclaimed by the Church in Tunisia Tunis (Agenzia Fides) -The Catholic Tunisian community has proclaimed a day of prayer and fasting for peace, on Sunday, August 25, in solidarity with the population of the Arab Countries shaken by violence and instabilit ...
• 23 August 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tension for today’s demonstrations. A Coptic monastery attacked Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation has been calm so far but one lives in tension due to the demonstrations announced today by supporters of ousted President Morsi. I hope that nothing serious happens", says to Fides ...
• 22 August 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A new church desecrated in Central Africa; priests and nuns forced to flee Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - More violence and looting against the Catholic Church in the Central African Republic. According to information sent to Fides Agency on Sunday, August 18 priests and nuns of the Sœurs de la Char ...
• 21 August 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Archbishop of Bangui on a visit to the displaced persons in Bozoum. The story of a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Mgr. Nzapalainga came to bring the solidarity of Christians in Bangui, and to be close to over 2,400 displaced people who fled their villages because of the killings perpetrated by the rebel Se ...
• 21 August 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "I thank those who from all over the world express solidarity with the Egyptian people", said Mgr. Zakaria Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation is improving, partly because some extremist leaders inciting young people to violence have been caught. We are still locked in the house, but the soldiers have brought us b ...
• 20 August 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "We are all locked in the house and food stocks are running out", says the Bishop of Luxor Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am crying for all this simple humanity, Muslims and Christians, who reside in the villages of the area that have nothing because food supplies are running out and people are afraid to leave the ...