Africa

• 24 June 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Control and prevent outbreaks of cholera with a highly effective oral vaccine New York (Agenzia Fides) - An oral cholera vaccine proved to be 86 percent effective in controlling the disease during a recent outbreak in Guinea. Researchers with Epicentre, the research arm of the humanitarian organiz ...
• 23 June 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - An American missionary who dedicated her life to orphans in South Africa has been killed Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The South African police have arrested two men suspected of killing an 82-year-old U.S. religious, Sister Mary Paule Tacke, of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blo ...
• 23 June 2014
  AFRICA - "Immigrants are transforming our Church", say the Catholic Bishops of North Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The issue of immigrants and migration was the focus of the work of the Conférence des Evêques de la Région Nord de l'Afrique (CERNA) which was held in Rome, from June 15 to 18. In the final stat ...
• 20 June 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Activist for Human Rights calls for the dissolution of the Salafist Party Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Lawyer Naguib Gabriel, leader of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, submitted to the Egyptian institutions a bill asking for the dissolution of the Salafist al-Nour Party, because of its ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The two assaults committed by Kenyans and foreigners, not by Shabaab", says the Bishop of Malindi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still a lot of fear, even if one notices the presence of the military and police officers sent by the government to secure the area", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Emanuel Barbara ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - Meeting in preparation of the Synod on the Family: "Let us be guided by the Gospel and by traditional African values" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The joys and the sufferings of the families of today concern the Church so much that Pope Francis has convened in October 2014, and in 2015 a Synod of the universal Church on the pastoral chall ...
• 17 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - New assault against a Kenyan village, the commando has probably taken women and children hostage Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "At least 9 dead and, according to news still not confirmed, some women and children were abducted last night in the assault perpetrated by a group of men in the village of Majembeni on the coas ...
• 17 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Congolese doctor who helps victims of sexual violence:"rape is a weapon of mass destruction" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rape is a weapon of mass destruction" denounces Denis Mukwege, Congolese doctor, who has been working for years to treat victims of rapes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Mukwege ...
• 16 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Assault on Mpeketoni: "If who was stopped on the street was a Christian, he was killed", says the Bishop of Malindi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "I was in contact with our pastors and our religious sisters during the course of the attack", says to Fides Agency Mgr. Emanuel Barbara, Bishop of Malindi and Apostolic Administrator in Mombasa ...
• 16 June 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Do not give in to vote trading" Bishops' appeal in view of the elections on 29 June Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not give in to the temptation of vote trading" say the Catholic Bishops of Senegal, with a statement of His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, Bishop of Kaolack and President of the Episcopal Conferen ...
• 13 June 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Despite the peace agreement there is still alert due to the constant arrivals of refugees in Ethiopia Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 350,000 southern Sudanese refugees in the coming months are likely to pour into the already overcrowded homeless shelters in Gambella, Ethiopia. This is what Christian Aid said in a state ...
• 13 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Clashes at the border with Rwanda: Civil society calls for the intervention of the international community Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Civil society in North Kivu is "very concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to the new attacks and incursions of the Rwandes ...
• 12 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Massacre in South Kivu: it is not land conflict but clash among local politicians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-one dead and 29 injured. This is the toll of the assault committed by a group of armed men in the village of Mutarule, in the Ruzizi Plain, in South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of ...
• 12 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Archbishop of Bangui brings aid to 600 Muslims fleeing violence Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The flight of the Muslims from Central Africa is a serious problem. If we do not want Christians to assimilate those who have hurt them, they must be helped by Christians. We need to act quickly ...
• 11 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "necessary to ensure the rights of all religions throughout the Country" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Religion is a powerful social force, but it can be used for both good and evil. The role that the political system assigns to religion has a lot to do with the impact it can have on the nation, f ...