AFRICA/NIGERIA - The suffering of displaced women and children
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In recent months the violence of the Islamist Boko Haram group has intensified in the northeast of Nigeria and the border with Cameroon, Chad and Niger, causing a serious increase in the number of ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian disabled brutally killed
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nazir Masih, 50, a Christian disabled and father of four children, was attacked by three Muslims who brutally killed him. As Fides learns, the complaint of the tragic incident, which occurred on ...
ASIA/YEMEN - The critical health situation after a year of conflict
Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Data reported by WHO: Since the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, more than 6000 people have been killed and 30 000 injured in Yemen. More than 21 million people, 82% of the total population a ...
9 April 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Czech government: Christian Refugee Program Halted
Prague (Agenzia Fides) - The Czech government has cancelled its "selected" program reserved for Christian Iraqi refugees forced to leave their homes in the Nineveh Plain fallen under the contol of the jihadists of the Is ...
9 April 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Former Italian missionary Del Torchio released
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Businessman and former missionary Rolando Del Torchio, kidnapped in Dipolog City last October, was released on Friday, April 8. The Philippine police - reported local military sources - pick ...
8 April 2016
AFRICA/KENYA - Classical music to help street children
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Nairobi Classics association has organized a series of concerts regarding the best musicians around the world in Nairobi whose fundraising will be destined to Ghetto Classics, a group that c ...