Africa

• 8 July 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 500 deaths in 150 terrorist attacks in the last three years Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 people were killed in 150 terrorist attacks in Kenya between 2012 and June 2015. This is what the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports, according to which most of the victims we ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The project of the Shabaab to liberate the north-east from non-Somalis continues" said the coadjutor Bishop of Garissa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of Shabaab is to 'liberate' the north-east of Somalia, inhabited by Kenyans of Somali origin, from the non-Muslims and non-Somalis", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Alessand ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Church organizes schools for South Sudanese refugees in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Sudan (SCBC) is opening schools for the South Sudanese who have sought refuge in Sudan. This was announced by the Secretary General of the SCBC, Fr. Jacob Odwa Paul, ...
• 7 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II meets the priests' wives Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - In the intense program of the pastoral visit made in Alexandria last weekend, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to include a meeting of reflection and prayer with more than twenty ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church of Saints Anthony and Paul distributes food to the poor Muslims for Ramadan Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church of Saints Anthony and Paul, in the Egyptian district of Nasser (the province of Beni Suef) oversees the weekly distribution of food parcels to hundreds of poor Muslim fa ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Rifts in the presidential party and the army on Nkurunziza's third term Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Burundi seems more and more divided, as rifts appear even within the presidential party CNDD-FDD. "The President of the Assembly, Pie Ntavyohanyuma, and Vice President, Gervais Rufyikiri, both ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks of Boko Haram: a mosque and a Protestant Church Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – At least 44 dead and 48 wounded is the provisional toll of the twin bombings perpetrated on Sunday, July 5 in Jos, capital of Plateau State (in north-central Nigeria), attributed to Boko Haram T ...
• 6 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Noma severely affects the poorest and malnourished children Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Severe malnutrition in Niger continues paving the way for Noma disease to claim more victims among poverty-stricken children, most of whom feel socially outcast as they see the infection eating a ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram wants to punish Muslims who rebel against their violence", says a priest from Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "These terrible attacks against the Muslim community are signs of weakness and not of strength", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of Social Communications of the Archdiocese of Abuja, capita ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Ebola nightmare is back: 3 new cases Nedowein (Agenzia Fides) - Liberia, declared "Ebola-free" on May 9 by the World Health Organization (WHO), has plunged back into the nightmare of a new epidemic. Three new cases were registered in the same village, Nedow ...
• 3 July 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - South Africa concerned about the "explosive" situation in Lesotho Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - Concern in South Africa about the situation described as "explosive" in Lesotho, after the killing, last week, of former Chief of Staff, General Maaparankoe Mahao, who according to family members ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - If these structural issues are not adequately addressed, we shall soon have another Marikana", says "Justice and Peace" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "If these structural issues are not adequately addressed, we shall soon have another Marikana, if we continue to pursue a brand of mining economy that puts profit before people", warned His ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Floods destroy homes and buildings, there are two thousand displaced Douala (Agenzia Fides) - A week of heavy floods, caused by heavy rains have hit the economic capital of Cameroon, Douala, and has caused the death and destruction of homes and buildings in the city, as well as two thousa ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church after the jihadist attacks in Sinai: we are on the side of the military fighting "evil forces" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After a series of attacks carried out yesterday by jihadist groups against 18 army posts in north Sinai, the Coptic Orthodox Church expresses sympathy and full support to the Egyptian military. I ...
• 2 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - More and more weapons circulate even among the opposition, a very worrying situation Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of victims in yesterday’s clashes is higher than reported by official sources, that speak of 6 dead", say local sources to Agenzia Fides from Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where ...