Africa

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  5 March 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Spirit of prayer and charitable service: nuns next to AIDS patients Gatare (Agenzia Fides) - Human and Christian promotion of the poorest and most needy children and youths; professional preparation and social inclusion; support for the educational works and the health pastoral care of t ...
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  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I., Bishop of the Diocese of Farafangana (Madagascar), transferring him from the Diocese of Moramanga. (SL) (Agenz ...
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  3 March 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Instability and general violence: the Church's commitment to solidarity and peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Insecurity reigns in the Central African Republic: fighting among rebel groups continues even in the capital Bangui, until a few days ago it was an island of relative tranquility. In recent days, ...
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  2 March 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "We live in fear awaiting the constitutional referendum that would allow the President to remain in power until 2034" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "In Burundi, we are living in a state of terror because of pressure from President Pierre Nkurunziza to approve the reform of the Constitution", sources of the Church tell Agenzia Fides that d ...
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  2 March 2018
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - The new president is by young people’s side: Street children see hope for their future Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The long period of political unrest and uncertainties, civil, religious and ethnic crisis that led to the expulsion of thousands of Liberians outside the Country has long broken young people’ ...
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  1 March 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government "legalizes" 53 churches built before the law on Christian places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government has provided full legal certificates to 53 churches with annexed service buildings already built before the new law on the construction of Christian buildings of worship pa ...
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  1 March 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The increase in VAT and the price of fuel will be felt mostly by poorer people" warn the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in VAT will be felt mostly by poorer people" warns the Parliamentary Liaison Office of the SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference) in an analysis of the economic ...
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  28 February 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Two deaths in the repression of February 25" says CENCO denouncing "foiled provocations of infiltrators" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two people killed, hit by bullets fired by the police, 32 wounded, 13 of them hit by bullets, 76 people arrested. This is the toll reported by the General Secretariat of the National Episcopal ...
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  28 February 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Nine thousand displaced due to bloody confrontations between factions Wadaka (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people were killed and wounded during bloody clashes between the two factions of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement of the North (SPLM-N), respectively led by Abdelaziz Adam El ...
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  28 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A small community of Somali Christians lives their faith in hiding Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - A small community of Somali Christians lives in Mogadishu. There are about thirty elderly people. They live hidden for fear of the reprisals of Islamic fundamentalists. But, they consider thei ...
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  27 February 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Third church-led demonstrations: "Repression was less violent even if there were at least 3 victims" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Repression was less violent even if unfortunately at least three people were killed", report to Agenzia Fides Church sources in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where on Sunday 25 February fo ...
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  27 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram terrorism: "Allah does not send anyone to kill on his behalf" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the kidnapping of a group of girls from Chibok, members of the Nigerian terror group "Boko Haram" have kidnapped hundreds of students from a school of Dapchi. This is the umpteent ...
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  23 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Kenyan missionary:"I will continue to work in South Sudan despite the alarm of my government" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Rumbek, the few Kenyans I have met feel unsafe but as they work in these areas, they just entrust their lives to God", says to Fides Father John John Waweru, a Kenyan priest incardinate ...
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  23 February 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Still violence while the world is praying for the DRC and South Sudan Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – While today, 23 February, the world Day of prayer and fasting for peace in the world is being celebrated, and in particular for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, announced ...
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  22 February 2018
  AFRICA - Africa ready to pray for peace in the DRC and in South Sudan Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in all of Africa is mobilized to welcome the appeal launched on February 4 by Pope Francis to dedicate the second Friday of Lent, 2018, February 23, to a day of prayer and fasting for pe ...