Africa

• 5 December 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Patriarch Grégoire III: al Azhar Conference “fundamental event”. Islamist ideology harms both Christians and Muslims Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Conference held at al Azhar University “represented a fundamental event, never before has such clear condemnation of Islamist extremism and terrorism been voiced by such an authoritativ ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA – Schools closed, no lessons: Ebola stops education Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone at least 5 million children are kept away from school because of the presence of the Ebola virus. According to a study by World Business Group for Education ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 88,000 persons displaced by guerrilla violence; no words describe the tragedy and horror Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) –At least 88,500 people have been displaced in the areas of Beni and Walikale, in North Kivu province (east DR Congo). They are fleeing violence from the Alied Democratic Forces (ADF), an arme ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – Bishop of Kakamega resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 5 December 2014, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kakamega (Kenya), presented by Bishop Philip Sulumeti, in confor ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA – The Catholic Church in Uganda has been fighting AIDS since 1989 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in Uganda has been committed to fighting AIDS and the spread of the HIV virus since the epidemic first broke out in our country” said Philip Odii, head of Social Commun ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Special Mass for peace at Bangui Carmel hosting 4,000 refugees Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – For a year now, since 5 December 2013, following disorder in various districts of Bangui, we have welcomed thousands of displaced persons to our Friary. Many – about 4,000 – are still with ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Not only local militia, also foreign interests clash in Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In Libya there is a strategic struggle among various Arab and non-Arab powers, in which a number of local actors play a primary role, while being in turn backed by foreign referents. The United ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Police raid Evangelical church in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the police force carried out a raid on an Evangelical church in North Khartoum and preceded to demolish the building. Others arrested 37 young people gathered for prayers inside t ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina the anti-Islamist terrorism Conference at al-Azhar was “epochal” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The conference organised at the University of al-Azhar to condemn terrorism and extremism of Islamist matrix , was an event of historic importance. However I am not sure whether or not it was ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI – The dream of a nation free of the nightmare of AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “There is widespread participation in Malawi on the annual day for the fight against AIDS” . Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, who has worked in the country for several decades, tol ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches to monitor presidential elections in January Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The principal Christian confessions in Zambia will monitor presidential elections to be held 20 January 2015 by means of a purposely formed body: Christian Churches’ Monitoring Group (CCMG). ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Islam and Terrorism at Al Azhar. Imam al- Tayyeb: “takfirist” extremism perverts the Islamic religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) –'Takfirist' extremism which justifies with verses of the Koran violent and terrorist activity is a “perversion of the Islamic religion ”, and jihadist factions commit “barbaric crimes with ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A more functional school for 4000 children in one of the poorest regions of the Country Soddo (Agenzia Fides) - A cooperation project led to the restructuring and the provision of school materials regarding the first public school which opened in Wolayta (the southern area of Ethiopia) in 1953. The institut ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops denounce: "Banditry threatens peace, it seems that some have fun scattering weapons among the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are still held hostage by armed groups present in the area and occupy the national scene" denounce the Central African Bishops in the message for Advent prepared by the Permanent Coun ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "One is trying to destabilize the north of Kenya" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people targeted by the Shabaab are skilled workers (doctors, nurses, teachers, policemen, military, civil servants etc ...) from other parts of Kenya. Forcing them to flee means destabilizi ...