Africa

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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition opens to the mediation of Bishops and makes important concessions to the majority Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We encourage the steps taken by CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of Congo) to open the way for true dialogue among the sons and daughters of the Country to avoid the worst", said Jean-Marc ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A year ago Pope Francis’ visit, on 11 December Mass presided over by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There really is a before and after Pope Francis’ visit" sources of the Church in the Central African Republic told Agenzia Fides one year after Pope Francis’ visit, from 29 to 30 November 20 ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 35 civilian Hutus massacred in a village in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-five civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an attack perpetrated by the Mai-Mai militiamen at 4.30am on Sunday, November 27 in the village of Luhanga, in the Territory of Lubero ...
• 25 November 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Destruction of the cross on the Ngock Lituba "holy mountain": first act of a new traditional fundamentalist movement Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The destruction of the cross placed at the entrance of the cave on the Ngock Lituba mountain (in Sanaga-Maritime, Cameroon) marks the beginning of the activities of a fundamentalist movement tha ...
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  24 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALI - "The municipal elections mark a step forward", says the secretary of the Episcopal Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the difficulties that Mali still has, the political process continues", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, commenting on the ...
• 24 November 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The pharmacy of charity": protests over the increase in drug prices Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese youth groups, especially women, are protesting against the soaring prices of basic commodities in the city of Omdurman, Wad Madani, Port Sudan and Kassala. In Omdurman, demonstrators ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The US government supports the mediation of the Congolese Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We underscore our support for the discussions facilitated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CENCO) between the political opposition and the Government of the DRC to reach a consensus path ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics and Evangelicals say: "No to new therapeutic abortion conditions" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The new conditions in the proposed abortion law are a mere scapegoat and trap in order to attract public sympathy and also capitalize on such in order to advance abortion on demand among women ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Ivorian Civil War weapons sustain the Central African instability Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the Central African Republic has demonstrated that not only the weapons looted in Libyan deposits sparked the wars in sub-Saharan Africa in the civil war of 2011, but there are also ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Chief of Staff: "We are ready to protect peace in view of elections" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my responsibility to help the police protect peace and properties. We are ready to deal with any person or group of persons who will disrupt the peace enjoyed by Ghanaians", said the Chief ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Award to a missionary nun at the service of lepers for thirty years to Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The date of November 19, 2016 will remain in the annals of the village of Ilena of the diocese of Fianarantsoa", writes to Fides Father Albert Rainiherinoro, M.I. "That day - continues the ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Moroccan Association aims to create a center for street children Nador (Agenzia Fides) – In order to cope with the phenomenon of street children, the Association of Moroccans Resident in Spain has proposed the construction of a reception center and guidance for unaccompanied minors ...
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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Popular mobilization allows the release of a kidnapped deacon Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A deacon was released by his captors through the mobilization of the population in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Godefroid Paluku was kidnapped on November 18 on the Kiwan ...
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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - "Let us ask forgiveness for the genocide", write the Bishops at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot talk of Mercy in Rwanda without talking about genocide", explains to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare and President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda ...
• 21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Kikwit, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Kikwit (DR Congo), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. Th ...