Africa

• 21 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - There is still no news of the 3 Assumptionists kidnapped a year ago. In the area there are 800 abducted persons Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no news of the 3 Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) kidnapped exactly a year ago of Congolese nationality, Jean -Pierre Ndulani, Anselme Wasikundi and Edmond Bamutut ...
• 21 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Central African Republic is a powder keg", says the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui ( Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic is a powder keg", warned Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui and President of the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa, on the eve of his deposition ...
• 21 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Massacre in front of the church, the dead rise to four. Condolences from the Muslim Brotherhood Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt have defined the attack perpetrated last night against the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady in the district of Uarak to Hadra, in the metropolitan area of Cairo " ...
• 17 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A petition for the creation of the International Criminal Court for the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Network for Peace in Congo and the National Network of NGOs for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RENADHOC) have launched a petition for the establishment of an Internationa ...
• 16 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - North Kivu: Rwandan and Ugandan troops to strengthen the M23 rebels, civil society denounces Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Several battalions of the Rwandan (RDF) and Ugandan (UPDF) army have entered the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen the rebellion of the M23, in preparation for re ...
• 16 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Church urged to reduce poverty", says the Director of Caritas Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigerian Bishops are concerned that economic growth is real and not just on paper. They want a real growth that creates jobs for our people, especially for young people", said Fr. Evaristus Basse ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Corruption is theft from the poor " denounce the Bishops of Southern Africa Johannesburg ( Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is theft from the poor" warn the Bishops of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference, SACBC (which brings together the Bishops of the South Africa, Swaziland and Botswan ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA - The wishes of the Catholic Church in Africa to the Muslim faithful for the feast of Aid El Adha Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The common root in Abraham and the pain caused by the conflicts in some African countries are at the center of two messages sent by important representatives of the Catholic Church in Africa to the ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Training courses for Sudanese teachers in refugee camps in Chad Abeche (Agenzia Fides) - In Chad, in the city of Abeche, 70 primary school teachers in Sudanese refugee camps, in the eastern part of the Country, have attended a training course for the teaching of Arabic and mathematic ...
• 14 October 2013
  AFRICA - The Bishops of North Africa: "Our Countries have also become places of immigration" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis’ appeal to go to the "suburbs" urges us to live the call of the Incarnation in humility, service and with hope" say the members of the Conférence des Evêques de la Région Nord de ...
• 11 October 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence against civilians in the territory of Masisi Masisi (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, September 27 armed groups clashed in the area of Osso - Banyungu, near Masisi, province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There were also attacks against civilians in ...
• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two years after the massacre of Maspero, Copts are still waiting for justice Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the massacre of Maspero, which on October 9, 2011 saw 23 Christian Coptics massacred by the departments of the Egyptian army, hundreds of militant movements and acrony ...
• 10 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In the wake of the cyclone Haruna Sarodrano (Agenzia Fides) - About 50,000 people were seriously damaged by the cyclone Haruna that, for several days, brought torrential rains on the west coast of Madagascar. The floods ceased completely in May, finally ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - 79,087 cases and 362 children under 5 years of age have died from severe acute malnutrition Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - From January to September this year hundreds of children under 5 years of age died from malnutrition in the central eastern region of Zinder. In Zinder the disease is endemic, according to the la ...
• 9 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tension in North Kivu increases Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC) increases due to the transfer, operated without any coordination with the local authorities, of refugees from Tanzania. Accordi ...