Africa

• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Thousands of displaced and deaths because of torrential rains Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people have been displaced and many have died as torrential rain continues in Mozambique. This is what is reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by Radio Mozambique. Some peop ...
• 15 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the cartoons on Muhammad are offensive Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The cartoons on Muhammad published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are "offensive" and any insult must be rejected "at all levels". This is how Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II ...
• 15 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER – Project of a social-medical centre in Dosso, for the welfare of women and children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - In an attempt to address the situation of particular urgency and improve health coverage in the Region, the Movement for the Struggle Against World Hunger and the Diocese of Lodi (Italy) have init ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Signs of hope but still too much violence, also due to the strong movement of weapons", say the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Muslim and Christian communities are beginning to talk to each other and seek peace" say the Bishops of the Central African Republic in their message entitled "Therefore choose life" publish ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tetanus vaccine: the first tests deny that it can be used for birth control Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The joint team of experts appointed by the Catholic Church and the Minister of Health in Nairobi have declared that the vaccine used in the campaign against tetanus in Kenya is safe, even if the ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Hunger and cold temperatures continue to cause deaths in North Darfur Darkoro (Agenzia Fides) - The weather conditions worsen the already precarious living conditions of the population of North Darfur. Several people have died from hunger and intense cold in East Jebel Marra region, nearby ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Copts kidnapped: jihadist websites spread photos Sirte (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, January 12 some jihadist websites published photos of 21 Coptic Egyptians abducted in recent weeks in Sirte in two group seizures, attributing the kidnappings to the Islamic State (IS ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC - The situation is improving, the Bishops launch a campaign for social cohesion Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Central African Republic note with satisfaction that there is an improvement regarding the food situation and security in some cities of Central Africa. This emerged on Sunday, ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Over 10,000 children at the yearly pilgrimage organized by Missionary Childhood Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 children and teens of the Archdiocese of Dakar (capital of Senegal) gathered at the Shrine of Notre Dame de la Délivrance de Popenguine, to experience the annual pilgrimage in th ...
• 12 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Future hope for a major demonstration to take place just like the one in Paris to say no to Boko Haram" proposes Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The new strategy of Boko Haram terrorists to use innocent children as human bombs is abhorrent and unimaginable" says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the E ...
• 12 January 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: "Stalemate, the peace process must be relaunched" says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The true peace that we await is an act of courage that commits both sides to lay down their arms to speak in truth and draw the outlines of a final and lasting peace, based on a written and signe ...
• 9 January 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Cardinal-designate Souraphiel: "I will work for the Church so that it obtains the observer status in the African Union" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – To work so that the Catholic Church obtains the observer status in the African Union. This is one of first commitments expressed by Cardinal-designate His Exc. Mgr. Berhaneyesus Demerew So ...
• 9 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New violence committed by Boko Haram: perhaps 2,000 dead, several churches burned Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Even several churches have been burned in the last series of attacks committed by Boko Haram in the city of Baga and in the surrounding villages, in the Nigerian Borno state, which according to so ...
• 9 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Salafist leader condemns the violence against Copts in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian parliamentary Younes Makhioun, president of the Salafi al-Nour Conservative Party, condemned the violence - murders and kidnappings - suffered in recent weeks in Libya by the Egyptian ...
• 8 January 2015
  AFRICA - The Holy See expresses gratitude to local Churches in Africa fighting Ebola Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The Holy See wishes to express its appreciation to the local Catholic Church in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for its timely response to the Ebola crisis. In order to strengthen these efforts ...