Africa

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  13 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal of an Assumptionist father: "President, intervene to stop the massacres in North Kivu" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "President, I ask you to take an interest in what is happening in Beni, in Kivu. Could you take into consideration a serious inquiry for a proper justice?". Is the appeal in a letter to the Pre ...
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  12 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "There are no mercenaries in my diocese", said the Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no training camp or any mercenary in the territory of the Diocese of Kasenga", says the Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, in the former province of Katanga, in the sout ...
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  12 May 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Crisis between Gambia and Senegal: the Archbishop of Dakar calls for reconciliation Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Dakar, Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, urged the faithful to pray for reconciliation between Senegal and Gambia, during the celebration of the 50th World Day of Social Communications and A ...
• 11 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Revolt of pupils in a refugee camp against a medical team Geneina (Agenzia Fides) – Some students were injured and a school was completely destroyed during a revolt involving children of the schools in the camp for the displaced in Murnei, West Darfur. According to local sour ...
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  10 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Islamic University of Al-Azhar together against child abuse and premature marriages Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic University of Al Azhar - considered the most authoritative theological-academic institution of Sunni Islam - and the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate signed a programmatic document which o ...
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  10 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Main opposition candidate accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The main opposition candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moïse Katumbi, has been accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries to destabilize the C ...
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  10 May 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Six million children in danger due to El Niño Gode (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations estimates that in Ethiopia, between Oromia and the Somali Region, 15 million people are in urgent need of food aid due to drought. 33% of this population is already suffering the ...
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  10 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Buhari launches an appeal for the unity of the country 50 years after the Biafran war Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - President Muhammadu Buhari launched an appeal for unity and national harmony, recalling the bloody war for the secession of the southern region of Biafra, which broke out 50 years ago, which resul ...
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  9 May 2016
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic Church burned down: third place of Christian worship burned so far this year Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church was burned to the ground in the northwest of Tanzania. We are talking about the church in Nyarwele, in the region of Kagera, in the extreme north-west of Tanzania, on the ...
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  9 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: Massacres in the southeast, "there are those who are fanning the flames of religious discord" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a terrible wind blowing around our country right now. There are so many people who are fanning the flames of discord and of hatred and it is becoming very difficult to preach unity and m ...
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  7 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox priest insults women for not wearing appropriate clothing to church. The Patriarch suspends him Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy criticism was expressed by Coptic Orthodox priest Boulos Mansur towards Christian women who, according to him come to church not wearing appropriate clothing, provoking reactions and controv ...
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  6 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - If elections are not held by November all institutions will be delegitimized Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to become the only Country in the world where all institutions will not have a mandate, therefore, illegal and illegitimate". This is what is said in ...
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  6 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Religious superiors: "Let us spread the message of ‘Laudato Sì’ " Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Pollution of the water, of the land, of the air; deforestation and cutting of trees, burning the forests, overgrazing and desertification and oil exploitation as the major income for the country b ...
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  4 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops: "President, we are with you in the fight against corruption and violence" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend your efforts in the fight against Boko Haram and against corruption. We encourage that justice be done according to the rule of law, with no sacred cows to be spared", said His Exc. Mg ...
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  4 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian parliament is preparing to discuss the new law on the construction of places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new text of the law on the construction of places of worship, has been prepared in its pre-definitive version, and will be discussed by the Egyptian Parliament in coming weeks, probably within ...