Africa

• 4 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kidnappings: new plague in North Kivu: more than 600 seizures since the beginning of the year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 14 members of a Congolese NGO kidnapped in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. The episode, stress missionary sources to Agenzia Fides, is just the latest in ...
• 4 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "South Sudan is not prepared to deal with terrorist infiltration" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The causes of the crash of a Russian aircraft after taking off from South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday, November 4, are not known, in which 41 people have been killed. "Hypothetically we canno ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The civil war continues to penalize the population: now the aim is survival Lui (Agenzia Fides) - "Civil war resumes in South Sudan and is undermining the troubled path towards the development of the Country". This is the testimony of Don Dante Carraro, Director of Doctors with Africa Cuamm (CUA ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' new appeal: "Let us join together as a nation on the occasion of Pope Francis' arrival" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We continue to urge Kenyans to seek peace and tolerance in difficult times". With these words, the Episcopal Conference of Kenya launches a new appeal so that Pope Francis' visit will help to u ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Curtain up for the children of the Little Prince": A theater school in the slum in Kibera Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A theater school in the slum in Kibera has become a unique experience for the children of the Little Prince. The school, supported by the NGO AVSI, is a Christian school founded in 2000 as an af ...
• 3 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeals from religious leaders regarding the fate of 80,000 displaced people in the woods Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Even the religious leaders of the region join the appeal launched by Doctors with Africa Cuamm for the displaced people living in Western Equatoria, South Sudan. In particular about the fate of mor ...
• 30 October 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Prayer alone is not enough to solve the economic crisis, one must also work hard", says the Bishop of Monze Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We should not just depend on prayers but must also work hard to respond to the economic hardships the Country is facing", said His Exc. Mgr. Moses Hamungole, Bishop of Monze, Zambia, where on Su ...
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  30 October 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Project for women and vulnerable children in the Somali region Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Somali region of Ethiopia is engaged in a project in favor of women and vulnerable children. The idea, says a local source to Agenzia Fides, was born following the ...
• 30 October 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lack of funds put the elections at risk Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of the upcoming Congolese elections is compromised not only by the controversy linked to the appointment of the new President of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( ...
• 29 October 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The situation is getting worse; UN and African Union open an investigation into the violations of human rights Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day there are deaths and clashes in different areas of Bujumbura" report to Agenzia Fides local sources from the capital of Burundi, in the throes of a serious crisis due to the third m ...
• 29 October 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The elections in Zanzibar revoked due to "serious irregularities" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Concern for the annulment of the presidential, parliamentary and local election results in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, decided by the Independent Electoral Commission of T ...
• 28 October 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui tells Fides that he was not kidnapped during a visit to the Central Mosque Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We were only threatened verbally, but the fact that we were kidnapped, as reported by some media, is not true", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, ...
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  28 October 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health of Sudan has acknowledged deaths caused by the spread of haemorrhagic fever in Darfur, especially in the east and central States. Medical sources in Khartoum reported to ...
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  27 October 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - UN programme to combat poverty and marginalisation and guarantee respect for the rights of women and children Mandera (Agenzia Fides) – For many women in the town of Mandera, in a district in north east Kenya unsafe, arid, and difficult to reach, life is a continual struggle for survival, from infancy to adulthood. Young girls ...
• 26 October 2015
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of new Bishop of Porto Novo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 24 October 2015, appointed as Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) Rev. Aristide Gonsallo of the clergy of Parakou, presently Parish priest at S. Martino di Pana ...