Africa

• 28 August 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church: the life of the Country depends on the "good health" of the Nile Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II will travel to Ethiopia in September, where he will take part in the celebrations for the feast of the Holy Cross along with Abuna Mathias I, Patriarch of the ...
• 27 August 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Pope Francis in his encyclical: "We are victims of climate change", says the Archbishop of Blantyre Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As I read and re-read the Pope’s encyclical, I was reminded of the climate change and its related disasters we have just experienced here in Malawi: – the devastating floods, the prolonged ...
• 27 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – No celebration was held in Juba for the signing of the peace agreement, "too many deaths for us to rejoice" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "In Juba there was no celebratory atmosphere because the suffering caused by the civil war is immense" say local sources from the capital of South Sudan to Agenzia Fides, where yesterday, 26 August ...
• 26 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Towards the signing of the peace agreement to end the conflict described by the UN as "a threat to the peace of the entire region" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "A power struggle of an elite that has become a civil war and a threat to peace and security in the region". This is how the report of the Panel of UN Experts on South Sudan, published on August 21 ...
• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Benedict Daswa an example for all young Catholics in our region" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict Daswa was a committed lay Catholic and the loving husband and father of a large family; a dedicated teacher and volunteer catechist, an active and charitable member of the communi ...
• 25 August 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - In Bujumbura, one lives in fear: every night murders and disappearances of suspected opponents Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Every night there are killings and disappearances. People live in fear", local sources from the capital Bujumbura in Burundi told Agenzia Fides, where a serious political and institutional c ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops' appeal to young Africans: "Stay in Africa to build a better continent" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not allow false trappings of wealth lure you to move out of your Countries in search of non-existent jobs in Europe and America". This is the appeal launched by Mgr. Nicolas Djomo of Tshumb ...
• 24 August 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Caritas builds four schools for 4,800 South Sudanese refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4,800 South Sudanese refugee children in Ethiopia will be able to receive education in 4 schools, inaugurated recently in Kule and Terkendi camps, in the Gambella region, about 800 ...
• 19 August 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The 2015 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize will be awarded to the Interfaith Peace Platform Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The 2015 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize will be awarded to the Interfaith Peace Platform for the work achieved to reconcile religious groups in the hope of reaching a lasting peace in Central Afri ...
• 19 August 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - "We express our solidarity with our brothers and sisters from the Kingdom of Lesotho!" say the Bishops of Southern Africa Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "Lesotho is not alone, the Bishops and the Catholic community are with you in this time of need", says Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and President of the Southern African Catholic Bish ...
• 18 August 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After lengthy delay polling station distribution law approved Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The date, 25 October, set for local elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to be definitively jeopardised, according to a note sent to Fides by the Peace for Congo Network, regar ...
• 18 August 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A country adrift where frustration among the people rises out of all control Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)-“Poverty is ever more serious, out of all proportion, each new day brings more bad news” Fides is informed in a report from Italian Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, for several decad ...
• 17 August 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Claretian Missionary priest killed in road ambush Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- A Claretian father in Nigeria has been killed. Fr Dennis Osuagwu was murdered in Nekede on 15 August, according to news sent to Fides by the General House of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate ...
• 17 August 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – Concern for reported destructive behaviour in local Catholic schools Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in Kenya has voiced concern for bad behaviour in schools culminating in some cases in acts of violence “radical extremism activities, sexual perversion and cultic behaviour� ...
• 11 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The peace process led by the Council of Churches begins Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has officially launched a peace process led by the churches. The launch of this peace initiative took place at the Juba Christian Centre on Saturday, A ...