Africa

• 8 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram is now a regional problem Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 refugees fleeing the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram have been welcomed in Chad. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Chad, Kalzeubé Pahimi Deubet, according to whom even ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al-Sisi attends Coptic Christmas mass at Cairo Abbasiya Cathedral Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi attended Christmas mass at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral , where he greeted Coptic Christians in a speech on Tuesday January 6. "The Egyptian P ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Archbishop of Niamey: "More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement, especially in the region of Diffa" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement. The alarm was launched, in his message at the beginning of the year, by His Exc. Mgr. Michel Cartatéguy, Archbishop o ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui threatened with death while bringing assistance to the displaced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, President of Central Africa Caritas, led a mission of support to the residents in the village of Gbangou, whose homes (275 in all) were ...
• 5 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts abducted in Libya. For Islamists they are "legitimate targets" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The armed gangs of the Libyan Islamist Ansar al-Sharia network consider the Egyptian Copts who are in Libya "legitimate targets", and hit them with violence and targeted kidnappings even for retal ...
• 5 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - An 'educational manual' on the internet for jihadist mothers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - 'The role of women in the jihad' is the title of a book which was recently presented on the Internet compiled by the extremist group of the Islamic State that continues to train child soldiers. Th ...
• 2 January 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Corruption and widespread immorality threaten the nation", say the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, widespread of drugs, immorality are the evils that threaten the nation, according to a New Year Message from the Bishops of Ghana. The message, signed by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Osei-Bon ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Stigma and discrimination, Ebola also jeopardizes religious practices Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola will have a long impact in Sierra Leone. The total population is 63.48,350 people. To December 19 the total number of cases recorded were 8880 among suspected, probable and confirmed. Accor ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Anti-Christian attacks: Christian leaders urge the faithful to forgiveness Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "What would Christ have said if there were terror attacks during his time?" ask Christian leaders of Kenya in a joint message on the occasion of Christmas to the faithful still shaken by the att ...
• 30 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui pays a visit to former Seleka rebels again Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – On Christmas Eve His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, went to the reception camps of former Seleka guerrillas near the capital of the Central African Republic. The deleg ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Security measures strengthened for the Coptic Christmas celebrations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A special plan to ensure security for the upcoming Christmas celebrations for Coptic Christians was developed in detail during a meeting of the heads of the police and security apparatus, convened ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The IDPs in Maiduguri celebrate Christmas among hope and fears of suicide bombs Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has been under siege for quite some time now with IDPs fleeing the violence of Boko Haram. This is what was experienced in Maiduguri, capital city of Borno State, ...
• 29 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "A sad and uncertain Christmas", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A sad Christmas is what was celebrated in Malawi, reports to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who for decades has been engaged in the African country. "What I want ...
• 23 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Accomplice of a gang specialized in the kidnapping of Coptics arrested Sohag (Agenzia Fides) - Mina Zaghloul Hanna comes from a Coptic Christian family and was arrested in recent days by the police in Sohag because considered an accomplice of a gang specialized in kidnapping wealthy Copts o ...
• 23 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - State and Church work together to help the people of Lake Turkana Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have entered into a memorandum of understanding on service delivery on provision of basic amenities such as health services and water in the county", said His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Kimengich, Bi ...