Africa

• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Justice and Peace Commission: The state of insecurity is to be declared "national disaster" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Declaring the state of insecurity in which different areas of Kenya live as a "national disaster" and regulate the sale of ammunition to ordinary citizens: are some of the demands made by the "J ...
• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: assault on the capital of Yobe, new victims over the weekend Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, in northern Nigeria, was assaulted in the early morning hours today, December 1, by a commando of Boko Haram. According to the testimony of some of the inhabitants ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA - Flexibility in health systems and community approach that adapts to the daily realities of HIV-positive people Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - 71% of the 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. The call by (UNAIDS) to close the gap around access to HIV services will not be met unless the delivery of anti ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "Boko Haram attacks Muslims who do not think like them" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrible attack against Muslims in prayer shows that Boko Haram has expanded its objectives", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Magic shows" to finance the schooling of children Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - To finance the schooling of children in Benin, a group of "wizards" have set up a series of shows for young children who go to the kindergarten run by the NGO Spanish Mensajeros de la Paz, in Co ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops reaffirm that the ordination of women to the priesthood is not recognised in the Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - With a Pastoral Statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Bishops reaff ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The head of the group that had seized the Polish priest has been released Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be free, it is something extraordinary. I was held for six weeks. I was treated well and respected", said, Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest abducted in Central A ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Vicar General of Bouar: "Fr. Mateusz is fine and was released without the use of force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest is fine. He was kidnapped in mid-October in the Central African Republic (see Fides 15/10/2014) and was released yesterday, November 26. This w ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram plans attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorists of Boko Haram plan attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns. "A few months ago in Kano (northern Nigeria) the police discovered tailors who were sewing tunics for nun in ...
• 26 November 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The massacres in Beni: carried out by a criminal network made up of guerrillas and corrupt military Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are about 120 victims due to the massacres perpetrated in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu, during the month of October. The massacres are attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces ...
• 26 November 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Nearly two million children have dropped out of school to work Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar 1 million 800 thousand children have left school and are engaged in work activities. To try to sensitize the people on the harsh reality that deprives children of their fundam ...
• 25 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALI - Other kidnappings of children in a climate of instability due to the presence of armed groups Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Ten children were kidnapped in northern Mali a few days ago, two of whom died while trying to escape. According to local military and police sources, the kidnappings were carried out by armed men ...
• 25 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Mgr. Nzapalainga and the Church in aid of former Seleka rebels: a gesture of forgiveness and reconciliation Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "For me, as a man of God, where there are men, women and children, these are God’s children, created in His image and I have the obligation to help them": this is what His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné ...
• 25 November 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – The Bishops: "Violence against women is a crime against humanity" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to endless rebellions in our Country, women and children are the first victims of this human barbarity" write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a message for the World Day ...
• 24 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Security measures have been intensified in front of churches after the massacre of the bus Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Police have stepped up security measures in the County of Mandera (in the north of Kenya on the border with Somalia) where on November 22, 28 people were killed cold bloodedly by Somali Shabaab ...