Africa

• 26 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Maiduguri: "Boko Haram could conquer the entire north-east before the end of the election" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram tried to enter Maiduguri twice last weekend: the first time on Friday 23 and the second yesterday, Sunday 25 January", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop Ma ...
• 26 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts killed and churches attacked in the riots on January 25 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least three Christian Copts - including a 10-year-child - among the victims of the clashes in Cairo and other Egyptian cities on the occasion of the fourth anniversary that caused the ...
• 26 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Cholera, hunger, diseases: new threats for thousands of flood victims in Malawi and Mozambique Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Roads, bridges, schools, infrastructure of all kinds, thousands of hectares of land have been destroyed, livestock drowned: this is the devasting situation caused by the torrential rains that h ...
• 23 January 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL – Bishops: "No to violence in God's name, but be careful not to offend religious feelings" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the murderous violence of terrorism and fanaticism that attacks human life in the name of God. This is unacceptable because life is a gift from God that must be respected and ...
• 23 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "too many politicians resort to slander and incite violence" during the election campaign Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend all politicians and political parties who have so far run issue-based, violence-free campaigns in preparations for general elections in Nigeria. We urge them to continue in this manner ...
• 23 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Associations are working on a document on the rights of citizenship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Associations and movements animated by Coptic Christians who are part of the "Coptic Advisory Council" have announced the imminent publication of a document on the rights of citizenship. The text ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Churches and convents burned, schools and dispensaries closed Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Between Friday 16 and Saturday 17 January, various churches and religious communities in Niger suffered extensive damage because of demonstrators protesting against the publication of the French ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Anti-Christian Violence: Bishops suspend all activities of the Church Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Niger have suspended "until further notice" all the activities of the Catholic Church (schools, health centers, charitable activities), "following the looting of churches and infra ...
• 22 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Mgr. Zuza was a person of great courage", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "A person of great courage". This is how, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary remembers His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza (59), Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi) ...
• 20 January 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Schoolchildren abused of their rights Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Huge uproar has followed the tear-gassing of schoolchildren as they protested the grabbing of their playground in Nairobi yesterday and the incident has sparked the reaction of many Kenyans. A g ...
• 20 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the Church does not interfere in elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the next parliamentary elections in Egypt, scheduled in the coming months of March and April, the Coptic Orthodox Church "will not point out any name" of a candidate to be supported and will no ...
• 19 January 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Emergency Ebola: light at the end of the tunnel Pujehun (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone has been hit hardest by the epidemic Ebola, followed by Liberia and Guinea. Since the epidemic started the world has seen over 21,000 people infected and over 8,400 deaths, accordin ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mgr. Mukasa Zuza dies in a car accident Mzuzu (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza (59 years old), bishop of the Diocese of Mzuzu (Malawi) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, tragically died in a car accident on January 15th. The communi ...
• 17 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - With Patriarch Mathias’ visit, evidence of "ecclesial mediation" on the controversial Ethiopian dam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The visit to Egypt by Abuna Mathias I, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia ended on 16 January. In the six-day stay in Egypt, the Primate of the Church of Ethiopia - who had been invited ...
• 16 January 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The importance of "true hospitality" towards refugees Juba (Agenzia Fides) - During a recent visit to the region of South Sudan, still in conflict, His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, stressed the importance of education and hospitality towards refugee ...