Africa

• 26 July 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Converted being tracked down" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - To convert from Christianity to Islam has become much more dangerous in Sudan after the secession of South Sudan, which took place in July 2011, say to Fides some believers in local communities ...
• 25 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Tense Climate after the deposition of the government Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tense climate in Juba after the deposition of the government on behalf of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. "Apart from an increase in roadblocks, currently there are specific movements in Juba ...
• 24 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Kussala: "The military presence is not the solution" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The military presence is never a solution. The international community should do more to stop the LRA leader, Joseph Kony, but does not seem to have much desire" is what His Exc. Mgr. Edward Hiibo ...
• 24 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Food emergency for thousands of people who have fled into the forests of the State of Jonglei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tens of thousands of people have fled to avoid yet another wave of violence in the forests of the State of Jonglei, in South Sudan, where there is severe food crisis. Since clashes have started bet ...
• 23 July 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: Christian girls kidnapped and Islamized, schools targeted Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community in northern Nigeria is alarmed by a phenomenon that is spreading: Christian girls under 18 are abducted and forced to convert to Islam. The girls are kidnapped and kept ...
• 23 July 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "Burkina Faso needs justice, reconciliation and peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Burkina Faso needs justice, reconciliation and peace. The protagonists of the current social tensions (majority and opposition political parties, movements and associations, civil society) ...
• 22 July 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian emergency in Kalma refugee camp in South Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains continue to inflict serious damage in the southern part of Darfur. A hundred homes in the Kalma refugee camp, near the city of Nyala, have been completely destroyed. As reported b ...
• 22 July 2013
  AFRICA - Mineral Resources and the Common Good: a blog on the subject Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - There are many African countries ranked among the world's poorest. Still, they are Countries rich in natural resources. The Seminar held by JascNet (the Network of African Jesuit Social Centr ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A commission to review the provisional Constitution. The Churches are also involved Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the coming hours" refers to Fides Agency Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Minya, "President Adly Mansur should sign the decree establishing a commission of fifty members appo ...
• 19 July 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - Emergency refugees, mostly children orphaned or separated from their parents N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Chadians, most of them children, are returning to their Country of origin in order to escape the insecurity and instability of the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), Darf ...
• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Sexual abuse in schools continues to increase Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In some schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teachers and school authorities take advantage of their status to abuse some of the students who are unaware of their rights. According ...
• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros II suspends public catechesis for security reasons Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II canceled yesterday, for the third consecutive time, the weekly meeting of public prayer and catechesis he held every Wednesday afternoon in the Coptic Cat ...
• 16 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - A day of prayer for peace and social justice Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the serious political situation that has paralyzed the population of the Central African Republic since March 24, the Order of Carmel in Bangui has organized a real "crusade of pra ...
• 15 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops’ appeal for the end of the war in Congo: conclusion of the Assembly of SECAM Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Congo launch a strong appeal to African political leaders so that they "put an end to the war that has bloodied the Democratic Republic of Congo" and "not to work for their own i ...
• 15 July 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - A bridge of solidarity between the Christian and Muslim communities Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian mission of the Camillian Task Force (CTF) in Wajir, in north western Kenya has just concluded. CTF Kenya, the humanitarian agency of the Order of the Servants of the Sick (MI) l ...