Africa

• 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 ...
• 13 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Magazine of the Islamic State announces the execution of the Copts kidnapped in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The 21 Copts kidnapped in Libya in early January are in the hands of the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), who in an article published online foreshadow their execution by presenting it as a re ...
• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Hunger and diseases for the displaced persons in Darfur: food, medicines and basic necessities are needed Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - The population who fled the conflict areas in the volcanic area of Jebel Marra in Darfur, in western Sudan, and is now living in the north and in the east of Deribat, complains about the prolife ...
• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A UN report highlights the international links of the Congolese guerrillas Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A sophisticated network of material support, funding and recruitment has allowed the survival of one of the guerrilla groups operating in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Attorney-General proposes a meeting to review the proposed regulations on religious groups Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Attorney-General of Kenya has invited representatives of different religious communities in the country to a meeting to discuss the controversial measure of regulation of religious organizations ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "There is a growing feeling of anti-Christianity in Niger Niamey (Fides) - "The extremist group Boko Haram attacked the city of Diffa yesterday. The attack comes as Niger’s lawmakers are due to vote on a plan to send troops in the operations against Boko Haram in Nigeria. Thi ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN: over 2.5 million people face food emergency because of the civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two and a half million people in South Sudan are in urgent need of food, desire peace and are tired of living in fear. This is what Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We hope that the postponement of the election was made with good intentions", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Several citizens are not happy with the postponement of the elections", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, following ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Demonstrations for the dissolution of the presidential guard Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last two days demonstrations were held in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, respectively the capital and the second city of Burkina Faso, to demand the abolition of the Presidential S ...
• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The conflict is political not religious" say three participants Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "If you see us together, it means that religious coexistence among Central Africans is possible. The conflict in our Country is not religious, but is the result of political manipulation which ex ...