Africa

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  5 April 2016
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Archbishop of Mwanza praises the government's efforts to combat corruption Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to recognise the good leadership of our national leaders in restoring ethics, integrity and the rule law", said His Exc. Mgr. Juda Thadeus Ruwaichi, Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania ...
• 4 April 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Osogbo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 April 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. John Akin Oyejola of the clergy of Oyo, Priest and Director of the Diocesan Center for Family Ministry, as Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria). The n ...
• 4 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Isangi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi, of the clergy of Isiro-Niangara, professor at the Pontifical Urbaniana University as Bishop of the Diocese of Isan ...
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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary children explain the Gospel to their peers Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - It is still Lent in Ethiopia. Preparations for Easter continue, as well as the activities of the small Catholic communities of Oromia. Among these, Fides received the story of a group of children ...
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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese government and the UN have to open an investigation into the massacres in the northeast Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since October 2014, in the surroundings of the town of Beni, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than five hundred people have been killed and tens of thousands o ...
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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/LIBYA - In Tripoli "we live waiting, praying for peace" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We live waiting, like the rest of the city's population, as always praying for peace. This is our task at the moment", say Church sources to Agenzia Fides from Tripoli, Libya's capital, where f ...
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  2 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Constitutional Court recognizes that President Zuma has violated the Constitution Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A ruling by the Constitutional Court recognized that South African President Jacob Zuma violated the Constitution by using public funds to renovate his private residence in Nkandla. The sto ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sentence "for blasphemy" of the writer Fatima Naoot has been confirmed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The court for misdemeanors in Cairo rejected the appeal that the famous writer and Egyptian blogger Fatima Naoot had filed against the conviction for the crime of blasphemy issued against her in J ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio calls for the release of former Governor Bakosoro Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "All citizens have equal rights before the law and have the right to be brought before a court to be punished according to the law and the articles of the Constitution", said His Exc. Mgr. Edward H ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders denounce the formation of militias "who sow violence" ahead of elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to all politicians with their vested interests to cease making elections a matter of life and death for Kenyans", say the religious leaders of Kenya in a statement on the preparation ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition appoints former governor of Katanga as its candidate for presidency Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition parties united in the electoral platform called "G7", have asked former governor of Katanga, Moise Katumbi, to be their candidate for the presidential elections in the Democratic ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government is preparing a document on the "protection of the churches in Islam" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, a body linked to the Egyptian Ministry for Religious facilities (Waqf), will publish a vademecum within a month on the subject of "protection of the church ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - High-profile murders and mysterious deaths worsen the political crisis Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Two high-profile murders worsen the political crisis in Burundi, threatening to involve neighboring Rwanda. Former Rwandan Minister Jacques Bihozagara, arrested by the Burundian security servi ...
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  30 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian leaders call for the release of opposition leader Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - During the Easter holidays several Ugandan Christian leaders launched appeals for the release of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, under house arrest since 19 February. Besigye was arrested du ...
• 30 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One dead and one wounded in the attack against a vehicle of Caritas, the third in a year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A driver of Caritas was killed in a road ambush near Uvira in South Kivu (eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The incident occurred on March 25, when a vehicle of Caritas in ...