Africa

• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Fighting in Bangui, after the rejection of the nomination of Bozizé, has reduced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere that Pope Francis left is reducing many reactions, which until recently would have been violent and are now calmer. Unfortunately, some news media continue to inflate tensions lik ...
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  7 December 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Jihadist threats to Coptic monasteries, the strengthening of security measures are required Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the last hours, according to Egyptian sources consulted by Agenzia Fides, jihadist threats were directed in particular against the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of al Baramos, dedicated to the Virg ...
• 7 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 69 armed groups are in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 69 armed groups which are still active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a strongly degraded humanitarian context with 1.6 million people displaced. According to a state ...
• 7 December 2015
  AFRICA - African Bishops: Mercy and family love for the fight against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Papal declaration of the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy, we wish to intensify the promotion of compassion in our responses to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in local parishes and ...
• 4 December 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Caritas Dakar launches a program to fight poverty and illegal migration Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar, will launch the project promoted by Caritas Dakar to tackle poverty and the illegal migration of young people in the suburbs of P ...
• 3 December 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Much of what Pope Francis said concerns the whole of Africa” Cardinal Napier Archbishop of Durban remarks Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I am deeply convinced that the Pope’s visit to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic will impact the whole of Africa” Fides was told by Cardinal Napier Archbishop of Durban presentl ...
• 3 December 2015
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - “We are not agitators, we are shepherds concerned for our country” Bishops affirm Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “No one has the right to demand total silence from anyone expressing an opinion or speaking out in a country which calls itself democratic” the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo a ...
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  2 December 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El Niño impact on cattle could increase food insecurity risk Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan could face an increase in food insecurity and hunger because of the El Niño impact on cattle. Below average rainfall in many of Sudan’s traditionally pluvial areas during the rainy sea ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of the Bishop of Hoima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Vincent Kirabo, professor at St. Mary's National Major Seminary Ggaba, Kampala as Bishop of Hoima (Uganda). Rev. Vincent Kirabo was born ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré elected Head of State in the first round Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was elected President of Burkina Faso in the first round of the presidential elections which were held on November 29 (see Fides 30/11/2015). Kaboré obtained 53. ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Pope Francis' visit will leave a deep mark in the hearts of Central Africans" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very nice atmosphere, something we hadn’t experienced for years". This is the impression Pope Francis left thanks to his visit to the Central African Republic, on 29 and 30 November, ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Waiting for yesterday’s election results Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso is waiting for the results of the first round of presidential and legislative elections which took place yesterday, 29 November. The elections are the first since the former Pre ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou:"Pope Francis managed to leave all Central Africans with a smile" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Seeing the Pope's smile at the time of his departure for Rome filled us with joy", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou commenting on the Holy Fathe ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 30 dead in a new attack of jihadists of the ADF in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 people have died and several wounded: is the provisional toll of the clashes between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the guerrillas of the group of Ugandan ...
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  27 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "Stop shedding the blood of the Congolese" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We must stop shedding the blood of the Congolese" write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in their message issued at the end of the Permanent Committee of the Conférence Episcop ...