Africa

• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Humanitarian emergency for more than 30.000 people fleeing Boko Haram Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – More than 30.000 people represent a serious humanitarian emergency on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Most are Nigerians fleeing the advancing front of Boko Haram, the Islamist s ...
• 2 September 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Dismay for the death, only months apart, of the two army officers who defeated M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are orphans since the death of General Lucien Bahuma Ambamba who raised the banner for Congo’s armed forces” says a report sent to Fides by the civil society in North Kivu in the east ...
• 2 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – New National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 June 2014 appointed as National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in So ...
• 2 September 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – new step forward to restoring peace in the country Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- A new step in the process of Mozambique’s national reconciliation following the agreement reached on 24 August (see Fides 25/8/2014) which put an end to hostilities between former rebels of Ren ...
• 1 September 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 6 August 2014, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nampula, in Mozambique, Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, formerly Bishop of Pemba. He has be ...
• 1 September 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Ebola: “Keep watch, do not panic” says the local Church Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Senegal has joined national efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus since the 29 August official announcement confirmed a first case of infection in that country. ...
• 1 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We no longer hear bomb explosions, the situation would seem calmer” says Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation, to a certain extent, is under control, there is more serenity and calm than just a few days ago, and we no longer hear the explosion of bombs. Let us hope that with the grace ...
• 22 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 11,000 people fleeing due to the conquest of their city by Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Boko Haram has conquered the town of Gwoza, in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, causing the flight of more than 11,000 inhabitants. This confirms the alarm launched by the Nigerian Bishops on ...
• 21 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "In Gaza, in Iraq and in Syria, we are faced with stark and horrifying evidence of the moral bankruptcy of modern warfare", say the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "In different parts of Africa, in Iraq and Syria and now in Gaza we are faced with stark and horrifying evidence of the moral bankruptcy of modern warfare", say the Bishops of South Africa, ...
• 21 August 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Seven Recollect missionaries remain alongside the population threatened by Ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Obliged by our pastoral responsibility, we collaborate with the government of Sierra Leone in the effort to raise awareness of the danger of the Ebola virus and how to prevent it from spreadin ...
• 20 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Security agents release South Sudanese news editor South Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudanese editor who was detained by the country’s national security services on Saturday has been freed. David Ocen, the news editor of the Catholic-owned Bakhita radio, was picked by secu ...
• 20 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Ill-gotten wealth from oil bunkering could be used to destabilize", said the Bishop of Umuahia Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Ill-gotten wealth from the theft of the country’s crude oil and its illegal refining could be used to destabilize the country. This is the alarm launched by Bishop Lucius Ugorji, Bishop of Umuah ...
• 19 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops' Conference define the closure of Radio Bakhita "unfortunate" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference or SCBC Secretary-General, Fr. Jacob Odwa remarked that the closure of Bakhita Radio: the voice of the church at the service of lives is just "unfortunate". On ...
• 19 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – "It is worrying to see Boko Haram trying to conquer territories", said the Archbishop of Lagos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Boko Haram insurgency is becoming even more worrisome that they were trying to “conquer” territories that the military have to try and liberate", said His Exc. Mgr. Alfred Adewale Martins ...
• 18 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The main Catholic radio station in the Country has been shut down Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Measures have been taken to detain a radio News Editor, Ochan David Nicholas, who is still in custody, and shut down Radio Bakhita, the main Catholic radio station in South Sudan. The radio, sp ...