Africa

• 24 September 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - First day of school for 3500 pupils in Goma Goma (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflicts in North Kivu have delayed the opening of the school year in Goma. Recently, however, activities of the Don Bosco Centre in Goma-Ngangi have started, as reported in a statemen ...
• 24 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – Attack in Nairobi: A Bishop invites to pray also via twitter Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic bishops of Kenya condemn the Westgate terrorist attack in Nairobi and pray for the victims in a statement signed by Bishop Philip Anyolo, Bishop of Homabay and Vice President of K ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – A shopping center in Nairobi: still a dozen hostages in the hands of terrorists Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are at least a dozen hostages still in the hands of terrorists" say local sources to Fides Agency from Nairobi, where an armed commando of Somali Shabaab extremists attacked on September ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders united: "we are convinced beyond doubt that the attempt to sow seeds of discord between Christians and Muslims will fail" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The attack carried out by the Somali Shabaab against the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has been condemned by religious Kenyan leaders participating in the Inter-Religious Council. "We, religious lea ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian NGOs: no to the "guaranteed electoral quotas" for the Copts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Center for Developement Studies and Human Rights - NGO close to the Coptic Orthodox Church - has asked that the forthcoming elections are celebrated by putting aside the quota system ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Two grenades found in the cathedral of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two unexploded grenades were discovered in the cathedral of Bossangoa, the Central African town 300 km north-west from Bangui, the center of fighting between members of the coalition Seleka and a ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate" say the Catholic Bishops Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate, according to a statement from the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso, rejecting the rule introduced in the law passed in May, which plans to ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts, study seminars on the constitutional reform are about to begin Cairo ( Agenzia Fides) – The first study seminars organized by the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center on the constitutional review process launched to reform the Constitution approved during Morsi’s government is schedu ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram has no qualms in killing innocent people", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Undoubtedly Boko Haram is still well organized and well armed despite the military offensive that has been going on for three months in the northern states of Nigeria", says to Fides Agency His E ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "I am happy to be a Catholic" Holy Childhood celebrates the Year of Faith Makurdi ( Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be a Catholic" was the theme chosen by Holy Childhood Association of Nigeria for the celebration of the Year of Faith, which was held at the "St. Thomas Aquinas" Major Seminary i ...
• 19 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis’ letter to the Imam of al-Azhar Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis sent a message to Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the great Imam of the Islamic University al-Azhar, the main cultural institution of Sunni Islam. The news was given in a statement by the same Unive ...
• 19 September 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – Everything is ready for the resumption of hostilities in North Kivu, denounces the local civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A guerrilla commander accused of committing war crimes, is ready to lead the offensive of the M23 against the Congolese army in the territory of Rutshuru, North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republi ...
• 19 September 2013
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The plight of child soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Known for the kidnappings of children that are exploited as soldiers, the Lord's Resistance Army, since 1986, has maintained a war of opposition against the Government of Uganda. The rebels ente ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The conditions of the priest attacked with acid remain serious. "Why is the Church attacked?" asks the Bishop Dar es Salaam ( Agenzia Fides) - "The conditions of Fr. Anselmo unfortunately remain very serious, because the acid continues to penetrate beneath the surface layers of the skin", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Augus ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/UGANDA - New intervention to fight AIDS in the region of Karamoja Moroto (Agenzia Fides) – In Morilinga, in the district of Moroto, region of Karamoja, international agencies, NGOs and local associations have come together to share strategies and commitments for the elimination of HI ...