Africa

• 4 October 2013
  AFRICA - Lampedusa : "To fight against traffickers and help migrant Countries" proposes Mgr.Bertin Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To put human trafficking organizations under control and help the social, political and economic development of migrant Countries. These are the proposals made in an interview with Fides, by Mgr. ...
• 4 October 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Still tension in Nosy Be after the killing of three people accused of having killed and mutilated a child Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Nosy Be is still very tense because the demonstrations of the population continue and the authorities have imposed a curfew at night. At least three Ministers are on the s ...
• 2 October 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – Interreligious prayer for the victims of the attack at the Westgate Mall Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders from Kenya have unanimously condemned the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. As reported by CISA Agency, a special interreligious prayer service was held on Oct ...
• 2 October 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Do we still have a functioning state? " Asks Caritas Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Do we still have a functioning state?". Is the title of the statement sent to Fides Agency by Caritas Zambia in which concern about the deterioration of the state functions in the country are ex ...
• 1 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - In Bangassou the population rebels against the abuses of Seleka. "The situation is explosive", warns the Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an explosive situation that is likely to cause a tragedy" says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan Jose Aguirre Munos, Bishop of Bangassou, where in the neighborhood of Tokoyo, the inhabitants have ...
• 1 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The LRA guerrillas lay down their arms, but the intervention of Seleka threatens to derail the agreement Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the armed group of Ugandan origin that wreaks havoc in a vast area between South Sudan, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Centra ...
• 30 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The mission of Our Lady of Fatima in Bouar ransacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - An Italian missionary and a Central African deacon are the latest victims of the rebels Seleka. "On September 28, Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli, an Italian missionary fromValtellina, and Fr. Martial Me ...
• 30 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram is now composed of fanatics that affect Christians and Muslims," said Bishop Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In the beginning the aim of Boko Haram was to attack Christians in order to destabilize the community. But now the ferocity of the members of this movement has no limits to the point of slaughter ...
• 27 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy over the assault at Westgate Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing controversy in Kenya in the aftermath of the dramatic attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi by a group linked to the movement of the Somali Shabaab. The security forces are ...
• 27 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Dozens killed in clashes in Khartoum during the protests for the rise in fuel prices Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - There are dozens of victims in two days of clashes and protests in Khartoum for the cutting of subsidies on fuel that has almost doubled in price. According to the official figures there are 2 ...
• 26 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Increasing acts of intimidation against the Church Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - There are increasing acts of intimidation against priests and missionaries on behalf of the authorities of Sudan. This was denounced to Fides Agency by local Church sources that for security re ...
• 26 September 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Conclusion of the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Biblical Centre for Africa and Madagascar Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – To put the Bible at the center of pastoral activities of the Church in Africa. This was the subject of discussion of the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Biblical Centre for Africa and Madagascar ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – End of the siege at the mall in Nairobi. Cardinal Njue visits the wounded Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Life is sacred and no one has the right to take it. We need to respect the sanctity of life", said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi during his visit to the people who were injured in t ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No food for 10,000 displaced people in 18 months in West Darfur El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - The displaced people in refugee camps in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, are suffering a severe food crisis and live in conditions of total insecurity. One of the elders of the camp of El ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: "The Central African Republic is drifting away. The UN has to intervene" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic is now a Country adrift , with the entire population trapped like in a concentration camp, hostage of the Seleka government in turn adrift", writes Mgr. Juan Jose Ag ...