Africa

• 23 November 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Corruption Scandal: "Speedy prosecutions to regain the trust of donors" asks the Church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Do everything possible to clean up politics and administration in order to regain the confidence of international donors whose aid is needed to alleviate the suffering of the population. This ...
• 22 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "President, reinforce the presence of the State" is what civil society in North Kivu asks Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced visit of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila in North Kivu was welcomed by local civil society with a statement sent to Fides Agency. "The visit which ...
• 22 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church", said Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church in the Country, neither is it a cause for panic. This was declared by Cardinal John ...
• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Bishops: "heal the wounds caused by the political crisis" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is divided into two categories: the rich and the poor who sink into extreme poverty. Insecurity grows and people are no longer protected, the rule of law protects the strong ...
• 21 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Genocide is probably exaggerated, but anything could happen", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The term is probably exaggerated, but it is true that tension is so high that no one knows how the situation will evolve", says to Fides Fr .Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite who works in Bozoum in t ...
• 20 November 2013
  AFRICA - Thirty years of the Church’s commitment in Africa against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty years of experience carried out by the volunteers and the various organizations of the Catholic Church in favor of women, men and children affected by the HIV epidemic in Africa have been co ...
• 19 November 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A senior Angolan wanted by Brazil for human trafficking Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant against a senior Angolan officer accused of being involved in trafficking of Brazilian women for prostitution in Angola, Sout ...
• 19 November 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Polio alert in the Horn of Africa: planned vaccination campaigns for millions of children Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to large-scale vaccination campaigns to millions of vulnerable children one is trying to limit the spread of polio in the Horn of Africa. Outbreaks have been reported in Kenya and Ethiop ...
• 19 November 2013
  AFRICA/GHANA - " Ghana needs a new evangelization", say the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Ghana needs a "new evangelization" in the light of social changes that the country is facing. This was stated by the Conference of Bishops of Ghana in the statement sent to Fides Agency at the end ...
• 18 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "In Central Africa we risk a new bloodbath" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Central African Republic is very tense everywhere", writes Fr. Aurelio Gazzera to Fides Agency, a Carmelite missionary who has just returned from Bangui to Bozoum, where he ...
• 18 November 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Foundation stone laid at the Catholic University of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Laying the foundation stone of the Catholic University of South Sudan means inscribing in the stone the strong hope for the future of the institution and a vision of South Sudan", said Mgr. Eduard ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still instability in North Kivu: new attacks against civilians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The defeat of the M23, the main guerrilla group operating in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), must not allow to forget that in the Congolese province at least 40 other armed g ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Armed militiamen attack farmers and take turns raping women farmers in North Darfur Saraf Omra (Agenzia Fides) - Groups of armed men on horseback or on camels attacked the farmers of Saraf Omra, North Darfur, sowing terror and violence. Unfortunately a group of women farmers were captured and raped in t ...
• 15 November 2013
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - French priest kidnapped by Boko Haram: to Fides the testimony of the previous pastor Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch was abducted by Boko Haram and was taken to Nigeria. This was officially announced by the Cameroonian authorities. The French priest was taken away by fifteen armed men ...
• 14 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Good knowledge of other religions at the basis for dialogue between Christians and Muslims" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian should take a bold step to study Islam while the Muslim should take bold step to study the Christian Religion. This knowledge of the facts of each other’s religion will go a long ...