Africa

• 3 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Intimidation against Copts who do not pay their "taxes" to a Muslim clan Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - In the Egyptian village of al-Qusiya, 50 km from Assiut, members of the Coptic families Fahmy and Azmy were forced to barricade themselves in the house after a gang of extortionists had attacked ...
• 3 October 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas France: "The situation is still critical because of violence" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the agreements of Brazzaville and the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force, the situation of security in the Central African Republic remains fragile. This was reported by Aude Hadle ...
• 3 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan's authorities threaten Catholic community radio Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Maybe it is not the primary job of community radio stations to cover political and security issues but avoiding them altogether is "inconceivable", said Reporters Without Borders Africa, especially ...
• 2 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Initiatives on behalf of "Justice and Peace" for reconciliation between Congolese and Rwandans Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan Commissions "Justice and Peace" of Bukavu (capital of South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) and Cyangugu (Rwanda) have launched some initiatives for reconciliation betw ...
• 2 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Bishops' message to the Muslim community: "May the example of Abraham bear fruits of mutual respect" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "When those who kill in God's name are engulfed in the horror of terror, we address urgent prayers so that through the example of Abraham, who humbly allows to be guided by the will of God, diver ...
• 1 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Authorities have threatened to close down another Catholic radio Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The South Sudanese government has threatened to close down the Catholic Church’s "Voice of Hope" FM in Wau, in the west of the Country. According to the Catholic Radio Network (CRN), Western Bahr ...
• 1 October 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Epidemics and food shortages in refugee camps in Kass, South Darfur Kass (Agenzia Fides) - The displaced people living in the camp of El Batari, in Kass, South Darfur, complain of poor health, the spread of diseases and lack of health care by the authorities. According to what was report ...
• 1 October 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The crisis pushes more and more faithful to religious syncretism" denounces Mgr. Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The political and social crisis that is shaking the Central African Republic as a result of the civil war which broke out in December 2012, is leading several Catholics toward the drift of religi ...
• 30 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Prayers in South Africa for the recognition of the martyrdom of Benedict Daswa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Tzaneen, His Exc. Mgr. Joao Rodrigues, has asked the faithful to pray for the Congress meeting of theological advisers appointed by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, ...
• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce the manipulation of tribalism: "Put an end to the civil war now" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "War is evil (...).There is no moral justification for any further killing. The fighting and killing must stop immediately and unconditionally" say the Catholic Bishops of South Sudan in a message ...
• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Twelve years after the tragedy of the ferry Joola, ships are still overloaded and continue to travel" denounces the Church Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The sinking of the ferry Joola, on September 26, 2002, "highlights even today our sins of negligence, lack of sense of responsibility, of fatalism", said Mgr. Alphonse Seck, Vicar General of Dakar ...
• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic woman who had disappeared returns home: she did not convert but had been kidnapped Gabal al Tir (Agenzia Fides) - Iman Sarofim, the Coptic woman from Gabal al-Tir who disappeared in early September returned home to her family and said she was the victim of a kidnapping. Initially it was thought that th ...
• 27 September 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New rules for the construction of churches: Christians prepare their proposal Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of Churches and Christian communities in Egypt will gather next week to put the final touch on proposals and suggestions on the draft law which will be discussed in the next pa ...
• 26 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Health systems are near collapse, while those infected double every three weeks Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Perhaps there has never been so much attention on a single issue at a global level, but the reality on the ground today is this: The sick are desperate, their families and caregivers are angry, ...
• 26 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "I have never uttered those sentences on the CAN President", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a political and media manipulation. I have never uttered those sentences ascribed by the media in Nigeria", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and ...