Africa

• 9 November 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Shendam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On November 5, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Philip Davou Dung, Priest, Member of the College of Consultors and Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Jos as Bishop of the Diocese of Shen ...
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  8 November 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan company creates a website to denounce irregularities in the US elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Kenyan non-profit company has launched a website which lets voters report irregularities at the polling stations of the US presidential elections being held today, 8 November. "Ushahidi", whi ...
• 8 November 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, of the clergy of Bafoussam, Member of the "Communauté de l'Emmanuel" and Vicar General of the same diocese as ...
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  8 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Inauguration of the first hospital in the mountains of Chaone, it will assist 10 thousand people Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "November 3 will become a benchmark for the 21 villages and the 10,000 people living in the mountain who as from today will have the possibility of health care assistance at home, able to defea ...
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  7 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Demonstration of the opposition dispersed; reception of Radio Okapi and RFI blacked out Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The police prevented the demonstration in Kinshasa on Saturday, November 5 by the opposition (see Fides 04/11/2016). Officers surrounded the residence of Etienne Tshisekedi, the main opposition ...
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  7 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "There is a risk of genocide", said the leading association of the South Sudanese diaspora Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan the risk of genocide is real and everything must be done to prevent it, says the Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan (CASS), an association of various groups and organizations of ...
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  4 November 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Woman lynched for blasphemy: the five suspects acquitted Kano (Agenzia Fides) - The five men suspected of having lynched a woman accused of blasphemy in the city of Kano, in northern Nigeria have been acquitted. On June 2, Bridget Patience Agbahime, a 74-year-old street vendor ...
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  4 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tension in Kinshasa for the ban on demonstrations of the opposition planned for tomorrow Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced a ban on all public demonstrations planned for tomorrow, November 5th. "Le Rassemblement", had announced two major demonstrati ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Report on Corruption: vote of no confidence against President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition announced a vote of no confidence against South African President Jacob Zuma after the publication of an official report in which "evidence of possible corruption at the top ...
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  3 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Election Crisis: waiting for the outcome of the mediation carried out by the Bishops with the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is waiting for the announcement of a possible agreement between all political forces in order to overcome the political crisis for the failed presidential elect ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Danie ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Religious leaders appeal for calm on the eve of the disputed constitutional referendum Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Read the text that you are asked to approve slowly and calmly. So you can express yourself with a clear conscience, because we are talking about the future of our Country", said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
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  28 October 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 10,000 children missing in Borno State Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The northwestern State of Borno, Nigeria, welcomes millions of internally displaced persons. Among these 10 million children have allegedly disappeared to be recruited as terrorists by Boko Ha ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "The conflict in the DRC threatens peace in the whole region", says the Vice President of Kenya Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Great Lakes Region is a threat to all States of the region underlined the Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto, during the summit which opened on October 26, in Luanda (An ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...