Africa

• 23 February 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Cameroonian press questions French policy to fight Boko Haram Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius confirmed, during a visit 21 and 22 February to Chad, Cameroon and Niger, that France is ready to support African countries threatened by the Islam ...
• 21 February 2015
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO – Election calendar made public: eight elections in two years Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The National Independent Election Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo has made public a long awaited Election Calendar . “The Calendar is ambitious, - remarks Congo Netwo ...
• 21 February 2015
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE – Since the beginning of missionary activity caring for the sick has been important: Archbishop of Harare for Lent Harare (Agenzia Fides) – A Lenten Season with special attention for sick and weaker members of society. This was requested by Archbishop Robert Ndlovu, of Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, in a Lenten Pastoral Letter, a cop ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The day for demonstrations against Boko Haram a village is bombed by mistake on the border with Nigeria; 37 dead Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – At least 37 dead is the tragic outcome of an aircraft bombing over the Nigerian part of Abadam, a village cut by a river and shared by Nigeria and Niger. According to the authorities of Niamey, ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Elections postponed: a contribution towards peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A positive development in the interest of peace in the country. This was how Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kusala, of Tombura-Yambio, interviewed by Radio Anisa, viewed the postponement on the part of t ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: “No to human trafficking, abominable business and one of the most profitable” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Human trafficking is said to be one of the three most lucrative businesses in the world – along with drugs and arms. And it is on the rise in Africa – South Africa has become a parti ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA – Kidnapping of one year old albino toddler triggers indignation Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of an albino boy has raised widespread indignation among Tanzanians, who are demanding measures against witch doctors and the use of body parts in magic practices. The one ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina: Libya’s martyrs died with the name of Christ on their lips Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Copts slaughtered in Libya by jihadist of the so-called Islamic State died with the name of Christ on their lips. This was confirmed to Fides by Anba Antonios Aziz Mina, Coptic Catholic Bish ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Filipinos are the only ones who remain to serve the growing medical needs of our people” says Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Only a few of us remain, just a good group of Filipinos and it is for them that I have stayed” Fides was told by the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli,. “The ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Anti-tetanus vaccine final test: 30% contains birth control factor Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “No less than 30% of the phials collected during the recent anti-tetanus campaign sponsored and promoted by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, contain HGG” said a statement issued ...
• 16 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 21 Copts kidnapped and murdered by jihadists in Libya are “martyrs for the faith” says Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – At the news of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts decapitated in Libya by jihadists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Patriarch of Alexandria of Coptic Catholics, Ibrahim Isaa ...
• 16 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - March against Boko Haram; Christians call nation to unite Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – Anti-Christian violence which affected the Catholic community in Nigeria in January has the same roots as Boko Haram activity now threatening Niger, Fides learned in a message from the Groupe ...
• 16 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – Chaos in Parliament; after 20 years of democracy the nation deserves better the Catholic Bishops say Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference is concerned about recent events in Parliament on occasion of the President’s address on the State of the Nation” says a statement se ...
• 14 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Testimony from Niamey: A source of inspiration for peaceful co-existence! Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Father Nicolas Ayouba, Superior of the Vice Province of West Africa of the Redemptorists, sent a letter to Fides with comments of a journalist from Niger, which we publish below: A source of ins ...
• 14 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The government: the fate of the Copts kidnapped in Libya remains unclear Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - While the jihadists of the Libyan branch of the Islamic State take control of the city of Sirte, the fate of 21 Christians kidnapped in Libya and held hostage remains unclear. This is what the Egy ...