Africa

• 13 July 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Arsenal of the rebels discovered, clashes in the north: confusing situation on the eve of the presidential vote Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Burundian authorities have announced the discovery of illegal weapons caches, the arrest of hundreds of suspected rebels, and have released pictures of the arsenal discovered. "The opposit ...
• 10 July 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – Bishops' concern for the approval of same-sex marriages in the western world Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Nigerian Bishops in Africa express their concern regarding the repercussions that the legalization of same-sex marriage in some states of the Western world (Ireland, Canada, Spain, France, U ...
• 10 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New peace initiative announced by the Church on the anniversary of independence Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has announced a new initiative of mediation to bring peace to South Sudan, which since December 2013 has been devastated by a civil war between President Salva Kiir and former V ...
• 9 July 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Tunisia calls on compatriots abroad to save the tourist season Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "From the beaches where tourists were killed, the Tunisian people want to make it a place of life and not of death" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
• 9 July 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence and insecurity in the camps where refugees fleeing the civil war are welcomed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Unity and Upper Nile States the population endures suffering. We experienced war in the past, but the cruelty that we are experiencing today is without equal. It is like living in a nightma ...
• 8 July 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Archbishop of Freetown: "people are making efforts to protect themselves against Ebola" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "There are cases of Ebola infection in Freetown, Kambia and Port Loko but people are making efforts to protect themselves", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Edward Tamba Charles, Archbishop of Freet ...
• 8 July 2015
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Migrants evicted welcomed in the Cathedral of Tangier Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - Several migrants evicted from the apartments they occupied in the district of Bujalef, were welcomed in the Cathedral of Tangier. According to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, signed by His Exc. ...
• 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 ...