Africa

• 10 June 2015
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Fleeing insecurity and epidemics, Burundians pour into Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – More than 7, ooo Burundian refugees, mostly women and children, had arrived in Uganda through Rwanda and Tanzania. The cholera outbreak and worsening sanitation conditions in some of the refug ...
• 10 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New appeal of Christian leaders to stop the "senseless war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop immediately this senseless war that is bringing immense suffering to the South Sudanese people". This is the urgent appeal of the new South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC). The appeal, whic ...
• 9 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After the Bishops also civil society denounces the massacres committed by jihadists in Beni, "the world must intervene" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Who has killed 430 people in such a horrendous way, from October to today, in the territory of Beni (North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)? They are jihadist terrorists, say the lea ...
• 5 June 2015
  AFRICA - More than one million children prisoners worldwide with adult criminals Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Many children are locked up in cells with criminal adults and are given only a cup of black tea without sugar and a plate of rice. These young boys and girls are in prison and, in addition to ...
• 5 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International ecumenical initiative launched to accompany the 2016 elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An International Ecumenical initiative to accompany Churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 2016 presidential elections and in the following post-election period: is the result ...
• 3 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The President is not liable for any non-security upgrades to his private residence"; Bishops: "we are afraid" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with dismay the determination in the report released by the police Minister Nathi Nhleko last week that President Zuma is not liable for any non-security upgrades to his private re ...
• 3 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram hits Maiduguri again Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, is again at the center of the attacks of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect, that despite having suffered heavy losses on behalf of the army i ...
• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops’ request to the President: "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution". This is what the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hoped for during the meeting with President Joseph Kabila, dedicate ...
• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in an attempted robbery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest of the diocese of Oyo, Fr. Goodwill Onyeka, was killed together with his younger brother, Onyeka Obi, in an attempted robbery. The event took place on the evening of 1 J ...
• 1 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - An assassination attempt foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura during the Marian procession Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – An assassination attempt was foiled against the Archbishop of Bujumbura, His Exc. Mgr. Evariste Ngoyagoye during the procession yesterday, Sunday, May 31. "This is what was reported to Voice ...
• 1 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Let us pray for the new President" says the President of the Episcopal Conference Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Buhari said that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody. I think what he is trying to say is that he will not be a sectional leader", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Ar ...
• 30 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Greater awareness is needed for the treatment of cholera and diarrhea Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Many children in Kenya die due to acute diarrhea and often, unfortunately, many parents do not know that a rehydration treatment would be enough to save the lives of their children. The main tre ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A "scary" financial law that aggravates the already difficult conditions of the population Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A "scary" financial law was submitted to the Parliament of Malawi. As reported to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, "after two years without the funds provided by ...
• 29 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to mass abortion for girls raped by Boko Haram; we are ready to help" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - No to abortion of girls released by Boko Haram, who got pregnant as a result of rape and forced mating by some members of the terrorist group. This was made known by the Catholic Bishops’ Confer ...
• 28 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Church withdraws from the election process: "we cannot make ourselves guarantors of elections full of gaps" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not participate in the legislative elections in Burundi: says a statement of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi. "After taking into account the way in which the elect ...