Africa

• 19 June 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI -The government spends $ 145 million for a military contract while 400 are needed for flood victims Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Malawi announced plans to renegotiate a military contract of 145 million dollars with a single South African company, which had been canceled in 2013 on the grounds that it vi ...
• 18 June 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Schools closed for ebola: child abuse, teenage pregnancy, prostitution are on the rise Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The epidemic of Ebola in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent closure of schools to prevent the further spread of the disease, have exacerbated the phenomenon of child exploitation and violence aga ...
• 18 June 2015
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chadian aircraft raid in Nigeria against Boko Haram in retaliation to the attacks of N'Djamena N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The Chadian air force today, June 18, hit six bases of Boko Haram in Nigerian territory. This was announced by the General Staff of the armed forces of Chad, adding that air strikes have cause ...
• 18 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: 25% increase in electricity prices means the poor will be the ones hardest hit Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in electricity tariffs will influence price hikes in food and other essential products that are used by the poor as the firms pass on their electricity price increases to cons ...
• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "One votes on the basis of the existing electoral rolls" says the archdiocese of Kisangani Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Consultations between institutions, civil society and religious leaders continue with regards to the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at a central level led by President ...
• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African leadership is accused of xenophobia Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - New xenophobic attacks have been denounced by the local Nigerian community residing in South Africa's Northern Cape. According to representatives of the expatriate community, some cars be ...
• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Women and girls rebel against forced marriage Maroua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aldepa" is an association of women which was established in the northern region of Cameroon, where the phenomenon of child marriage is widespread, and deals with the protection of the victims in ...
• 16 June 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - No to impeachment against the President; one is moving towards the formation of a new government Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The deputies are holding meetings to find a way out of the institutional crisis when, on June 13, the High Court rejected the motion of impeachment of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, w ...
• 16 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "The situation is blocked", say local sources Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "In Bujumbura, the situation is relatively calm, but in some neighborhoods one cannot access because of the barricades": say local sources of Agenzia Fides from the capital of Burundi, who for ...
• 15 June 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Assurance in South Africa: President Bashir will leave", said a spokesman in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been ordered not to leave South Africa by the Pretoria High Court, is still in the country but will leave later on Monday, a Sudanese presidency spoke ...
• 15 June 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Even two Westerners among the Shabaab killed in an assault on a military camp Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan military announced the killing of 11 Somali militants of Al Shabaab, who were part of a commando of 100 men who in the early hours of Sunday, June 14 attacked a military camp in Lumu, ...
• 15 June 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian Ambassador to the Holy See: Al Sisi has invited Pope Francis to Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has officially invited Pope Francis to make a visit to Egypt. This is what H. E. Ms. Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt ...
• 13 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Still no contact with the kidnappers of the priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Ekiti has asked the faithful not to enter into negotiations with the kidnappers of Fr. Emmanuel Akingbade, the pastor of St. Benedict of Ido-Elkit (in south-west Nigeria), seized on ...
• 12 June 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "let us avoid repeating the language of those who want to destroy the family" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - From 8 to 11 June the preparatory meeting for the Synod on the family to be held in October in Rome was held in Accra (Ghana). According to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, the meeting, entitled ...
• 12 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN representative offers himself as a mediator in the national dialogue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, has offered to mediate in the national dialogue (see Fides 02/06/2015) initiated by President Josesph Kabila in view of the upcom ...