Africa

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  4 July 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Kigali reacts to the accusations of Washington on the recruitment of Burundian refugees in armed groups Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "A report politically motivated deliberately distorts reality". Thus the Ambassador of Rwanda in Washington, Mathilde Mukantabana, defined the annual US State Department report on human trafficki ...
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  2 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest killed on the anniversary of the beginning of the uprising against former President Morsi Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A Coptic priest, Fr. Rafael Moussa, was killed in Al Arish in the north of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, in an attack claimed by the local branch of the Islamic State. The murder took place on June 30, ...
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  2 July 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The Church is with you", says the Bishop of Garissa to refugees Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear migrants and refugees, never lose the hope that you too are facing a more secure future, that on your journey you will encounter an outstretched hand, and that you can experience fraternal ...
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  1 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Municipal elections: the Bishops call for "an ethical leadership, being a politician can be a noble Christian vocation" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We need mayors and councillors who have genuine concern for the economic and other hardships that our citizens are enduring" said the pastoral Letter of the Southern African Bishops on the ...
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  1 July 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Father Apollinaire Malumalu has died, organizer of the first free elections in the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A shocking news that troubles us strongly. The death of Father Malumalu is one of the greatest difficulties that the DRC has to overcome. It is a catastrophe, and a great loss for the entire n ...
• 30 June 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Awasa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2016 the Holy appointed Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. as Apostolic Vicar of Awasa (Ethiopia), assigning him the titular see of Ambia. The new Apostolic Vicar was born in San ...
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  30 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops warn: "Without elections we will likely sink into the abyss" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Respect of the Constitution and electoral deadlines as prescribed; start of authentic dialogue among all political parties; initiate social policies to alleviate the painful conditions of the p ...
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  30 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence in Wau: suspicions on the army but the government accuses a new Islamist formation Juba (Agenzia Fides) - At least 50 people died and several thousand displaced is the toll of a wave of violence which took place on June 25 in Wau, a town 650 km north-west from Juba, the capital of South Sudan. The gove ...
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  28 June 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Challenge for green and cheap electricity Pemba (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 645 million Africans without electricity which, among other things, prevents them from carrying out any form of economic activities. Electricity is the main challenge for the peopl ...
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  27 June 2016
  AFRICA - "Break the Wall": to defend the rights of minors in precarious conditions Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A new initiative of the Spanish NGO Plan International launches an appeal for child education in Africa. Through the campaign "Break the Wall", the NGO wants to extend education to many young ill ...
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  27 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The process for the laws on the construction of churches and personal status continues Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new legislation on the construction of churches is a "priority" for Egyptian parliamentarians, who are engaged in last adjustments of the new legislative text containing the new provisions. Th ...
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  24 June 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Birth of a new Catholic community in Kokossa: catechumens - of the poorest of the poor Kokossa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 19, Solemnity of Pentecost according to the liturgical calendar of the Ethiopian Church, a new Catholic Christian community was born in Kokossa, in Ethiopia, in the Oromia regi ...
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  24 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops pay a visit to the diocese of Maiduguri marked by the violence of Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are on a visit of solidarity with the people and the Church of Borno to see for ourselves the devastation caused by the activities of Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Leke Abegunrin, Ar ...
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  24 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Concerns of the Church on the new measures on migration Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - One notices an opening to review the migration policy for refugees, but must be realized in concrete, taking into account that the devil hides in the details. This is the meaning of the not ...
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  23 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN recognizes the responsibilities of peacekeepers in preventing the massacre in Malakal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Confusion in the command and control, and lack of knowledge of the rules of engagement, or orders on how to deal with an attack by the Blue Helmets are among the causes that led to the massacre th ...