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  2 August 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Child labor in Gaza, a scourge that continues to increase Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past five years, with the worsening of the economic crisis in the Gaza Strip, the phenomenon of child labor continues to increase. The news comes from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Sta ...
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  2 August 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Caravan of Friendship of the Pastors for Peace arrives in Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the 28th Caravan of the United States-Cuba Friendship also landed on the Caribbean island. As part of its agenda, the group will tour several Cuban provinces and meet with people, chur ...
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  2 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya shocked by the killing of IEBC systems development manager Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of human rights activists took to the streets of Nairobi to protest murder of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ICT Manager, Chris Msando. The body of Chris Msando ...
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  1 August 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Health atlas to provide better service to mothers and children Wolisso (Agenzia Fides) - Mapping the territory to provide better service to mothers and children. Making the best use of available resources is always a valid rule where resources are scarce and the needs are many, and ...
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  1 August 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Demonstrations to demand presidential elections have been repressed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tens of demonstrators have been arrested along with journalists who were trying to document the event. This is how the first demonstration convened to ask for the holding of political and presi ...
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  1 August 2017
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - War widows are the most affected by the conflict which lasted over 30 years Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Tamil women suffer most from the consequences of the civil war that shook Sri Lanka for at least 30 years. This is what a report, sent to Agenzia Fides, by the International Crisis Group cla ...
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  1 August 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - A missionary donates a new tabernacle to the parish of San José de Los Llanos San José de Los Llanos (Agenzia Fides) - About two months ago, the tabernacle was desecrated and taken away in the parish of San José de Los Llanos. On July 30, Father Christopher Hartley, a diocesan missionary in Tole ...
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  ASIA/HONG KONG - Resignation of the Bishop of Hong Kong and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today Pope Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Hong Kong in continental China presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Tong Hon. A new Bishop, His Exc. M ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - During summer courses children also learn to know Jesus Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador, the Evangelical Church has promoted summer courses for children where the Word of God is also taught. According to the statement by the local Christian Summer School Coordinator, 5 ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day against trafficking: Mgr. Noriega recalls the 10 dead immigrants in the truck Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, during his homily on Sunday, July 30, recalled the young man who died in a truck in Texas, in an attempt to find a jo ...
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  31 July 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ministry for Migration: more than 250,000 refugees have already returned to towns and villages in the province of Nineveh Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Ministry for Migration and Internal Mobility reported that more than 250,000 people have returned to their respective areas of origin in the Nineveh Province, who had to leave when those ...
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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Birth cushions" to convince the women of Karamoja to go to hospital Moroto (Agenzia Fides) – The presentation of "Birth cushions" will be held these days, in Washington, created by the NGO Doctors with Africa CUAMM. It is an innovative solution aimed at convincing women from Karamoja, ...
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  31 July 2017
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: human trafficking "is an aberrant plague and a modern form of slavery" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis recalled the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons promoted by the United Nations, Sunday, July 30, with these words during the Angelus: "Each year, thousands of men, women ...
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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Over 100 villagers in the east captured by the Mai Mai Simba militiamen Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over a hundred people in a Congolese village were kidnapped by an armed group. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO, a local NGO, on July 26 about fifty Mai-Mai Simba fight ...
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  31 July 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops announce a prayer Novena for the upcoming vote Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with appreciation, the relatively peaceful manner in which campaigns have been conducted. We urge all the candidates to continue conducting themselves with decorum and sobriety in the r ...