Africa

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  15 June 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops: "We are worried about the wave of kidnappings"; most of the victims are women Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with great concern that there has been an increase in kidnappings, organized crime and killings in our country", say the Bishops of Uganda in their final statement of their Plenary Ass ...
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  15 June 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Care and assistance for the ethnic minority Batwa, the forgotten Pygmies Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Batwa, an ethnic group which represents about 2% of population in Burundi, is a community still strongly discriminated against in a country that was torn apart by a civil war until 2005 an ...
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  14 June 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Comboni nuns are committed to education, integration and religious coexistence Omdurman (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the country is in the hands of the new generations and a good preparation, not only academic, is the basis for building a society that respects the common good. This is what Siste ...
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  14 June 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Caritas Senegal launches a national campaign for migrants and refugees Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - From 19 to 24 June, Caritas Senegal is organising a week of shared activities with migrants and refugees in Dakar, as part of the Global Action Week of Caritas Internationalis. The Global Action ...
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  13 June 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "No to the exploitation of religion to sow hatred and division" say Bishops and Imams Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Religion is used to sow hatred among the population and divide the country", denounce in two different but concordant documents, the Catholic Bishops and the Imams of the Central African Republi ...
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  13 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Children in Mbandak sing "Ebola, Go away!" Mbandaka (Agenzia Fides) - In Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a major campaign is underway to raise awareness and prevent the Ebola virus which exploded on May 8 in the northwe ...
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  12 June 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New school building built thanks to the solidarity of children Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of a new school building in the district of Dowa has just been completed: two new classes of the Nambuma Boys primary school was officially delivered by the Pontifical Mission ...
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  12 June 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Fire in a church, the imam launches the SOS and calls for help from the mosque's loudspeakers Shubra al Khaymah (Agenzia Fides) - The flames of an accidental fire burst in a church in the middle of the night which led to the imam of the nearby mosque to use the speakers of the Muslim place of worship to sound the ...
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  12 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lay Catholics call for full light to be shed on the death of a civil rights activist Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) -The circumstances of the death of Luc Nkulula, an activist of the Movement for Change (Lutte pour le Changement -Lucha), whose charred body was found in his house burned in the night between 9 a ...
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  11 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Mbandaka denounce: "We are abandoned by the State" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops emphasize that the Equator is not connected well to the rest of the Country, which is abandoned to itself and does not benefit from the assistance of the central government. All th ...
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  11 June 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Political crisis: the people insist on institutional reform and true democracy Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "Togo is the only Country in the Gulf of Guinea where leaders make people believe that everything functions at a political, social and economic level. But, the truth is another. How long will th ...
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  8 June 2018
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - "We want to collaborate with the new government, especially on education" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a new government and we hope the health system, put to the test by the recent Ebola epidemic, is among its priorities", says His Exc. Mgr. Charles A.M. Campbell, Bishop of Bo and President ...
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  8 June 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Church commitment to broadcasting Radio Ecclesia in various communities Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The process of extending the signal of the Angolan Catholic radio station Radio Ecclesia is currently underway in Angola which, from the capital Luanda, can now reach more remote provinces. In ...
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  7 June 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The opening of the Vatican diplomatic Seat "warms the hearts of the victims of war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Catholic Church in Sudan and South Sudan, as well as all the people of Southern Sudan, I express my sincerest gratitude to the Holy Father. The step taken by our Pope Francis warm ...
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  7 June 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Two alleged French mercenaries sought by the Central African justice system for the massacre in the church of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There is "overwhelming evidence" on the implication of two alleged French mercenaries in the massacre perpetrated on May 1 in Notre Dame de Fatima parish in Bangui, capital of the Central African ...