Africa

• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery denies the news of an Islamist attack Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - St. Catherine's Monastery, located in the region of Sinai, has denied reports of alleged assaults carried out by Islamist groups, put into circulation in recent days by Christian media and blogs. ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - There has not been any negotiation so far with the "real" Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is divided into several groups, and those who say they negotiate in its name is not the main component", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of t ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A Congolese priest has disappeared for three weeks in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There has been no news of Father Jean-Berchomans Nguna for three weeks, a priest of the Diocese of Bunia, Ituri District, in the Eastern Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thi ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The debate on the constitutional reform creates a power vacuum and emphasizes the political instability Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The discussion on a possible revision of the Constitution creates a vacuum and instability in the political life of the Country and distances the same Congolese political class from the real l ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisian society is maturing a democratic consciousness" notes Fr. Alamat Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an atmosphere of hope and confidence. The very fact that the elections were conducted in an almost peaceful manner is gratifying for everyone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Churches send the government their draft of a bill on the construction of places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The draft of a bill on the construction of churches, prepared by representatives of the major Churches and Christian communities in Egypt, was sent last week to the Egyptian government. This is co ...
• 24 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Despite the clashes in Benghazi markets are well stocked Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - "We continue to live in fear and insecurity. We hope that better times arrive soon", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi, the capital of Cyren ...
• 24 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The youth of South Kivu with the Bishops against the amendment of the Constitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Positions taken in favor of the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo who in their last pastoral letter oppose to a revision of the Constitution which would give President Joseph Kabila t ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Church's contribution to the growth of the nation after 50 years of independence Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is part of the Zambian society, and shares the joys and sorrows of the nation. This is why there is great respect, and her influence has grown, thanks to her prophetic voice" ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - New schooling project for 450 children in the north of the Country Sinendé (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Educo, born from the union of Intervida and Educación Sin Fronteras, has promoted a project of education and improvement of educational institutions in Sinendé, in northern Benin, 564 ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Inter-diocesan Assembly of the Catholic Church begins tomorrow Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - Forty representatives of the four Catholic dioceses of Algeria will meet in Algiers on Friday 24and Saturday, 25th October for the National Inter-diocesan Assembly of the Catholic Church. The ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks and another 60 girls kidnapped: the possibility of a truce with Boko Haram vanishes Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes for peace vanishes after 5 people were killed in a bomb attack this morning at a bus station in Azari, in the State of Bauchi (northern Nigeria), and the abduction of 60 girls in the State o ...
• 22 October 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - African Catholic Bishops: "Respect democratic turnover" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The closing of borders is not the solution to Ebola", says the final communiqué of the annual coordination meeting of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECA ...
• 22 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Ebola, not only death and suffering: MSF celebrates the thousandth survivor Foya (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, MSF has admitted more than 4,500 patients to its care centres. Among these, more than 2,700 were confirmed as having Ebola. Amidst all the ...
• 21 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The warring parties recognize their responsibilities in the civil war, "an important step for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope this is a first concrete and decisive step for the cease-fire first and then for true peace", says to Fides Agency Sister Elena Baratti, a Comboni missionary from Juba, capital of South Su ...