Africa

• 4 January 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops are committed to promoting dialogue in view of the 2016 election deadline Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are committed to fostering dialogue among political parties and civil society in view of the 2016 election deadline. This was stated by Don Léon ...
• 29 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The testimony of a Bishop to Fides: Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrorists of Boko Haram arrived in the afternoon of December 27 in different areas of Maiduguri, introducing themselves in some homes and killing the inhabitants, while in other areas they s ...
• 29 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We hope for a higher voter turnout across the country" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the turnout in Bangui and in other parts of the Country is high; we would not want to be the only ones to elect a new President", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bisho ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpika Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 December 2015, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Justin Mulenga, Pastoral Coordinator of the Archdiocese of Kasama as Bishop of Mpika (Zambia). Rev. Justin Mulenga was born on February ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Bishops: "The proximity of the Christian Christmas and the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet is an invitation to dialogue" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the feast of Mouloud and Christmas coincide. This sign invites us, Christians and Muslims, to dialogue in order to bring peace to the world in the name of our common faith in Abraham, ...
• 28 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 50 dead in new massacres in the east of the Country on Christmas Eve Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas Eve marked by blood in three places in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides, in the early mor ...
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  23 December 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Child abuse in the capital increases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Ministry of Health expressed its concern regarding the increase in cases of sexual abuse against minors in the state of Khartoum. The victims are in particular school children. Acc ...
• 23 December 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Year of Mercy in the prisons in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "After the initiative of Patrizia Lavaselli to bring the pictures of women who are in the maximum security prison in Zomba to the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, this new adventure is something t ...
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  22 December 2015
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Despite ambitious infrastructure projects, the Country remains poor Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda has recorded one of the highest growth rates in Africa despite being a Country without large mineral resources and has always lived from the export of agricultural products. Sadly fam ...
• 22 December 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Muslim Passengers protect Christians from the Shabaab: "a very positive thing" says the Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very good thing; a concrete sign that Kenyan Muslims are against violence", says His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Alexander, Bishop of Garissa, in north-eastern Kenya, on the border with Somalia, i ...
• 22 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped in the Delta State have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic priests, Fr. Franklyn Odiaka and Fr. Moses Nwaonwochei, who had been kidnapped on December 18 in Obior, in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, southern Nigeria have be ...
• 21 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Parliament will reject the African mission, confirming the decision of the government Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Parliament met to confirm what the government has already announced, namely the rejection of the African Union Mission in Burundi. It is therefore only a formal coverage to a decision already ...
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  18 December 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After jihadist threats, the closure of Coptic monasteries for security reasons has been denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Historical Coptic monasteries in Wadi Natrun region will not suffer any closure for security reasons, after the jihadist threats aimed in particular against the monastery to Baramos, dedicated to ...
• 18 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 90% of voters approved the new constitution in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - 90% of voters in Bangui voted "yes" to the constitutional referendum of December 13 (see Fides 17/12/2015), but the turnout was only 30% of voters in the capital of the Central African Republic, ...
• 18 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appeal to the EU: "The crisis in Burundi threatens to spread to the entire Great Lakes region" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - President Nkurunziza’s pursuit of a third term in office has precipitated a humanitarian, economic, and security crisis, forcing more than 200,000 Burundians to become refugees in neighborin ...