Africa

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  16 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga and Bishop Aguirre mediate with the rebels in Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, is at the head of the mediation mission that has convinced some hundreds of rebels to leave Bangassou, the city in the south-east of the Cen ...
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  16 May 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Respect for laws and human rights is fundamental to managing migration Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Ghana’s natural resources have become a curse rather than blessings as a result of wanting distortion left behind by those involved in illegal mining of the earth for God given gifts of preciou ...
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  16 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Inauguration of the church built in the village of Ismailia with the offerings of Muslims Minya (Agenzia Fides) - It took little more than a year to build the second church in the village of Ismailia, in the Egyptian province of Minya. The Christian place of worship was also built in a short space of time tha ...
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  15 May 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COST - The protests of the mutinied military continues; in Odienne the Bishop joins the mediation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – In Abidjan and Bouaké the military have taken to the streets and continue protesting by shooting in the air and terrorizing the population. The mutinied demand the payment of the remainder o ...
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  15 May 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAFRICA - Dramatic situation in the south-east: hundreds of dead in clashes; civilian refugees in churches and mosques Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 130 deaths in Alindao in the south-east of the Central African Republic, caused by armed groups who also attacked Bangassou (230km east of Alindao), where 6 Blue Helmets were kille ...
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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A priest died in April because of the ill-treatment suffered Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Adolphe Ntahondereye, Vicar of the parish of San Francesco Saverio di Gatumba (in the west of Burundi on the border with the DRC) died yesterday, May 11, two weeks after his release, due ...
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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Trial for religious contempt against the Islamic preacher who called Christians and Jews "infidels" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil has tried to soften the controversy caused by his recent televised statement in which he defined Christians and Jews "infidels" and their doctrine "corrupt". But the contr ...
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  11 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - London Conference: "I hope in a true international coordination on Somalia" says Bishop Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I expect greater involvement of the Somali diaspora, while better coordination and a unified approach of the international community would be desirable" says Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibout ...
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  10 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Criticism and accusations against al Azhar and the Great Imam. But a Coptic Bishop defends them Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After hosting the International Conference on Peace and having reserved a warm welcome to Pope Francis, during his visit to Egypt, the University of al Azhar is shaken by controversy and personal ...
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  9 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan is on the brink of collapse; people and students protest in Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday students and citizens took to the streets in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to protest the collapse of the country's economy. The protest had been convened by students and saw the part ...
• 9 May 2017
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Fausto De Carvalho Rosado Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of rev. Fr. Fausto De Carvalho Rosado, CMF, as National ...
• 9 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Hervé Tienou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of rev. Fr. Hervé Tienou of the diocese of San, as N ...
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  9 May 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Testimony of a fidei donum missionary: "One can learn and receive so much from missio ad gentes" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is my house, rather my two parish houses: the first one in Adaba, where I live, the other in Dodola, where I go during the week and on Sunday", says to Fides Don Giuseppe Ghirelli, a fidei d ...
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  8 May 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Chibok Girls: "Why have we waited three years to negotiate their release?" asks Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God that these girls have re-embraced their families, but I wonder why they had to wait three years for this to happen", says Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja to A ...
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  8 May 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In 3 years Boko Haram has killed over 4,000 children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorist attacks of Boko Haram has since 2014 affected mainly children. Many of them are used for suicide attacks. The first study carried out by the United Nations Secretary-General on Child ...