Africa

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  6 September 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Too many individual interests hinder the achievement of peace; Ethiopia and Eritrea are positive examples", says Mgr. Hiiboro Kussala Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are still too many individual interests that hinder the full achievement of the peace agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Barani Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, ...
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  5 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest kidnapped in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest kidnapped in southern Nigeria. Father Christopher Ogaga was taken Saturday evening as he traveled from Okpe to Warri, where he was scheduled to celebrate Mass at Mother of ...
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  4 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Another human rights defender murdered in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Human rights defenders in Uvira and Fizi, in South Kivu are appalled by the brutal murder of their colleague Masumbuko Birindwa, called Aimable, a very active and highly experienced human righ ...
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  3 September 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA- The Church focuses on social communications to contribute to evangelization Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is coming at the right time, soon we will have the radio, so the agents will contribute to the radio programs because people need to know what happens at the grass root levels" said His Exc. ...
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  10 August 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Release of political prisoners: an important step towards peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 August 2018, on the eve of Independence Day, the President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara decided to grant pardon to about 800 political prisoners including Simone Gb ...
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  9 August 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "St. Mary’s fast": Copts pray for the Patriarch and monasteries after the murder of Bishop Epiphanios Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world are experiencing the 15 days of "Holy Virgin Mary’s fast" praying with particular intentions for their Patriarch Tawadros II and for the monasteries ...
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  8 August 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Churches burned and priests killed in the Somali region Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Matthias I and the Holy Synod of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia have decided to offer 16 days of fasting and prayer that precede and follow the liturgical solemnity of th ...
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  6 August 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Over 400 people interrogated on the murder of Coptic Bishop Epiphanios Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Over 400 people were interrogated by the Egyptian judicial authorities of the Wadi Natrun region, as part of the investigation into the murder of Coptic Orthodox bishop Epiphanius, abbot of Saint ...
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  3 August 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The local Anglican Church supports the conservation of the forest Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "The protection of the Mau Forest should not be exploited. We witness the strategies of politicians of some communities that use this heritage only for their profit. They should remember that the ...
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  2 August 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Formative and naturalistic initiative of the Jesuit fathers Douala (Agenzia Fides) - Teaching to grow bananas to promote micro-entrepreneurship projects, but also to save bananas from extinction. This is the project launched in Douala by the Jesuits of Cameroon. An initiative tha ...
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  1 August 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - A government directive has decided to close eight thousand churches in the last seven months Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - Following a government directive, eight thousand churches have been closed in the last seven months. The decision to reduce the number of places of worship in the country, both Christian and Mu ...
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  31 July 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The phenomenon of microbes: baby-gangs that face each other with machetes Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - For almost a decade, the Ivory Coast has been going through a profound socio-political crisis that is affecting the country at its deepest roots. One of the most tangible signs of this crisis re ...
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  30 July 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Bishop Epiphanius, Abbot of the Monastery of San Macario, murdered Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are doubts and uncertainties about the circumstances of the murder of Coptic Orthodox bishop Epiphanius, Abbot of Saint Macarius the Great monastery (Dayr Abū Maqār), who was found lifeles ...
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  30 July 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops celebrate the Church-Family of God in Africa Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, July 29, 2018, the official launch of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) was held in the ...
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  28 July 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - "God as guarantor of the future": Democracy Day in Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Our democracy is celebrated on Sunday 29th July. In our own little way it is already something", says to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of African Missions, on the occasion ...