Africa

• 6 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No increase in fees for high schools" says the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kenya is concerned about the high cost of fees concerning different high schools. "No teenager should be banned from public school for not having paid school fees", said i ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for Africa as a continent" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "If Maiduguri falls into the hands of Boko Haram, it would be a disaster for all of Africa", says Fr. Gideon Obasogie, head of social communications of the Diocese of Maiduguri, capital of Borno S ...
• 5 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – The Bishops ask for a clear electoral calendar Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The silence of President Joseph Kabila on his possible candidacy in the elections of 2016 is disturbing, as stated in an interview with RFI by His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Bishop of ...
• 4 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Year of Consecrated Life: Religious committed to healing the wounds of the Civil War Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite everyone to celebrate this Year in a special way, for the gift of consecrated and missionary life, and to share our call with the people, especially the younger ones". This is the appeal ...
• 4 February 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops send their best wishes to the newly-elected President: "Work to strengthen national unity" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Newly-elected President Edgar Lungu has to work to strengthen national unity, threatened by party divisions and tribalism". This is the meaning of the declaration of the Episcopal Conference of ...
• 31 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Malnutrition and armed conflicts threaten the lives of thousands of children Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - More than 38 000 Somali children are at serious risk of starvation in the Country which continues to be battered by war. Statistics, based on the latest UN figures, reveals that after three ye ...
• 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 ...