Africa

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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi: I will build the largest church in the nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the largest Coptic Church of Egypt, it will be inaugurated by 2018 in the new capital which is being built on the margin of Cairo's metropolis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Si ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The rebellion of the military has subsided, but a climate of violence remains, as denounced by the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned in the Ivory Coast where the military in revolt had caused panic in several cities of the Country including the economic capital, Abidjan. The revolt started from Bouake, the s ...
• 9 January 2017
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Bishop of Chimoio, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. Th ...
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  5 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy on the use of the manual voting system instead of the electronic system Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya is waiting for the decision of the Senate Legal Affairs Committee to confirm or not the amendment voted by Parliament on December 22. The Bill provides for use of a manual backup in identi ...
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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza: "I may stand for re-election in 2020" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Towards a fourth term of President Pierre Nkurunziza? This is what the same Head of State of Burundi hinted and also stressed the possibility of amending the Constitution to obtain a fourth te ...
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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO - Environment: Bishops denounce deforestation and pollution of rivers Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Forests disappear little by little due to the over-exploitation of timber and reforestation policy throughout the national territory", denounce the Bishops of the Republic of Congo (Congo Br ...
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  3 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Further negotiations are needed to put into practice the agreement on December 31 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement reached on December 31 between the majority and opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo need other agreements in order to be applied. Local observers are convinced of this ...
• 28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Mbalmayo, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 December 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Adalbert Ndzana. The Holy Father a ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The agreement is within reach", announces Mgr. Utembi who mediates between the majority and opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reached the end of the tunnel. What remains to be done is to review the text. The agreement is there, within reach", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani and ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary from Bangui:"Schools and construction sites are the hope for the future" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Country remains precarious, particularly in some cities. However, in the capital, at least in the last two months, there have been no particular clashes", writes Fr. Federic ...
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  21 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two human right activists kidnapped, a third seriously injured, in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Serious violence against three activists of civil society in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The three women are part of the Coalition des femmes pour la protection des droits ...
• 21 December 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in the Delta region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest, Fr. Jude Onyebadi, pastor of the church of St. Peter and Paul in Issele-Azagba, in the Delta region in the south of the Country has been kidnapped in Nigeria. According to ...
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  21 December 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health emergency: Eleven clinics have already been shut in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of health facilities supported by the World Health Organization in strife-torn areas of Sudan risk closure due to a lack of funds, exposing one million people to likely epidemics. Eleven ...
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  20 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Clashes in Lubumbashi; "a girl killed and a parish looted " according to local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The people, especially in the suburbs, took to the streets to protest. There were clashes with the police, with gunfire. We have news of a student who was killed by a stray bullet. Cars were s ...
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  19 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - After three years 2,000 displaced leave San Salvatore parish thanks to Caritas Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 2,000 displaced people, who had been welcomed in San Salvatore parish, in the 2nd district of Bangui return home after three years. Don Paternal Zolo, vicar of San Salvatore parish, said t ...