Africa

• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Entire populations deprived of basic health services: commitment to the re-opening of the hospital in Lunsar Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - With its 10,510 cases of Ebola (3,199 deaths), Sierra Leone remains the country hardest hit by the virus. However, the number of new cases per week continues to decrease fortunately. But beside ...
• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Christians in the Islamist electoral list. The spokesman of the Salafi: we are obliged by law Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Coptic Christians in the lists of the Salafist al-Nour Party is a "necessary act" required by the electoral law, and falls within the pre-constitutional requirements that political ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The story of a missionary: Malawi on its knees due to the damage caused by cyclones Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Cyclones of the Mozambique Channel have brought devastation in Malawi", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for decades has lived and worked in Malawi. "In ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian aid denied in conflict areas: MSF forced to close activities Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - Because access to people trapped in conflict areas has been systematically denied by the authorities in Sudan, the Brussels-based operational centre of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announce ...
• 30 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce: "Land grabbing threatens the stability of the Country" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Land grabbing can lead to a break up in the country" warn the Bishops of Southern Sudan. According to Catholic Radio Network (CRN), at the end of the plenary meeting of the local Episcopal Confere ...
• 29 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "We pay tribute to the consecrated who founded the local Church" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Consecrated men and women established the local Church in our dioceses and most of our parishes, serving people of every background in countless ways", say the Bishops of the Southern Afri ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas: more funds needed for refugees from the Central African Republic Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - More funds are needed to help refugees from the Central African Republic who have been welcomed in neighboring States, said Msgr. Robert J Vitillo, head of Caritas Internationalis’ delegation t ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Assault on Tripoli: the shadow of the Islamic State on the shores of the Mediterranean Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - At least 10 people died in the attack on Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, committed by two (or maybe three, according to some sources) gunmen, yesterday, January 27th. After setting off a car bomb i ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government allocates land for the construction of new churches in the capital Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A plot of 30 hectares has been made available to the Coptic Patriarchate to build structures and offices connected to the Cathedral of San Marco in Cairo, and three other smaller plots of land to ...
• 28 January 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In view of the elections there is growing concern for children abducted for macabre rituals Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming presidential elections to be held in the Ivory Coast in October, there is a growing concern for the kidnapping and murder of children for ritual purposes. According to in ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops denounce: "Ivorian society is sick at a spiritual and moral level" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The unbridled race to easy money and power threatens social cohesion and the stability of the Country", say the Bishops of the Ivory Coast in the message published at the end of their Plenary A ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Catholic Diocese in Minya promotes religious reconciliation in the village of Delga with concrete projects Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Delga, in the Egyptian governorate of Minya, in the recent past has been the focus of clashes between family clans and violence carried out by fundamentalist Islamist groups, who ha ...
• 27 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Anti-Christian violence: the Bishops reaffirm their friendship with the Muslim community Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to renew our friendship and brotherhood to the entire Muslim community in our Country", write the Bishops of Niger in a message to the Muslim community, sent to Agenzia Fides, after the ...
• 26 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Maiduguri: "Boko Haram could conquer the entire north-east before the end of the election" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram tried to enter Maiduguri twice last weekend: the first time on Friday 23 and the second yesterday, Sunday 25 January", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop Ma ...
• 26 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts killed and churches attacked in the riots on January 25 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least three Christian Copts - including a 10-year-child - among the victims of the clashes in Cairo and other Egyptian cities on the occasion of the fourth anniversary that caused the ...