Africa

• 2 March 2015
  AFRICA - "Do not lose hope aroused by the Arab Spring", say the Bishops of North Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our region is in full transformation, the universal Church knows major transformations, our local Churches are changing: we strongly feel the call of the Lord to be more than ever 'Servant ...
• 27 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in the east of the Country; the Bishop of Goma denounces insecurity in the area Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The treasurer of the parish of Mweso (in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), Father Jean-Paul Kakule Kyalembera, was killed in an apparent robbery attempt on the evening of 25 Fe ...
• 27 February 2015
  AFRICA/BENIN - Service centers for more than 500 needy children Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - There are many children who live in a state of poverty in Benin. To address this phenomenon, there are various initiatives. Among these is an ongoing project of the Spanish NGO Educo together ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Family threatened by materialism and selfishness", say the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The family "first school of virtue" is threatened by materialism and selfishness, say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement issued at the end of their Plenary Assembly. In the document, sent to Ag ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A simple ambulance service can save the lives of hundreds of mothers and children Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan, 90% of women give birth at home. In situations of complications related to childbirth, it is necessary to intervene with an emergency service. A network of mobile phones, an always ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Elections: a delegation of Bishops of Southern Africa as observer in the national elections Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is in Lesotho as observer in the national elections to be held on February 28th. In a note sent to Agenzia Fi ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Strong humanitarian concern for the announced offensive against Rwandan rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced Congolese army offensive against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebel group will take place without the concurrence of the UN Mission in the Democratic ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The number of homeless children, 700 000 live on the streets of the capital Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the recent Childhood Festival, Majda Suleiman, spokeswoman of the Sudanese Homeless Child Association, told the local press that the streets of Khartoum is home to about 700 ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Towards a more "human" prison system Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Definitely something is changing in the prison system in Malawi" says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary, commenting on the President's speech to the 731 new prison guards at the end ...
• 25 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christian archaeological area risks demolition, Coptic monks lie down in front of bulldozers Fayyum (Agenzia Fides) - The project to build a road that should unite the city of Fayoum to an oasis area crossing the territories around the Coptic monastery of St. Macarius, threatens an archaeological area that stret ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – First step for a representative of the Catholic Church at the African Union Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Berhanu Tamene Woldeyohannes has been appointed head of the office for relations between SECAM (Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar) and the African Union in Addis A ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA – Drug to cure Ebola: positive effects on a few patients but research must continue Guéckédou (Agenzia Fides) – The first results of clinical tests with the experimental anti-viral drug Favipiravir to fight Ebola reveal that the drug can reduce mortality in patients with low levels of the virus in t ...
• 24 February 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “Our country can be compared to a desert, where we must combat the temptations of the devil” says Archbishop Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis which grips our country is a consequence of human weakness and human incapacity to open our hearts to the Lord’s multiple calls to conversion” Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga ...
• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Church forms committee to evacuate Egyptians from Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A “crisis unit” has been instituted at the request of the Synod of the Copt Orthodox Church to collect data and information regarding all Egyptians still present in Libya, in order to facilita ...
• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Government must guarantee freedom of press”: appeal following closure of several broadcasters including Kinshasa’s Catholic TV Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Guarantee freedom of press on the eve of important electoral commitments”. This appeal was launched by the Congo National Press Association (Union Nationale de la Presse du Congo), in a s ...