Africa

• 21 May 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The "invisible" children of the continent are deprived of their rights Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Half of the African children are "invisible" because they do not appear in any population register. This is what emerged in a statement released on the occasion of the XXI Meeting of the Afr ...
• 20 May 2013
  AFRICA - "Greater financial transparency" is what two Bishops ask the European Union Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge of implementing the structural reforms needed to counter tax evasion and the opacity of the financial system is urgent," says an open letter signed by Mgr. Gabriel Mbilingi, Archbish ...
• 20 May 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Attack near the Catholic church in Benghazi Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - A bomb attack against the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Benghazi (Libya), happened on the night of May 17. "They put a bomb at the entrance of the corridor leading to the cour ...
• 18 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops say they want explanations for the apparent misuse of State property for a private wedding Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The government owes South Africans a thorough, and quick, explanation for the apparent misuse of state property and personnel by those associated with the Gupta family wedding," says a not ...
• 16 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Secretary of CAN in Borno killed, shortly after the declaration of a state of emergency Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN, an association that brings together the leading Nigerian Christian denominations including the Catholic Church) in Borno State (in the n ...
• 16 May 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 25 victims in the umpteenth bombing in the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - A new massive bombing on a village in the Nuba Mountains, by the Sudanese Air Force, caused 25 victims and 8 wounded. This was reported by the Sudan Catholic Radio Network, according to which i ...
• 15 May 2013
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Human rights at risk in view of the elections Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the administrative and municipal elections have just begun and will be held in the country on 26 May. The population of Equatorial Guinea still has no fundamental freedoms as wel ...
• 15 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "I am skeptical about the imposition of a State of emergency," said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not know if this measure will lead to a reduction in criminal activities and achieve greater security," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and Presid ...
• 15 May 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Chadian troops entered in Darfur, accusing a rebel movement Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the main rebel groups in Darfur (western Sudan) has accused Chad of having sent troops across the border and warned Chadian President Idriss Deby ...
• 14 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - New tensions in the South African platinum mines Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Tension is still very high. We are concerned," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Dowling, Bishop of Rustenburg, near Marikana where the miners of platinum mines are in turmoil after ...
• 13 May 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Central African Republic is likely to become a home for Al Qaeda," says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic risks becoming a home for Al Qaeda." This was the warning launched to Fides by Fr. Anastasio Roggero, a Carmelite missionary who returned on May 2 from the Central A ...
• 13 May 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Patriarch Sidrak: the encounter between Francis and Tawadros II helps us to rediscover ourselves united in baptism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting between the Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II caused joy especially among the very simple people. Now the hope is that the path on the way of unity can move forward with concrete and ...
• 11 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Nigerian Church is with you": solidarity visit to Maiduguri of the Bishops of Jos Ecclesiastical Province Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "All the Nigerian Church is identified and prays with you," said the Bishops of Jos Ecclesiastical Province in their solidarity visit to Maiduguri, capital of Borno State (Nigeria north-east), whe ...
• 11 May 2013
  AFRICA/GABON - "Take part in the march against mass ritual killings" urges the Archbishop of Libreville Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "Take part in the march en masse in an atmosphere of fervent prayer, as an expression of our indignation and our condemnation of these shameful and vile crimes." This is the invitation addres ...
• 10 May 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Valuable money is wasted due to the high number of by-elections" denounces Caritas Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The growing number of MPs resigning before the end of their mandate has caused government to spend colossal amounts of money for anticipated elections at the expense of the much more urgent soc ...