Africa

• 3 January 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch welcomed in France by his parishioners Yaounde ( Agenzia Fides) – Great joy in Sceaux in the Department of Hauts-de-Seine (France) for the release of Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch, the French Fidei Donum priest kidnapped in Cameroon in mid-November and released ...
• 2 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros cancels catechesis in program on the day of the Constitutional Referendum Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - As the people of Egypt are preparing for a referendum to express their degree of agreement on the text of the new Constitution, the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Coptic Orthodox Tawadros II decid ...
• 2 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Joint appeal of the Archbishop of Bangui and the Imam "for a UN force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the intervention of French and African troops, the situation in the Central African Republic, remains precarious. "The Central African Republic remains on the verge of a war with religiou ...
• 21 December 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 5 million people exposed to plague Antandrohomby (Agenzia Fides) - This year's season of bubonic plague in Madagascar has arrived earlier than expected, and with an apparent prevalence of a more deadly strain of the disease. Between the months of Septembe ...
• 21 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 5,000 refugees welcomed in the Cathedral of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - About 5,000 people have taken refuge in the cathedral in Juba, capital of South Sudan, for days in the grip of violent clashes between rival factions of the army, respectively loyal to President Sa ...
• 20 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We are neither Dinka nor Nuer, but representatives of one church and one body of Christ", write the Christian leaders, denouncing the exploitation of tribalism Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There are growing appeals on behalf of Christian church leaders so that peace and reconciliation prevail in South Sudan while the UN and several foreign Countries proceed with evacuating their staf ...
• 19 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The rebels have conquered the capital of Jonglei State; "Very dangerous situation" say Church sources Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is going in a really dangerous direction, toward a kind of ethnic conflict although it should be pointed out that the ethnic issue is exploited for the purpose of power" say local chur ...
• 19 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "More than a religious clash it is a fratricidal struggle among Central Africans", says the Bishop of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Religion is manipulated for political ends, denounces Mgr. Nestor Désiré Nongo -Aziagba, Bishop of Bossangoa, the town in the west of the Central African Republic, where despite the presence ...
• 18 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 20 Cuamm health operators continue to provide assistance Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the tensions following the attempted coup in South Sudan, the NGO Doctors with Africa Cuamm, present in the Country with 20 expatriated operators, are following with concern the evolut ...
• 18 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Over 500 people have died and 800 wounded in the fighting in Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is relatively calm in Juba, there was no shooting during the night, although out of town sporadic fighting was reported. The circulation of traffic is slowly recovering", say to Fid ...
• 18 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Penalty for the imam who burned the Bible has been reduced but confirmed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An Egyptian appeals court has rejected Imam Ahmad Abdullah Mahmoud's appeal, the Salafi preacher imprisoned and sentenced for burning a Bible. This was announced by Egyptian sources consulted by F ...
• 18 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "There is a risk that other areas protest" says a source of Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The lack of democratic attitudes towards the political opposition, especially since July this year, has given birth to an armed opposition that has attempted coup" says to Fides Agency a source of ...
• 17 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The draft Constitution "explained" in the Cathedral of Minya Minya (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday evening, December 17, Anba Antonios Aziz Mina, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Giza, will hold a public meeting in the Coptic Catholic cathedral of Minya to illustrate the contents and guidel ...
• 16 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Christians should be inhabited by the spirit of God, they must not kill": Bishop Nzapalainga’s appeal Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Many Christians say they want revenge. Christians must be inhabited by the spirit of God, they must not kill", said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui in front of 1,500 f ...
• 16 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan quashes coup attempt, says President Kiir Juba ( Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says on December 16 that an attempted coup by some military units has been put down. It comes after heavy gunfire overnight in the capital, Juba. Fighting brok ...