Africa

• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Without outside help the Country is collapsing", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is experiencing an uncertain period with regards to its democratic experience", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, while the local Bish ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Kaigama: "Politicians must abandon the electoral struggle and unite to fight Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for our politicians to put aside the election campaign and unite to fight Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 7 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We want thorough investigation into the violence against the clergy in Lodja" asks civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - After more than 20 days since the violent act against two priests and a nun, which took place on 12 and 13 October in Lodja in Kasai Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (s ...
• 7 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reaffirm: "tetanus vaccination is a program of population control in disguise" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya reiterate their accusations on the campaign of vaccination against tetanus which, they say, hides a program of population control (see Fides 17/10/2014); they also denounce ...
• 6 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - An agreement for the transition has been reached; for the Bishops: a "historic turning point, now let us work for peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections in Burkina Faso will be held in November 2015. It is one of the main points of the agreement reached yesterday, November 5, between the military that took power after ...
• 6 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Prayer Vigil for peace in the nation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and the faithful of about 55 archdioceses, dioceses and apostolic vicariates of Nigeria, are invited to a national prayer vigil which will be held at the National Ecumenical Centre in ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "There is a desire for dialogue to end the crisis" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a desire for dialogue to lead the Country out of the crisis", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, in an interview wi ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch extremist groups are a product of the West Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Extremist groups, with their large-scale offensive are upsetting the geopolitical scenarios in the Middle East, and are also a product of wrong strategies pursued in the West. This was denounced ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New massacres in Beni, the people are exasperated and protest in the streets Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Massacres in Beni, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continue, despite the visit of President Joseph Kabila in the city in order to reassure the people, terrified by the violence ...
• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "postpone the African Cup of Nations due to the Ebola situation" Accra (Agenzia Fides) -The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has called on the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone the AFCON (African Cup of Nations) 2015 scheduled for next year in Morocco due ...
• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The comfort of the Church for the victims of the attack in the area of Lake Turkana Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The attack against a police contingent carried out by an armed group in the early morning hours of November 1st in Kapedo, in the Lake Turkana area, in northern Kenya caused 22 victims. Among ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Pray for reconciliation, justice and peace", asks Cardinal Ouédraogo Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A novena for peace in the Country was proclaimed by Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, upset by the popular uprising that on October 31 forced ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Constitutional Amendment: Kinshasa looks at what is happening in Ouagadougou Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The events in Burkina Faso, where President Blaise Compaoré has been forced to relinquish power after 27 years of uninterrupted power, are closely observed throughout Africa, and in particular ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "We have reached a turning point in the history of the Country", say local Church sources Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The main question is where is President Blaise Compaoré and what is he doing. What seems certain is that his power is over", say to Agenzia Fides sources of the Church in Burkina Faso, who ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops a year ago warned: "Young people’s anger increases due to corrupt politics" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A young and angry society because of the lack of prospects due to corrupt politics, but also more informed thanks to the widespread of new technologies. This is what the Bishops of Burkina F ...