Africa
5 February 2019
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Peace agreement reached on February 2 between the government and 14 armed groups has been signed today
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Today, February 5, the peace agreement reached on February 2 in Khartoum, in the Sudanese capital, by the Government of the Central African Republic and by 14 armed groups that control the majori ...
4 February 2019
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Youth, take an active role in society to change it for the better"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Responding to the Challenges of Youth, Family and Society; The Millennial’s Response". This is the theme of the conference organized by the African Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the ...
4 February 2019
AFRICA/MALAWI - Confirmation of Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa as National Director of the PMS
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Lilongwe as Natio ...
1 February 2019
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church gathers testimonies of victims of human rights violations
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The victims very often come to the church to seek help and visit our hospitals, and we bring those cases to the attention of the government, so they serve as evidence of what is happening", said ...
31 January 2019
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "And now let us work for a new Congo" says one of the members of the lay coordination committee
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - We must have strong institutions, not strong men" says to Agenzia Fides Thierry Nlandu, one of the members of the Comité Laïc de Coordination (CLC), organization of the Catholic laity that le ...
30 January 2019
AFRICA/TANZANIA - South-South Cooperation, in the name of organic agriculture and Laudato Sì
Songea (Agenzia Fides) - A Brazilian ethnic Guarani professor will teach the youth and adults of the area of Songea in Tanzania, the techniques of organic farming, in the spirit of Laudato Sì. Thus a cooperation project ...
30 January 2019
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church wants to mediate in order to restore peace in the Country
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "I wouldn’t want to get into details at this stage, but it was about getting clarification. It is the beginning of a process that I wouldn’t want to pre-empt at the moment. It was simply to g ...
29 January 2019
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of Kananga greet "the first change as Head of State through the polls"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a new Congo. But this will not happen through a miracle, but from the work carried out by each of us", write the Bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of Kananga (in the south of the Democ ...
28 January 2019
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Christians united for truth and justice, to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Christian unity is necessary and precious in order to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions in the country and to contribute to the unity and the good of the whole nation: with this s ...
28 January 2019
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Bishop of Kenema
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 January 2019 the Pope appointed as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone) H.E. Msgr. Msgr. Henry Aruna, currently titular Bishop of Nasbinca and auxiliary of Kenema. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/ ...
25 January 2019
AFRICA - World Leprosy Day: the light of the Gospel makes the stigmatization of the sick decrease
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, even if leprosy is still prevalent in some countries such as Madagascar, Nigeria, DR Congo, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, the problems of stigmatization and exclusion are decreasing": says ...
25 January 2019
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience" warn the Bishops in view of the February elections
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience. As good citizens, we must avoid actions that will reduce the credibility of the elections", says a statement by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastic ...
24 January 2019
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Upcoming presidential elections, the Bishops call for calm
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite all to calm and serenity towards the problems posed by the upcoming elections" say the Bishops of Senegal in a message that was presented to the press by His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, ...
24 January 2019
AFRICA/KENYA - Medical mission to prevent the blindness of children
Wodanga (Agenzia Fides) - In Kenya, out of a population of 39 million, over 300 thousand are blind or severely visually impaired due to preventable and treatable diseases. Too many children remain blind just because thei ...
22 January 2019
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "There is a need for clarity concerning the recent inter-communal clashes"
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need for clarity concerning the recent inter-communal clashes in order to ascertain the responsibility and to ensure that justice is done", says a note sent to Agenzia Fides by t ...
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