Africa

• 26 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The instability of Katanga at the center of the Congolese political struggle Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The failed assault on Kasapa prison in Lubumbashi by an armed commando highlights once again the insecurity in the province of Katanga. The assault was carried out in the night between 22 and ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The social fabric is completely torn" the Bishops write to the President of Transition Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebellion led by the coalition Seleka has shaken the foundations of national unity. The Central Africans live in fear and distrust." This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the C ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Social peace is threatened, we work for reconciliation": Bishops' appeal Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "When social peace is threatened, no disciple of Christ can close himself in indifference or withdraw from the call of the Gospel to be a peacemaker. This is what the Bishops of Togo write in the m ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church: thanks to the army, bulwark against chaos Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the demonstration against the government of Morsi convened on June 30 - the first anniversary of his rise to power - by opposition forces, the Coptic Orthodox Church published a message ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Meeting of Caritas on the humanitarian crisis in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Steering Committee (COPIL) of Caritas, that have initiated a program of emergency aid to help people affected by the crisis in the north of Mali, begins today in Bamako. Accor ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An anti Boko Haram civilian militia worries residents of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The local population is concerned about the presence of a civilian militia that operates alongside military personnel engaged in security operations in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, one of th ...
• 21 June 2013
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – A town has been granted to 300 Sierra Leonean refugees; "it is the sign of the regional integration process," says a missionary Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Liberia has granted citizenship to 300 Sierra Leonean refugees living in the Country since the days of the civil war that ended in 2002. The ceremony for the conferral of citizenship took place ...
• 20 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Refugees are the invisible of our time", says a missionary Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees are the invisible of our time," says Fr. Mauro Armanino, SMA missionary from Niamey, the capital of Niger, who shares with Fides some reflections on World Refugee Day which is celeb ...
• 20 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A day of prayer for national reconciliation has been announced Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A day of prayer for national reconciliation on the occasion of the second anniversary of the independence of South Sudan was announced by His Exc Mgr. Paride Taban, Bishop Emeritus of Torit and Pre ...
• 19 June 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Mixed reactions to the peace agreement for Kidal Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement between the Malian authorities and the two groups of Tuareg rebels that control the city of Kidal in the north of the Country, the MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azaw ...
• 19 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appeal for peace in Katanga Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The civil society of Katanga, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has launched a new appeal so that the problems of security in the province resulting from the presence of th ...
• 18 June 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Controversy on the dates of elections and in the meantime Christian churches organize the monitoring of the vote Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Over 200 Christian religious leaders, including priests and Bishops, have been trained to follow the upcoming presidential election in Zimbabwe. The program was sponsored by Southern Africa Crisi ...
• 18 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Catholic Church at the center of dialogue among the faiths to ease the tension Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have started dialogue between Muslims, Catholics and Protestants to calm the situation down, otherwise this Country is likely to explode," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirr ...
• 17 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Four churches burned by Boko Haram; Mgr. Kaigama: "regional approach to defeat them" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Four churches were burned in an attack probably committed by members of the jihadist group Boko Haram in Borno State, one of the three northern states of Nigeria where a state of emergency has bee ...
• 14 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Let us intervene immediately to prevent the Central African Republic to become the Somalia of Central Africa" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Summary executions, sexual violence, targeted attacks on the basis of religious or ethnic belonging, arrests of opposition supporters and their families, torture, disappearances, recruitment of c ...