Africa

• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "We are greatly concerned about the well-being of the President" say civil society Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are greatly concerned about the wellbeing of President Michael Sata" say several society organisations in Zambia, including the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, in a statement sent t ...
• 11 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A Liberian boy who beat Ebola Foya (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ebola-confirmed area of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Case Management Centre (CMC) in Foya, Liberia, roughly two thirds of patients don’t survive the Ebola virus. The patients gather on wo ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "After military action, social and economic development is now necessary", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Military operations must be followed by a real economic development and the creation of State structures if one wants to stabilize Somalia", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA - The campaign "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" has been launched Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" is the title of the campaign promoted by associations of African and European civil society so that in sub-Saharan Africa the democrat ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The law that strengthens the powers of security services has been approved, the opposition protests Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On October 8, the South Sudan National Assembly approved a law that strengthens the powers of the Security Service, the National Security Service (NSS) Bill. According to what is reported in the "S ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - "May the elections on 12 October bear positive fruits" hope the Bishops Sao Tome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) hopes that the elections to be held on October 12 in Sao Tomé and Principe is an opportunity to strengthen the co-existence of the popula ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The children of a school take position against separated classes, based on religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The problem related to a private nursery school in the "City of 6 October", municipality of the governorate of Guizeh, where the institutes's management had decided to gather Christian pupils i ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Orphans who survived Ebola are marginalized for fear of witchcraft and black magic Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - In West Africa there are about 7,200 people infected with Ebola and deaths exceed 3,330. In addition to the collapse of the health system and economic development of these countries, there is t ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Despite chaos and violence in Bozoum, schools have reopened and the pastoral year has started Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reopened schools and resumed pastoral activities, even if the situation has not fully stabilized", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary, pastor in Bozoum in t ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Christian Churches are committed to peace and reconciliation Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to strengthen and amplify the voice of the Church, facilitating better coordination of the various peace initiatives to promote free and peaceful citizens' participation in national life ...
• 8 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Emergency ebola: on October 4 in just 24 hours 121 deaths and 81 new cases were recorded Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Health Organization updates the data on the victims of Ebola in West Africa in a tragic count that sees the number of victims rise to 3439 out of a total of 7492 cases, Doctors wit ...
• 7 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New toll of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram: 185 churches destroyed and 190,000 civilians flee Jos (Agenzia Fides) - 185 churches in the Maiduguri Diocese were torched and 190,545 people displaced. This is the toll of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram in the past two months in the diocese of Maiduguri, whose ...
• 7 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A million people at risk of hunger if the political crisis is not solved Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The food crisis in South Sudan threatens to turn into a catastrophe and a million people will risk starvation between January and March next year if nothing is done urgently to resolve the politica ...
• 6 October 2014
  AFRICA/MALI - "It is necessary to stabilize the south of Libya in order to stop the attacks in Mali", said the Secretary of the Bishops' Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The international community needs to seriously take into consideration the problem regarding the stability of Libya, because the armed groups operating in the north of Mali take refuge in southe ...
• 6 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violence in the areas that the army has declared "free" from the guerrillas continue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan guerrillas of the ADF-Nalu continue to sow terror among the population in the territory of Beni, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This was revealed in a statement sent to Fi ...