Africa

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  1 June 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - "What is the aim of the article on alleged hidden accounts of the Bishops?" asks the Episcopal Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We are fully at the service of the Church's works", says a statement by the Bishops' Conference of Mali, sent to Fides, in response to the article published by the newspaper "Le Monde", accordin ...
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  30 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Still two thousand Muslim refugees in the diocese of Bangassou; testimony of the Bishop to Fides Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Two thousand Muslims still find themselves in the Catholic mission. A part in the Minor Seminary, the others in the Cathedral and in the Bishop’s House", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ju ...
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  29 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Clan rivalries and economic reasons facilitate the settling of the Islamic State", says Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "From what I have been told, members of the Islamic State pay better and therefore in the situation of Somalia's crisis it is easy to find followers" says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giorgi ...
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  26 May 2017
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Even in Ethiopia, missionary childhood feast: prayer, sharing, mission, peace Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - May 19, is the anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood or Missionary Childhood, the anniversary of all missionary children. To celebrate the occasion, Apostolic Pre ...
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  26 May 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 410,000 Burundian refugees abroad; UNHCR "insufficient funds to handle the crisis" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Over 410,000 Burundians have taken refuge in neighboring countries for the last two years. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that this number is expected to inc ...
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  24 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Kiir declares ceasefire and starts a national dialogue but his main opponent is excluded Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Riek Machar is our leader and commander in chief, we will not send any delegates to Juba without his order", said Paul Gabriel, spokesman of the Sudan's People's Liberation Movement Opposition (SP ...
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  24 May 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera emergency in the capital of northern Kordofan El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - Cholera cases were reported for the first time in El Obeid, capital of the state of northern Kordofan. So far 68 people have been hospitalized. According to local medical sources, the first inf ...
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  23 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Bishops denounce: "1 in 5 children have been sexually abused" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Each crime against a woman and child causes the delicate fabric of our society to unravel that much more" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and President of ...
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  22 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - "Mgr. Zerbo was pleasantly surprised of the appointment to Cardinal" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop was pleasantly surprised by the news. He did not expect the appoinment to Cardinal at all", said Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Mali, referrin ...
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  22 May 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishops’s message: "Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the worsening of the Country's conditions in various areas, the Bishops' Conference of Madagascar has recently published a message to all the baptized and people of good will, re ...
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  20 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Sister Glory, kidnapped one hundred days ago, no news yet Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Life continues timidly in the Diocese of Sikasso, on the one hand the community of the Franciscan Sisters of Maria Immacolata of Karangasso who had to stop working commitments, on the other no n ...
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  19 May 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Crisis in the DRC: is an external intervention being prepared? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting on the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi was held where representatives of the two States were not invited and Angola was the only African State admitted. The mee ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Muslim refugees in the mosque in Bangassou welcomed in the cathedral and seminary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - According to the UN 26 people died in the attack in Bangassou, in the southeast of the Central African Republic, due to a hundred anti Balaka. The Central African Red Cross believes the toll coul ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - UNESCO will proclaim the "Path of the Holy Family" World Heritage of Humanity Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - UNESCO is preparing to recognize the "Path of the Holy Family", the itinerary that unites the places travelled, according to the millennial traditions, by Mary, Joseph and the Child Jesus when the ...
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  17 May 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Even Madagascar celebrated the centenary of Fatima's first apparition Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the centenary of the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, two pilgrimages were organized in Fianarantsoa". This is what Father Albert Rainiherinoro, MI told Fides. "T ...