Africa

• 14 November 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Mobile sinks to counter Ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The initiatives to try to prevent the further spread of the Ebola virus and support the people affected by this terrible disease continue. According to the local newspaper Awoko, last October, ...
• 14 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The first woman mayor of Yei killed: an act against the Church and against peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation of the Church for the barbarous murder of the first female mayor of Yei, in the south-west of South Sudan, Cecelia Oba Tito, whose body was found along with that of her chief of ...
• 14 November 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Domestic violence at the center of reflection for Advent Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The local Episcopal Conference has launched the campaign "shared decisions, shared development, shared happiness". "We want to intensify awareness so that we can bring about good behaviour a ...
• 13 November 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Dialogue between Christians and Muslims is possible, but must be nurtured constantly", said Mgr. Ndiaye Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We belong to a world that is changing and that, in some respects is disturbing, because the jihad awakening is a threat to peace among men and peace among religions. However, one cannot live on an ...
• 12 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "People are dying due to lack of medicine, external aid blocked because of Cashgate": alarm launched by the President of the Episcopal Conference Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "People are dying due to lack of medicine and health care, because there are not enough funds to be allocated to health care", says His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mukasa Zuza, Bishop of Mzuzu and Preside ...
• 12 November 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Alarm: haemorrhagic fever in Southern Kordofan Kadugli (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the town of Kadugli, Abu Jubaiha and Habila, Southern Kordofan, have complained about the appearance of a fever unknown to them. Meanwhile, the local Ministry of Health has be ...
• 12 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Mgr. Ouedraogo confident about the return of power to civilians on behalf of the military Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The military is certainly willing to give power to a transitional civilian government. It is therefore a good thing that there is a Charter governing the transitional period", said His Exc. ...
• 12 November 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The government expels Islamist militants from educational institutions Minya (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, November 11, the Egyptian Minister of Education, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr paid a visit to the city of Minya in Upper Egypt, in order to see that the management functions in local administ ...
• 11 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A Bishop President of the Transition? The official position of the Church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Burkina Faso is honored by the fact that a Catholic Bishop was suggested to take on the position of "President of the transition," but in accordance with the Canon Law, an eccl ...
• 11 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The government presents a commission of inquiry on the tetanus vaccination after the protests of the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health of Kenya established a Commission of Inquiry into the controversial campaign of vaccination against tetanus, which the Catholic Church affirms hides a program of forced st ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox: may the Churches unify the dates for the Easter celebration Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal to all Christian Churches so that they celebrate the solemnity of Easter on the same date has been launched by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Tawadros II. According to what Agenzia F ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Without outside help the Country is collapsing", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is experiencing an uncertain period with regards to its democratic experience", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, while the local Bish ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Kaigama: "Politicians must abandon the electoral struggle and unite to fight Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for our politicians to put aside the election campaign and unite to fight Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 7 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We want thorough investigation into the violence against the clergy in Lodja" asks civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - After more than 20 days since the violent act against two priests and a nun, which took place on 12 and 13 October in Lodja in Kasai Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (s ...
• 7 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reaffirm: "tetanus vaccination is a program of population control in disguise" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya reiterate their accusations on the campaign of vaccination against tetanus which, they say, hides a program of population control (see Fides 17/10/2014); they also denounce ...