Africa

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  11 December 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Doctors Strike: Constructive Dialogue Needed Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The sufferings patients go through whenever there is a strike should remind us that saving life ought to be a priority for both government and the medical staff", say the Bishops of Kenya, in a ...
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  11 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Akufo-Addo re-elected President of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, President Nana Addo Dnkwa Akufu-Addo, has been re-elected the President of Ghana. The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana who b ...
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  10 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - At least 25 Salesian missionaries trapped in the war in the Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-five Salesian missionaries are blocked without communications in the Tigray region - in the north of Ethiopia, at the center of the clash between regular soldiers and the militias of ...
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  10 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A reserve fund for Caritas to support vulnerable people Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Following tradition in Ivory Coast, every year, on the third Sunday of Advent, the local Church dedicates particular attention to its social branch, Caritas, through the National Day of Caritas, ...
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  10 December 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit for young people in southern Africa Harare (Agenzia Fides) - How can the Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit be made known to the young people of southern Africa? This is what youth chaplains and leaders from the IMBISA Region (Inter-Regional Meeting of t ...
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  9 December 2020
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Thanks to the donation of Pope Francis, 2 health centers will be built for the displaced people of Cabo Delgado Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the donation from Pope Francis to the diocese of Pemba, the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, which has been suffering from the consequences of a separatis ...
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  9 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The alarm of the African Bishops: "Stop the war in Tigray. We are concerned about the humanitarian situation" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have followed with deep concern the deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia", says Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba on behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of ...
• 9 December 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of auxiliary of Minna, Nigeria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Minna, Nigeria, the Reverend Luka Sylvester Gopep, of the same diocese, unti now vicar general of Minna and parish priest ...
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  7 December 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - SMA fathers celebrate their 125th anniversary Abidjan - (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the mission in this country today, I wish to thank God for the remarkable missionary zeal. Looking at the missionary works in this country and thin ...
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  7 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana to vote: presidential and parliamentary elections begin Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Today 7th December 2020, 17,027,665 Ghanaians are expected to cast their votes as the country chooses its new president and members of parliament for the next four years. 12 candidates are contes ...
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  5 December 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The drama of gender-based violence in refugee camps during the Covid-19 pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Looking at the situation in South Sudan, where conflicts and violence are the order of the day, there is no doubt that the refugees who fled their country and live in the camps are traumatized ...
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  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II in a television interview: I suffer when I see the Church treated with neglect Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I never wanted to become Patriarch" and "I suffer when I see that the Church is not valued and taken for granted". This was revealed by Pope Tawadros II, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, ...
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  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian agencies mobilized to help the populations of Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - As the government of Addis Ababa announces the victory against the rebel forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the concerns of humanitarian agencies for the one million disp ...
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  4 December 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "May the vote be free and transparent" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "While we reaffirm our confidence in the Electoral Commission to work to guarantee transparent elections, we urge you not to be negligent in carrying out this constitutional duty", say the Bishops ...
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  3 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian corridor for Tigray and dangers for Eritrean refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Ethiopian government has signed an agreement with the United Nations to allow the creation of a humanitarian corridor "without obstacles", at least for the areas under the control of the ...