Africa

• 14 July 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Worrying situation in Tripoli after clashes at the airport Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very tense and uncertain. We are very concerned" say to Fides Agency local sources from Tripoli who have requested anonymity. The Libyan capital is experiencing difficult times ...
• 12 July 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Bishops to the constituents: "You have a moral duty to give the Country a new constitution" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "You have a moral duty to prepare a new Constitution. We cannot go back to the old Constitution of 1977 because one risks to generate tensions and endanger peace" say the Catholic Bishops ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Immediate start of the process of disarmament to ensure safety" ask religious leaders and politicians Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The safety of the population is "the priority of priorities" said a statement issued after the meeting of religious leaders and representatives of various political parties in the Central African ...
• 11 July 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Over 200 religious leaders in Africa discuss Sustainable Development and the Post 2015 Development Agenda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Africa Faith leaders have agreed to involve their various constituencies in setting up a Post-2015 Development Agenda collective mechanism to ensure the full implementation of the goals that was ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The worst outbreak of Ebola puts health workers at risk Kenema (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone, along with neighboring Guinea and Liberia, are going through the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded before, 481 deaths have been reported since July 2 (see Fides 05/06/2014). Seven ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 3 children die every day; 50 thousand at risk for malnutrition, diseases and ethnic conflicts Yuba (Agenzia Fides) - An average of three children die per day, and one in seven before the age of five, due to the severe humanitarian crisis in the Country. Three years after the independence of South Sudan, the popul ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Catholic priest taken hostage by bandits has been released Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was taken hostage by bandits engaged in rustling in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. The incident occurred on July 8, when some armed thugs (called "Dahalo" which in M ...
• 10 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appeal of Caritas: "Help us bring home more than 2,400 people expelled from Brazzaville" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched an appeal to help the Congolese expelled from the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) who find themselves in precarious conditio ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Torrential rains worsen the living conditions of hundreds of thousands of displaced persons Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The torrential rains that have hit South Darfur in recent days have destroyed hundreds of homes, particularly in the refugee camps in Kalma, Otash, El Salam, and Dereig. Over 1,500 shelters have b ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' appeal: "The media play a pivotal role in the Country" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The media must contribute to promote peaceful co-existence among Kenyans irrespective of political and ethnic affiliation. This is the appeal launched by the Kenya Episcopal Conference through i ...
• 9 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 17 people who sought refuge in the area of the Cathedral in Bambari have been killed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 17 people have died among the displaced who sought refuge in the area of the Cathedral of Saint-Joseph Bambari: they were killed yesterday, July 8, in the assault carried out by Seleka r ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The 'untouchables' of Burundi still waiting for full integration Gitega (Agenzia Fides) - Without identity documents and with high rates of illiteracy, the Pygmies of Burundi live marginalized in a Country where they are the poorest of the poor. This is the first ethnic group that pop ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Dozens killed in clashes in the oil region Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan army claimed to have killed most of the 60 guerrillas responsible for a series of attacks that have hit some villages in the west of the Country. On Sunday, July 6 groups of armed me ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Kidnappings of Copts are increasing, appeal to President al-Sisi Nag Hammadi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Coalition of the Copts, an active organization in the Egyptian governorate of Qena, has addressed an urgent appeal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and to the Egyptian Interio ...
• 8 July 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – The Cathedral in Bambari besieged by rebels Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Saint-Joseph in Bambari, in the area where there are more than 12,000 displaced people, is surrounded by the rebels of Seleka, said the local Bishop launching an appeal to Fides ...