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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Malaria spreading in the west of Darfur, while whooping cough in the north of Darfur El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - The people living in El Geneina camps for the displaced in West Darfur complain about the spread of malaria, along with a shortage of affordable medicines. As of 28 October, 410 cases of whoo ...
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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Launch of "Ecclesia TV", Catholic television in the Ivory Coast Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecclesia TV", the Catholic television in the Ivory Coast will begin broadcasting on December 8. This was announced by Don Augustin Obrou, Head of Communication and External Relations of the Arc ...
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  13 November 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two more religious missionary nuns sent to Haiti: they will help children, youth and families Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-congregational religious community in Haiti will receive two Brazilian missionaries: Sister Zenaide Laurentina Mayer, of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, and ...
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  13 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Episcopal Conference: "We need and want a change" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to say without fear that we need and want a change. We must have hope of real change", reads the final text of the Plenary Assembly of Bishops of Bolivia, held from 5-10 November in ...
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  13 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian activist shot in the legs Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian activist Aslam Masih, a volunteer and collaborator of the NGO "Legal Evangelical Association Development" (LEAD), committed to the free legal assistance to poor Pakistani Christians, wa ...
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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER- Thousand Nigerian refugee families welcomed by families of Niger with the support of Caritas Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of displaced Nigerian families, fleeing the violence of the Boko Haram jihadist sect have been welcomed in Niger and receive assistance from Caritas Niger in the region of Diffa in sout ...
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  12 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Minors not allowed to work in the sugarcane fields Chetumal (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (STPS) will not tolerate any child under 18 years of age to be employed in the harvesting of sugarcane for 2015-2016. In a statement to the loc ...
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  12 November 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Cleaning" operation for Independence Day Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children habitually live on the streets of Luanda, capital of Angola, where there are 8 million inhabitants. Most have families but have been abandoned for economic reasons or thrown ...
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  12 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting of the Pan-Amazonian Network: necessity to listen to indigenous peoples to protect creation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian ecclesial network - REPAM will meet in Bogota from November 16 to 18 with representatives of the various ecclesial organizations and partners from 9 countries that are part of t ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian students are prohibited to use the toilets used by Muslims at school Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – She was threatened, beaten, insulted and locked in a bathroom for three hours for using a toilet used by Muslim students: this is the story of Sara Bibi, a student who attends a primary sch ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal to Prime Minister Modi: "Protect religious minorities" London (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the government of Narendra Modi to protect the rights of minorities in India was launched by the NGO Minority Rights Group International (MRG), on the first day of the visit of the I ...
• 12 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri's appeal: "We need concrete help for displaced people affected by Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Security has improved thanks to the efforts of the military who are present here and the attacks of Boko Haram have declined", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dash Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, ...
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  12 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church: no to unauthorized collection of money for the flooded monasteries Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church, with a statement sent to the Egyptian media through its official channels, has warned individuals and groups not to announce the collection of money for and on behalf o ...
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  12 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Religious minorities in Iran: there are those who exploit religious freedom to attack our Country Tehran (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the upcoming visit of Iranian President Hassan Rohani at the Vatican, where the Iranian leader will be received by Pope Francis, a meeting to reflect on the status of religious minor ...
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  11 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 140 years ago the first group of Salesian missionaries arrived in Patagonia Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 November 1875 the church of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco (Turin, Italy) lived a great moment: the departure of the first ten Salesian missionaries destined to reach Argentina. ...