Africa

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  3 March 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Catholic Bishops' Conference of Angola, Sao Tomé and Principe opens Plenary Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – On-going formation and the extension of Radio Ecclesia network to cover the whole of Angola were among the issues being discussed by the Plenary Assembly of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of A ...
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  3 March 2016
  AFRICA/SUD SUDAN - UN urges: “be quick to form a national unity government ”, violence is spreading JJuba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan leaders must be quick to implement the peace agreement signed in August 2015. This was said by secretary general of the United Nations Organisation Mr Ban Ki-moon, during a brief visi ...
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  2 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Still no date for Presidential elections: will this mean a presidential vacancy? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There may soon be a presidential vacancy in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless elections are held before the end of November. This is the scenario after Corneille Nangaa chairman of the ...
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  2 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Ortodox Church: no one may produce a film about Patriarch Shenuda III without our permission Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Council of Coptic Orthodox lay congregations–influential body in the Coptic Orthodox Church, presided by the Patriarch himself – has cautioned producers of television series, films, and ...
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  2 March 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Police arrest suspected informer for Christmas 2011 attack on the church of St Teresa Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The local police have arrested a person suspected of taking part in preparations for the Christmas 2011 attack on the church of Saint Teresa of Madalla, near Abuja, capital of Nigeria. The incident ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Sacrificed minors good omens for political elections Mukono (Agenzia Fides) – Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM) based in Uganda has reported at least six cases of mutilation and killing of children as sacrifices to obtain “good luck ” in recent elections held in t ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Organisation asks President al Sisi to grant an amnesty to Copt youths wrongly condemned for offending Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Karim Kamal, founder of the Union General of Copts for the Motherland, has asked the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al Sisi to intervene regarding the case of a group of Copt youths recently a ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Entire community reflects on education and early marriages on the opening day of the new school Nguluwe (Agenzia Fides) – On 5 February, Opening day for newly renovated Nguluwe School , (see Fides 1/2/2016), was a great success. A report sent to Fides by Italian NGO CCS Italia (Centro Cooperazione Sviluppo Onlu ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Young people, continue to have hope about living your life in Africa” Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Insecurity , terrorism, persecution of Christians, the migratory crisis, corruption and bad-government, manipulation of national constitutions by political leaders to remain in power; lack of r ...
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  29 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society calls for international enquiry into massaccres in the area of i Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorists belonging to ADF-Nalu group enjoy complicity in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the part of “uncontrolled elements of Ugandan army and security forces ”. This was affirmed ...
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  29 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Opposition disappointed with African Union visit Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Organise, as soon as possible, “inclusive dialogue” with all the “major actors” in the crisis, under the aegis contested (at home) of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. This was the im ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian court sentences 4 Coptic Christians to 5 years in prison after they mock Isis beheadings Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian court in Minya issued a heavy sentence against four Coptic students accused of contempt of Islam after mimicking an Islamic State (Isis) beheading video of a Muslim faithful who was p ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mobile clinic campaigns to help the displaced Lui (Agenzia Fides) - CUAMM’s commitment to assist the displaced in Mundri East County, South Sudan, continues. CUAMM is working tirelessly in cooperation with local authorities to manage surgical and obstetric emergen ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The exhortations of the Bishops to the authorities: Fight against Boko Haram and corruption, economic development Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To put an end to the violence of Boko Haram, fight corruption and develop the economy to improve the general living conditions. These are the main exhortations addressed to the Government by the N ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The President of Ghana commends the efforts of the Church for the unity of the African peoples Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Countless heartbreaking stories of development plans torn apart and destroyed homes come from different areas of Africa and the world, all because inhabitants were not able to forgive and forget ...