Africa

• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - "A school, a life" thousands of children without education condemned to poverty N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In Chad, public education is free and compulsory , however, extreme poverty, poor school infrastructure, lack of teaching materials and unqualified teachers, transforms school education in a g ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The defeat of the M23: a historic victory for the Congolese army Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 has been defeated: in the course of the night fighters of the main rebel movement in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), abandoned the last two positions held on the bord ...
• 5 November 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The M23 surrenders but first bombards civilians, accuse local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On November 4, dozens of civilians were killed in the territory of Rutshuru in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) due to artillery bombardments of the M23, despite the fact that ...
• 5 November 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Parish priest brutally assaulted in Pretoria Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot believe that anyone is capable of committing something so cruel to a priest. It is really shocking", said Mgr. William Matthew Slattery, Archbishop of Pretoria, after visiting Fr. Cra ...
• 4 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The defeat of the M23 seems likely but there are 40 other armed groups in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese army offensive against the rebels of the M23 in North Kivu (eastern DRC ) continues, despite the unilateral ceasefire announced on Sunday, November 3 by the leadership of the rebe ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - John Paul II foundation for the Sahel: renew oneself for a better service to the poor Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Need for a renewal of the "John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel" so that it realizes its service in the best way to combat drought and desertification in the Sahel, carrying out the Pope’ ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Bishop: no to weapons in churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks and persecutions suffered by the Copts in the last convulsive seasons in Egypt should not be exploited to propagate ideas and alien behavior towards the Christian faith and contrary to ...
• 28 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - M23 : "There are several mass graves in addition to those already found" denounces civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As the offensive of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC ) against the guerrillas of the M23 continue in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Coordination of Civil Society in the ...
• 25 October 2013
  AFRICA - "The crisis of Lampedusa is also a wake-up call for Africa" say the Catholic Bishops of the continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of freedom and the search for better living conditions are the basis of tragedies such as that which occurred on October 3 off the Italian coast of Lampedusa, said a statement sent to Fide ...
• 25 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting between the army and M23 have resumed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting between the Congolese army and the guerrillas of M23 after the suspension of talks in Kampala (see Fides 23/10/2013) have resumed. According to local sources of Fides clashes are conce ...
• 24 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Concern in eastern DRC for a resumption of hostilities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rumors are circulating that Rwanda will attack simultaneously Goma and Bukavu on Saturday, October 26": this is what is reported to Fides by a local source from Bukavu, the capital of South Ki ...
• 24 October 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Evangelical leaders in Mombasa: we will not be intimidated by the murder of two pastors" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of some Christian churches have launched the alarm about religious freedom in Kenya after the killing of two evangelical pastors without reason in Kilifi and Mombasa, reports the Cat ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Famine and diseases afflicting the Sudanese refugees Bambari (Agenzia Fides) - For two months, the Sudanese refugees residing in the camp of Bambari, in the Central African Republic, have no access to food. The spokesperson of the field reported to Radio Dabanga that refug ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Suspension of talks in Kampala: the Congolese government denounces the tactic "talk and fight" of the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo rejects the responsibility for the suspension of peace talks in Kampala (Uganda ) on the M23 guerrilla movement. On October 21, Lambert Me ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Attacks against churches, Christians criticize the government and security forces Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - During the terrorist attack which last Sunday caused the death of four people - including a 9-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl - and wounding 18 Coptic invited to a Coptic wedding, the police ...