Africa

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  13 June 2017
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Parliamentary elections: applause from local Church observers Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - “The election was peaceful and well organised. Although some aspects could be improved, as the local Church we applaud the manner in which the election was held” says a report on parliam ...
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  12 June 2017
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Ranging from assistance for civil war evacuees to providing mother and child healthcare CUAMM Italian doctors in Angola mark 20 years of service Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) – On 13 June 1997 the first doctor of Medici con l’Africa CUAMM - the first healthcare NGO to be acknowledged in Italy and the largest Italian organization for safeguarding the health of Afri ...
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  12 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “Let us do everything to make a future visit of Pope Francis possible” says the President of the local Bishops’ Conference Juba (Agenzia Fides) - “The cancelation of a planned visit by Pope Francis to South Sudan must be met with respect and prayer! The reasons for the cancellation surely go beyond superficial speculation and could be ...
• 9 June 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Notre Dame de l'Immaculée Conception" Major Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jean Paul René Ondoua Omgba, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Ya ...
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  9 June 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister to Christians: security at risk, reduce visits and celebrations in churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egypt is under attack by forces wishing to destabilize the Country, and among the security measures promoted by State apparatus there is also the advice to Christians to reduce visits and celebrat ...
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  9 June 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Malnutrition and illness affect settlements of displaced people Kalèmie (Agenzia Fides) - "Conditions in the settlements in the territories of Kalémie and Kansimba and in the province of Tanganyika need to be urgently improved, healthcare must be made easily accessible, food aid sh ...
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  8 June 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two Red Cross operators kidnapped in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were kidnapped in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to news sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO (a local ...
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  7 June 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops sympathize with Capt. Mahama’s Family Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Cruel way of treating human beings must stop now: I have never seen anything like that. I pray for the soul of Capt. Mahama", said His Exc. Mgr. Charles Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Accra and Vic ...
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  7 June 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera epidemic: 14,659 people infected and 292 deaths Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Cases of cholera in Khartoum and White Nile States continue to increase. In the Khartoum Bahri areas, the Ministry of Health registered 30 new cases, while local sources confirm at least one hu ...
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  6 June 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu: "The solution is not armed gangs but evangelical non-violence" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Armed gangs are not a stable political solution. Created to endure an unacceptable political order, end up generating an ordeal imposed on their brothers and sisters", write the Bishops of the ...
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  5 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign. Children, 5 years of age, lived in the village of Kapoeta, in the southeast of the Country. According to a survey conduct ...
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  5 June 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Two "kamikaze children" blow themselves up in a refugee camp Kolofata (Agenzia Fides) - Two children with explosives, blew themselves up on Friday, June 3, near a refugee camp in northern Cameroon, which houses civilians displaced by Boko Haram's attacks in Nigeria. Nine people di ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - New controversy over Zuma after the publication of 100,000 confidential documents Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Pressures on South African President Jacob Zuma are growing so that he resigns before his expiration in 2019. The publication of about 100,000 e-mails and confidential documents demonstrate ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "We cannot wait any longer": hunger emergency in eastern Africa Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO World Vision has launched an alarm on the urgent need for aid for 25 million people and 700,000 children on the verge of dying due to hunger in eastern Africa. The severe drought tha ...
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  2 June 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The first "Weekend for the youth " organized by the Life and Love Education Center Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 and 28 May 2017, the E.V.A. Center (Life and Love Education) of the Diocese of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) organized a weekend for young people between 18 to 30 years of age. This is w ...