Africa

• 20 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: "we will hit the Nigeria oil region" Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - At least 47 people were killed in an attack carried out by Boko Haram members in the city of Bama, Borno State (northern Nigeria). The attackers also set fire to the ancient palace of the local S ...
• 19 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Bishops: "Go and vote, because this right has been won with blood" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides ) - "The national election represents a referendum on the ANC’s performance in government", said the Southern Africa’s Catholic weekly "The Southern Cross", sent to Fides Agency, dedicated ...
• 19 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Uncertain situation in Malakal, at the center of the fighting between government and rebels Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The south Sudanese government and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar, have been fighting since February 18. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, a rebels spokesman sa ...
• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Kyrillos: positive analysis for the first year of the National Council of Churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - This afternoon, Tuesday, February 18, the leaders and many senior members of the prominent Christian denominations in Egypt - including Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak - will gather ...
• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The truce has been violated: fighting in Malakal has resumed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The South Sudanese rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar announced today, February 18, of having conquered Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, after government troops ousted President ...
• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who works in Bozoum in the west of the Central African Republic. "The behav ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the rules for the election of the Patriarch Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church towards a better future". This is the title of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to be held from February 17 to 19, under the chairmanship of Patriarch Tawadr ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The latest massacre of civilians unfortunately does not surprise me" says the Archbishop of Jos to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "The lastest massacre in northern Nigeria does not surprise me anymore, because Boko Haram follows a regular pattern, aimed at terrorizing the population" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignat ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Congolese, an explosive mix: ex Central African combatants and gold mines Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Central African Republic is a threat to its neighbors, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where at least 50,000 Central African refugees live in precar ...
• 14 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "God exists and God knows" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The clashes between these two factions (the former Seleka rebels and anti Balaka militia) have poisoned the Country and continue to claim innocent victims", writes Fr. Frederick Trinchero, Disca ...
• 14 February 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Rumors of a coup denied: "calm situation in Tripoli", say Fides sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - Rumors of a possible military coup in Libya, after an Arab satellite television had reported that militias loyal to General Khalifa Haftar had taken control of Tripoli have been denied. Haftar h ...
• 13 February 2014
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The challenges of ethics for Catholic leaders Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The conference on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Christian Association of Managers and Executives (ACGD, in Portuguese), on the theme "Truth and ethics, challenges for ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros to the European Union: help Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II received the representatives of the Delegation of the European Union present in Egypt on Tuesday evening, February 11th. The meeting with the Patriarch, which ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Test HIV/AIDS and free antiretroviral in the Diocese of Shinyanga Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - The five-year project "Test & Treat", which provides free access to HIV testing and if necessary, to antiretroviral treatment for approximately 120 thousand residents of the District of Shinyanga ...
• 12 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "No imposition of secular values in Africa," said the Archbishop of Jos Abuja ( Agenzia Fides) - "We must not be swallowed up by the tyrannical imposition of some governments or international non-governmental organizations who wish to dictate the moral trend of the world based on their secul ...