Africa

• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Coptic boys released, falsely accused of an "insulting" video towards Islam Minya (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Minya upheld the appeal filed by the defense of the four teenagers who were in detention for more than 40 days on charges of insulting Islam. The incident happened in a school in the vi ...
• 27 May 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "We are going back to chaos," says a missionary after the vote to remove the President Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is discouraged because there is a feeling of returning to the chaos that characterized the political life of the island for years", says to Fides Fr. Luca Trengia, Director ...
• 27 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian Churches: "Stop the violence, instigated by leaders, most of whom call themselves Christians" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "People are being killed, raped and tortured. (...). Children are being recruited into armed groups and looting is endemic", denounces the South Sudan Council of Churches, the body that brings toge ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Security situation worsens due to clashes Maper (Agenzia Fides) - The intensification of the clashes between the government and the opposition is gradually deteriorating the situation in some of the areas of Unity State on the border with the State of the Lakes, ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops denounce: "In eastern Congo three basic training camps for jihadists; but the UN observes without intervening" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A climate of genocide, a hearth of jihadist fundamentalism and a process of Balkanization". These are "the three greatest dangers" denounced by the Bishops of the Province of Bukavu (eastern D ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA - CCEE and SECAM hold a Seminar on The Family in Europe and Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be having a Seminar on the theme: "The joy of the Famil ...
• 26 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Council of Christian Churches celebrate the second anniversary of its founding Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The second anniversary of the founding of the Council of Christian Churches in Egypt was celebrated at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. On Monday, May 25 all the heads o ...
• 25 May 2015
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Child marriage exacerbated by poverty and ignorance htnee s e steme t e Casablanca (Agenzia Fides) - Child marriage affects 15 million girls worldwide every year. It is a growing phenomenon, aggravated by poverty, ignorance and fear. This is what participants in a recent forum held in Morocc ...
• 25 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - Despite the latest violence, one hopes in the talks in Algiers in order to reach peace Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Mali had placed great hope in the peace agreement signed on 15 May, but unfortunately violence continues in the northern regions", says to Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of th ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Sun Village: center of assistance and support for children in need Dedza (Agenzia Fides) - Malawi is a strip of land in East Africa inhabited by about 15 million people where food, water, medical facilities is lacking and where AIDS is rampant among the young and old. Among the many cha ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Justice and Peace": "The state budget has to give priority to flood victims" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " We encourage you, our honourable parliamentarians to consider the plight of those affected by floods and droughts. Through this forthcoming budget deliberation currently in progress, the affe ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society denounces the ambiguous role of the army in the massacres in the territory of Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the territory of Beni, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) people continue to be victims of massacres and thefts" says a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Peace Network for ...
• 22 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros speaks at the conference on the "Coptic Diaspora" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to take care of all the questions and demands that come from our people". This is the message that Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II wanted to launch on Thursday, May 21 during the f ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church cannot support an electoral process that is likely to divide citizens Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where protests continue against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for election for a third term. The President announc ...
• 21 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The police free four kidnapped Copts Minya (Agenzia Fides) - An operation carried out by the police led to the release of the four young Copts who had been kidnapped on the night of Sunday 17 and Monday, May 18 as they were returning, in a car, from a visit ...