Africa

• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram from Maiduguri to Kano; the Bishop's testimony to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is a bit calmer. There is a heavy deployment of police and military. A curfew from 7 pm to 7 am is still underway. Although limited in its movements, however, the population tries t ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), Archbishop Filoni, to the Bishops of Western Africa: "to live fully, and in truth, an effective and affective pastoral solidarity" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) -Congratulations with particular satisfaction and gratitude on this most significant advancement "towards an affective and effective pastoral solidarity among the Bishops of Western Africa" w ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Challenges and threats that the women in the South of Sudan face every day Juba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Small Arms Survey," an annual study that provides information on the spread and use of weapons in the world, the main threats for women in the South of Sudan derives from multiple ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The attackers wore police uniforms", says to Fides the Bishop of Kano, some structures of the Church have also been damaged Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Kano is still in shock. The coordinated series of attacks in different parts of the city lasted about three hours", said to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Namazi Niyiring, Bishop of Kano, the largest c ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Jos, "they are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and of the only Nigerian people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and the only Nigerian people," said in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, who launches an alarm on th ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Catholic Church condemns the recent attacks on the stripping of women off their clothes Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The stripping off of women’s clothes in Lilongwe and Mzuzu is unbecoming and unacceptable", is what is said in a statement sent to Fides by the Gender and Civic Education Desk in the Catholi ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks in Kano: even a Catholic church in the sights Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am trying to get in contact with Mgr. John Namanza Niyiring, Bishop of Kano but the lines do not work", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, in Central Nigeria. ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "No to the new draft law on State security", says the Archbishop of Cape Town Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a bill that undermines the right to information which is of vital importance for the full exercise of other civil rights, and violates the constitutional commitment to create an open ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The kidnappers of the two priests have demanded a ransom for their release Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The two priests are held near the town of Wadakona, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. We asked the authorities in Juba (South Sudan) not to intervene, so as not to endanger the live ...
• 19 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two priests kidnapped are well, negotiations are being held for their release Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the two priests are in good condition and are probably held in a place near the border between North and South Sudan", this is what sources of the Archbishopric in Khartoum told F ...
• 19 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Abuja denounces threats against Christians and calls for the protection of the State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - His Excellency John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja (Federal Capital of Nigeria), denounced the sending of text messages (SMS) "that threaten the existence of plans by some Muslim groups ...
• 18 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The kidnappers had promised the release of the 2 priests, but so far they have not done it Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The kidnappers had promised to release yesterday evening the two priests kidnapped on January 15, but so far they have not done it" say sources of the Archbishopric of Khartoum to Fides. The t ...
• 18 January 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "If a strong signal on the economy is not given there is the risk of a new crisis", says the Archbishop of Tunis one year after the Revolution Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The average Tunisian wants two things: security and work. If the first is guaranteed, it is the second which is missing", says His Exc. Mgr. Maroun Elias Laham, Archbishop of Tunis, who in an int ...
• 17 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The killing of the coordinator of AMREF in South Sudan is probably due to the consequence of a robbery which degenerated into murder Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learnt that the local police have arrested a person found driving the car that AMREF had removed from our manager. We do not have information about its investigations and interrogations", ...
• 17 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Do not be afraid: another Nigeria is possible", says the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not be afraid". This is the sense of Archbishop Matthew Hassah Kukah’s pastoral Letter, Bishop of Sokoto, the capital of the homonymous State in the north-west of Nigeria, of which a copy wa ...