AFRICA/GUINEA - A weak monitoring system favors the spread of Ebola
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – A few days ago WHO declared Sierra Leone Ebola free (see Fides 06/11/2015), but in neighboring Guinea the disease continues to claim victims and has so far killed over 11,000 people in West Af ...
ASIA/TURKEY - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues, the former Armenian orphanage on the outskirts of Istanbul, expropriated after the military coup in 1980 from the Armenian Protestant ...
9 November 2015
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Kribi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga Atangana, Vicar General of the diocese of Obala as Bishop of the Diocese of Kribi, in Cameroon.
Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga A ...
AFRICA/BURUNDI - A situation that seems beyond control
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The ultimatum expired on Saturday, but no one knows what the consequences are. It seems that the government is afraid", Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Agenzia Fides, whe ...
AFRICA/EGYPT - Historical Coptic monasteries damaged by floods
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Floods caused by heavy rains in recent days that hit the region of Wadi al-Natrun have caused heavy damage in the four historic Coptic monasteries of Anba Bishoy, Al Suryan, Al Baramos and St. Mac ...