Africa

• 26 February 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Music to promote tolerance, but Christians feel under fire Zanzibar City (Agenzia Fides) - Rediscovering music as an instrument of unity, dialogue, tolerance and harmony: Swahili music festival, "Sounds of Wisdom", just ended in Zanzibar, sent a message of brotherhood, inviting ...
• 25 February 2013
  AFRICA/ RD CONGO - “Integrate Framework Agreement for Congo” say NGOs Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The appointment of a special high profile UN envoy with power to mediate at the domestic and regional level; the inclusion civil society and Kinshasa ‘s principal donors partners in the propo ...
• 25 February 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Rich 20% of population silent to plight of 80% poor Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Malawi have expressed gratitude for the solution to a serious two week tug of war between the government and civil servants demanding a 67% pay rise. Protests caused ...
• 23 February 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Elections at Easter: Copts protest, possible postponement Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The decision taken by President Morsi to hold parliamentary elections in Egypt on a date which would coincide with Coptic Easter celebrations may be reconsidered, following a protest by Egyptian ...
• 21 February 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - No to text changes in Electoral Ethics Pact Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Panama, which proposed an “Electoral Ethics Pact " (see Fides 31/01/2013) to prevent fraud, aggression and bad use of resources in electoral campaigns, is firmly agai ...
• 21 February 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 520 women murdered in 2012 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a list based on news reported by the press some 417 women were murdered in Honduras in 2012, a figure that may be as much as 20 per cent too low, which would bring the actual ...
• 21 February 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes in the Blue Nile area continue Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Clashes continue in Sudan’s Blue Nile state bordering on South Sudan, between Khartoum military and troops of SPLA-N (North-Sudan People’s Liberation Army). One SPLA-N spokesman told the Ca ...
• 21 February 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - " Free Central Africans from suffering": Bishops appeal Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- End the suffering of the Central African people by fully applying the Libreville Accord reached on 11 January. This appeal was launched by the Catholic Bishops of the Central African Republic CA ...
• 20 February 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Today funeral of Catholic priest killed last Sunday Zanzibar (Agenzia Fides) – The funeral was held today of Fr. Evarist Mushi, the Catholic priest killed last Sunday 17 February, on the island of Zanzibar (see Fides 18/2/2013). "The funeral of Fr. Evarist was broadca ...
• 20 February 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Caritas Sahel Meeting: focus Humanitarian Crisis in Mali Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To unite Caritas Sahel efforts addressing socio-political and food crises in the region, is the aim of a meeting opened on 19 February in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, attended by ...
• 19 February 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian government ready to accept Boko Haram cease-fire Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The Nigerian government is ready to accept the offer of a cease fire put forward by Boko Haram and to grant amnesty to members of the sect if the leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau publicly renounces vi ...
• 19 February 2013
  AFRICA - Africa’s Catholic bishops confirm commitment to promoting human development Accra (Agenzia Fides)- "The Church cannot be indifferent or isolated in the face of present day socio-political and economic challenges facing Africa" says a report received by Fides regarding the presentation of Pastor ...
• 18 February 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Are Islamists fleeing Mali finding refuge in Darfur? Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Islamist militants, reportedly fleeing from Mali, may be finding refuge in the north of the west Sudan region of Darfur, since 2003 the scene of war between the Khartoum regime and several diff ...
• 18 February 2013
  ARICA/TANZANIA - Islamist extremist groups warn Christians: “The coming Easter will be one of disaster” Geita (Agenzia Fides) – “We thank our young men, trained in Somalia, for killing an infidel. Many more will die. We will burn homes and churches. We have not finished: at Easter, be prepared for disaster”; Signed � ...
• 18 February 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Insituted, National Council of Christian Churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives of several different Christian denominations present in Egypt met this morning in St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox cathedral in the capital’s al-Abbasiy district, to sign the stat ...