Africa

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  16 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Migrants left to die of thirst, men, women and children Assamakka (Agenzia Fides) - Niger's Interior Ministry announced the recent discovery of the bodies of 34 migrants, among them also 20 children, in a desert area near the border with Algeria. Among the 14 adults there are ...
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  16 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Congolese opposition unites and calls for elections by November Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rassemblement" ("Union") is the name that the Congolese opposition gave itself at the end of the meeting convened in Genval (Belgium) by Etienne Tshisekedi, President of the Union pour la Dém ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Launch of a new support intervention for mothers and children Buyoga (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the positive results achieved so far by the various projects undertaken in the vicinity of the village of Muyanza, Rulindo district (Rwanda), the Movement Fighting World Hunger has set ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - University of Al-Azhar: strong condemnation of the massacre in Orlando, but careful of those who feed "anti-Muslim rhetoric" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egypt's Al-Azhar, the highest seat for Sunni Islamic learning, condemned Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Orlando, (Florida, USA), in a gay nightclub, but also expressed concerns about utilising t ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops: "No to political use of justice, yes to dialogue to resolve disputes" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "No to political use of justice!" warn the Ugandan Bishops in a statement issued at the end of their retreat in Nsaambya, near Kampala. "We have noted the indirect pressure on the Judiciary w ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - New intervention of religious leaders to denounce "hate speech" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note of the rising cases of hate speech and war mongering associated with particular politicians. This trend is worrying and must not be allowed to take root in the Country’s po ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' concern: "safety is in danger, the cooperation of all is necessary, from individuals to the government" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Without security, all plans for the development of a Country could remain a mirage", say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement in which they express their "grave concern" over "the unacceptable i ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Corruption is rampant in public hospitals Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Since Sudan introduced a health insurance system in 1994, the public health sector has witnessed a deterioration and decline that has led to the emergence of corrupt practices. An investigative ...
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  14 June 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Hunger is a silent war that is killing Malawi", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary from Malawi. "Hunger for many families means one meal a day, a collective fasting for all the ...
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  13 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Government rejects the campaign for the cancellation of the anti-blasphemy Law Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government has no intention to cancel or modify the law that punishes blasphemy. The counselor and representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, Ayman al Rafah, responding to qu ...
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  10 June 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New arrests for sectarian clashes in Karm, but the main witness changes his version Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Three more men were arrested in relation to a sectarian mob attack on the homes of Coptic Christians. This is what Egyptian sources consulted by Agenzia Fides report. After the new arrests, the nu ...
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  9 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian leaders concerned about two laws being debated in Parlament Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the association that brings together the main Christian denominations in Nigeria (including the Catholic Church represented by the Episcopal Conference) ...
• 9 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Critical situation for the 50,000 inhabitants of Bosso who escaped from Boko Haram Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The first Chadian soldiers of a contingent of 2,000 soldiers sent to Niger to counter the offensive of the Boko Haram Islamist sect from Nigeria borders arrived in the town of Bosso, Niger. In B ...
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  8 June 2016
   AFRICA - Strengthening coordination among the 14 African Caritas Paris (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen the coordination of 14 Caritas operating in Africa. This is the purpose of the meeting which opened yesterday, June 7, in Paris, attended by about fifty people, including 11 Bishops ...
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  8 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Opposition and civil society in Brussels to discuss how to "avert chaos" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred delegates of the opposition and civil society of the Democratic Republic of Congo are meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 June, at the invitation of Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the UPSD ...