Africa

• 17 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR – A Congolese nun wins the 2013 Nansen Refugee Award Kinshasa ( Agenzia Fides) - "She is a true heroine", said António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in announcing the Nansen Refugee Award to Sister Angélique Namaika, a Congolese nun who works in the nort-e ...
• 17 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Your Holiness, pray for peace in the DRC": letter from "Première Dame" to Pope Francis Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Congolese people, who I humbly represent, I would like to ask His Holiness for the intercession of prayer for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo", asks Ms. Mari ...
• 16 September 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The priest attacked with acid in Zanzibar transferred to Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam ( Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest, Fr. Anselmo Mwanga'mba, was attacked with acid by unknown assailants which caused him serious injury, on the island of Zanzibar (Tanzania), on September 13. "The acid ...
• 16 September 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The right to a better education, better teachers and beautiful classrooms Chipata (Agenzia Fides) - In the world, 775 million adults cannot read and write. Literacy is much more than an educational priority, it is a great investment in the future and the first step towards the new skills nee ...
• 16 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops denounce "the attempts of foreign agencies to introduce unhealthy values in society" Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "It is deeply disappointing that Nigeria is blessed by an abundance of resources that do not reflect the lives of its children", say the Nigerian Bishops in a statement sent to Fides Agency at th ...
• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Confusing situation in Bossangoa while the President substitutes the Chief of Staff Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are trying to understand what is happening in Bossangoa because it is difficult to get accurate information from there. Here in Bozoum the situation is calm" says to Fides Agency Aurelio Gazz ...
• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros II resumes public catechesis: hatred must not enter our hearts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After a suspension of about 10 weeks, due to the clashes that rocked the Country following the deposition of Islamist President Morsi, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II yesterday returned ...
• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA - Dispensaries and charitable initiatives for the poor and disabled Bonoua (Agenzia Fides) - New apostolic and charitable initiatives by the Society founded by Don Orione confirm the charisma of the religious brothers in favor of the poor and needy. Present in 30 Countries around the wor ...
• 12 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New bombings in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan and South Sudan have been denounced Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Air Force continues to bomb villages in the Nuba Mountains in spite of the declaration of cease-fire declared by the government in Khartoum. This was revealed by a spokesman of the ...
• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Campaign for the schooling of one million children Mogadishu ( Agenzia Fides) - Somalia, where only four out of ten children go to school, has one of the lowest rates of child schooling in the world. On the occasion of the recent International Day of Literacy, the Somali ...
• 11 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Still looting and violence against civilians on behalf of the M23 despite peace talks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Despite peace talks being held in Kampala (Uganda) between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebels of the M23, the latter continue to plunder and harass civilians in N ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 60 people die in new clashes; a missionary: "the people are exasperated while there are those who feed the religious clash" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 60 people were killed in a series of battles in different areas of the north-west area of the Central African Republic, in particular around Bossangoa, which took place between the 8th a ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Political reasons for the kidnapping of the dean of Anglican Bishops, states the Nigerian press Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of Mgr. Ignatius Kattey, Anglican Archbishop of the diocese north of the Niger Delta, which took place in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria, seems to be linked to the ongoing politi ...
• 10 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar: the revision of the Constitution will not disavow the Islamic identity of the Nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic identity of Egypt will remain confirmed in the Constitution with the consent of Christian Churches. This was stated by Al-Azhar University, in a statement issued last Saturday with whi ...
• 9 September 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Nuncio in Senegal denounces the "selfish interests" that prevent peace in Syria Dakar ( Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment to peace does not depend on simple human considerations: it comes from the gift of "Peace", said Mgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, apostolic Nuncio in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Cape ...