Africa

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  8 October 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Presidential elections: abstention and violence in the English-speaking provinces Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Cameroon voted on Sunday 7 October in a presidential election marked by deadly violence in one of the country's English-speaking regions. Security forces shot dead three suspected separatists w ...
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  6 October 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Support for the education of young people, thanks to the missionaries Songea (Agenzia Fides) - From misery to degree. That of Upendo, a girl from Songea, Tanzania, is a story of determination, solidarity and social redemption. One of those stories made possible thanks to the commitment of ...
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  5 October 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Tension on the eve of the presidential vote Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There are 9 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Sunday 7 October in Cameroon. Among these there is outgoing President, Paul Biya, 85, in power since 1982, who aims at obtaini ...
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  4 October 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Alarm of Christian leaders: violence mainly affects women, children and the elderly Jos (Agenzia Fides) - About 6 thousand people, especially women, children and the elderly, of families of Christian farmers were brutally mutilated and killed in night raids by Fulani armed herdsmen, starting from Januar ...
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  4 October 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The war in South Sudan has also hit the Church in Sudan" says the Bishop of El Obeid Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The separation between Sudan and South Sudan has left a great emptiness at an ecclesial level here in the North", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Yunan Tombe Triller Kuku Andali, Bishop of El ...
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  3 October 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The presence of foreign mercenaries undermines coexistence" says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, the Archdiocese of Bangui sends priests on missions. It is the sign of the vitality of our particular Church and of solidarity among the Churches", announced H ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the use of the image of Pope Francis for electoral purposes" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is requesting politicians not to use the image of the pope for their positioning", reads the Twitter account of the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics are "called to political commitment", in view of the 2019 elections Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics must remain "firm and proud of their identity and participate actively in the governance of the Country, despite the political attacks that the Church is facing", while the nation pre ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the Gospel, a precious gift of Europe to Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, with the rise of Pan-African movements, Europe is continuously sent from Africa to the court of history for its role, sometimes troubled and discussed, in the political and economic life of ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops' alarm: "There is still much to do before the vote on December 23rd" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Progress has been made but there are still strong fears that the December 23 elections could be falsified". This is the message that Secretary General of the Congolese Episcopal Conference (CE ...
• 1 October 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo (Angola), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. T ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rumors about the suicide of a Coptic monk of St. Macarious denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Monk Zaynoun al Makari was buried on September 28th in the cemetery of the Coptic Orthodox monastery of St. Macarious, who died of a heart attack following the first investigations by the police. ...
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  28 September 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - The safety of priests: a great challenge for the African Church Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Is the African continent becoming hostile to priests? The number of kidnappings and murders against the religious continues to grow disproportionately, disturbing the commitment of many pastoral w ...
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  28 September 2018
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The Bishops of North Africa denounce: "The rights of migrants are trampled" Tangier (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce the trampling of the fundamental rights of migrants", say the Bishops of North Africa in the statement published at the end of the Assembly of CERNA (Bishops' Conference of the Nort ...
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  27 September 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The solidarity of Pope Francis and the Tanzanian Bishops following the ferry accident on Lake Victoria Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the deceased to rest in peace and wish the injured a quick recovery. We empathize with the injured and survivors of the accident. We pray that God grants them a quick recovery ...