AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue fever mainly affects school age children
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The first national day for the prevention and control of dengue and chikungunya was held in Liga Panamericana School Centre which is located in San Jacinto. According to the Ministry of Hea ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram hits Maiduguri again
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, is again at the center of the attacks of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect, that despite having suffered heavy losses on behalf of the army i ...
ASIA/INDIA - Suicides of farmers, a scourge of society
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past 20 years, about 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in India, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of India. And in the first months of 2015, 257 farmers committed s ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in an attempted robbery
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest of the diocese of Oyo, Fr. Goodwill Onyeka, was killed together with his younger brother, Onyeka Obi, in an attempted robbery. The event took place on the evening of 1 J ...
1 June 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Varanasi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Eugene Joseph, of the clergy of Varanasi and diocesan administrator as Bishop of the Diocese of Varanasi (India).
The new Bishop of Varanasi w ...