Africa

• 19 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – "It is worrying to see Boko Haram trying to conquer territories", said the Archbishop of Lagos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Boko Haram insurgency is becoming even more worrisome that they were trying to “conquer” territories that the military have to try and liberate", said His Exc. Mgr. Alfred Adewale Martins ...
• 18 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The main Catholic radio station in the Country has been shut down Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Measures have been taken to detain a radio News Editor, Ochan David Nicholas, who is still in custody, and shut down Radio Bakhita, the main Catholic radio station in South Sudan. The radio, sp ...
• 18 August 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The Archbishop of Bangui to politicians "stop the suffering of the people as soon as possible" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to humbly ask the leaders of the Country to take quick decisions to stop the suffering of the population in Bangui and elsewhere in the Country", said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapa ...
• 11 August 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Blessing of the nutritional and educational center in the Somali region of the Country Gode (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary trip of Don Braulio Rodriguez Plaza, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, to Ethiopia in the Ogaden Somali Region has just concluded. This was reported to Fides Agency by fat ...
• 11 August 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – A religious sister has died due to the Ebola virus Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God said in a statement sent to Fides, that on Saturday morning, August 9th the religious Sister Pascaline Chantal died. Sister Chantal of the Immaculate Co ...
• 6 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks against Catholic churches. The details of the attack in Kano perpetrated by a female suicide bomber Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least one person died and several others were injured in an attack against a Catholic church in the village of Ungwar Poppo, in Kachia Local Government Area in the State of Kaduna (in the north ...
• 6 August 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Some Tanzanian citizens arrested in connection with the assaults in Lamu, causing 100 deaths Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Three people from Tanzania have been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of having participated in attacks committed in June against some villages in the Kenyan coastal area of Lamu, which caus ...
• 5 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Commitment of the Church and of all the agencies present in Eastern Equatoria to raise awareness against the cholera epidemic that is rampant in the Country Isohe (Agenzia Fides) - There is not only war, unfortunately, that afflicts South Sudan. Since 21 July, there have already been 26 reported cases of cholera at the St. Theresa Mission Hospital, in Isohe, Ikwoto County. I ...
• 5 August 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Nearly 900 dead and more than a thousand infections detected. Growing alarm about the spread of the Ebola virus Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) – The Ebola virus is spreading alarmingly in West Africa. After the death of Brother Patrick Nshamdze, Director of St. Joseph Hospital in Monrovia, the hospital has been isolated, and three con ...
• 5 August 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – Ebola: the director of St. Joseph's Hospital, in Monrovia has died Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Patrick Nshamdze, director of the St. Joseph’s hospital (Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God), in Monrovia (Liberia) died after contracting the Ebola virus. Brother Patrick was a n ...
• 4 August 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Even if only one Christian remains I will stay here", says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian community in Libya is now reduced to a minimum but I intend to stay here even if only one Christian remains", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of ...
• 4 August 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops of Eastern Africa: "The threat to the family in our region is now more real than ever" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The threat to the family in our region is now more real than ever before", says the final communiqué of the 18th Plenary Assembly of AMECEA (Association of Members of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 30 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Thousands of children at risk for an outbreak of cholera Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan is going through one of the worst humanitarian crises. What is making the situation worse is the rapid spread of an outbreak of cholera that is threatening thousands of children and has ...
• 28 July 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - It is necessary to vaccinate children against measles Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The immunization campaign against measles has just concluded in four health areas: Lumbishi, Numbi, Tushunguti and Shanje in the hilly surroundings of the town of Minova, the so called Hauts Pl ...
• 24 July 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - Children sold for 30 euro as slaves by their parents: a campaign against trafficking Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "Poverty and family breakdown are, without a doubt, two of the main causes of child trafficking. To these we must add the lack of education of children and their families, conflicts and polit ...