Africa

• 21 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Bomb explosions will not stop dialogue between Christians and Muslims", says the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still confusing and the information on the number of people affected is still incomplete", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, a city in ...
• 20 May 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The most uncertain elections in the last 20 years, but democracy is a fact accepted by all", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In 20 years of democracy, these elections are the most uncertain in Malawi", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who has been working in Malawi for decades, where today, 20 May, ...
• 20 May 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Overcrowding and lack of assistance aggravate the situation of children in refugee camps Kakuma (Agenzia Fides) – More and immediate physical space and additional support for children are among the emerging priorities in the Kakuma refugee camp, in north-western Kenya, where waves of refugees continue to a ...
• 20 May 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are presuppositions for a Civil War, but the people want peace", said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "No shooting, but the situation remains tense, because it is not clear what lies beneath and what the various militias want to do", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinel ...
• 19 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – Missionary children evangelize their peers with the first Bible in Oromo language Kofale (Agenzia Fides) - The first "little missionaries" left from Kofale, Arsi region of Ethiopia, ready to evangelize their peers in Gode. With their notebooks, in which were represented the most salient scenes of the ...
• 19 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian agencies: interventions are urgently needed for the population Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Somali crisis has hit the Country for more than 20 years. Currently famine, war and disease exacerbate the situation. Humanitarian agencies that are having to cope with a further imminent ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate: priests must not make electoral propaganda Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - To all the Copt priests of Alexandria explicit provision was given not to directly support candidates for the coming elections, limiting the role of the Church to an awareness campaign on the impo ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water to save refugees and children from death and disease Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, children under 5 years of age die in large numbers because of the dirty and contaminated water. Having access to clean and safe water can improve the health and well-being of al ...
• 15 May 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "By blocking visas, Europe pushes immigrants into the arms of traffickers", says Fr. Zerai Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "There are at least two factors that explain the increase in the number of people trying to cross the Mediterranean with boats" says to Fides Agency Don Mussie Zerai Yosief, President of the Hab ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal of the World Council of Churches: "With the agreement signed, the real work starts now" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation remains volatile until the truce actually takes effect on the ground" says a note by the World Council of Churches (WCC) sent to Fides Agency, on the peace agreement signed by Presid ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Adoration and prayers in all churches for the kidnapped girls Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - The Church of Nigeria is following with special attention and participation the case of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped by a terrorist group in Nigeria. "In the last two Sundays, at the end of eve ...
• 14 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - After the bombing of a Catholic hospital, mass displacement in Southern Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The European Union delegation for Sudan has expressed concern about the recent bombing of the Mother of Mercy Catholic Hospital in Gidel, near Kianda, the Nuba Mountains, condemned by Mgr. Macr ...
• 13 May 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Religious leaders create a Guarantee Commission to monitor the next election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An Integrity Commission and Electoral Mediation (CIME) to ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections, was announced by the religious leaders in Kinshasa at the end of a four-day seminar or ...
• 13 May 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Kenya oasis of peace has become a terrorist playground. We need to act", said Cardinal Njue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "In the past few weeks we have lost many Kenyans through terrorist attacks, road accidents, robberies, suicide and illicit brews and in some cases famine. The influx of guns and other dangerous ...
• 12 May 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "We are in an open-pit prison held hostage by violent people" denounce the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic is an open-pit prison, where freedom of movement and freedom of speech are conditioned" denounces a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Permanent Council of the Ce ...