Africa

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  26 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Start-ups against counterfeit medicines Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that about 10% of the medicines in the world are counterfeit, a figure equivalent to 85 billion euros, according to the Institute for Research Against Counterfeit Medicines in Pari ...
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  26 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church launches an awareness campaign against female genital mutilation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Coptic Church is about to launch an intense awareness campaign among its faithful against the practice of female genital mutilation, which continues to be widespread among Coptic Chri ...
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  25 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Amnesty International: "Thousands of women, girls and men victims of war rapes" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Large-scale sexual violence were carried out against thousands of women, girls and men, with victims selected on the basis of their ethnicity. This is what Amnesty International denounces in a repo ...
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  25 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal of the secular clergy of Butembo-Béni: "Release our confreres without condition" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply appalled by the abduction of our confreres and demand their release without conditions". This is how the secular priests of the diocese of Butembo-Béni addressed the kidnappers ...
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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the Countries with the greatest income and rights inequality Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, income inequality is one of the most serious and often less discussed issues. A recent study by Oxfam and the Development Finance International group, puts Nigeria outright last in a l ...
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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop reports: "Half the population of Bangassou has fled". The Cathedral has been attacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Half of the population of Bangassou has fled, taking refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The clashes have been going on for days", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan Jo ...
• 21 July 2017
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Keetmanshoop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the diocese of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Philipp Pöllitzer. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 21 ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMER00N - Death of the Bishop of Bafia: The Episcopal Conference has lodged a complaint for murder Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Cameroon have filed a lawsuit for an inquiry into the death of His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Marie Benoît Bala, Bishop of Bafia, whose body was found in the Sanaga River, 2 June. The Bishop ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Beni: a "dead city" for three days to ask for the release of the two abducted priests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A "dead city" for three days to demand the immediate release of the two priests kidnapped on Sunday, July 16. Yesterday, July 20, the civil society of Beni in the North Kivu province, in the ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Copt dies while being detained in a police station. Relatives and friends: he was tortured to death Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Egyptians, largely belonging to the Coptic community, gathered spontaneously in front of the police station in Manshiet Nasser district to express their anger after the news of the kil ...
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  20 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to the registration of pastors and ministers of religion" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The recommendation that new laws be introduced to enforce registration of pastors and ministers is overkill and a response that one would expect more from a totalitarian state than a const ...
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  20 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Postponement of the general elections; the hypothesis of a transition without Kabila or separate elections is being considered Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement on July 7 on behalf of the President of the Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Corneille Nangaa, on the fact that the parameters in his possession do not ...
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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Denial regarding the recent reports on Patriarch Tawadros' health conditions Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - An official statement of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria denied the allegations that social media had spread regarding a sudden deterioration of the health conditions of Patriarch ...
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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Give powers to traditional leaders to manage development projects Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Africans have been called to change their mindset in order to develop the African continent. If traditional leaders joined parliament members, development projects could be managed more quickly an ...
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  19 July 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Home-to-Home" campaigns to prevent cholera Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Presentations on the streets, online videos, posters, bars of soap: are some of the local initiatives that have been done to help people fight against infection and raise awareness about the ra ...