Africa

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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop's warning: "The “drumbeats of war” are becoming louder as the country heads to the general elections" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The inciting comments by politicians is a common phenomenon that occurs before tribal clashes erupt, we must stop that", said His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Korir, Bishop of Eldoret and President of t ...
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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Grand Imam al Tayyeb invited to the Vatican to relaunch dialogue between the University of Al Azhar and the Holy See Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, received an invitation to visit the Vatican to officially sanction the resumption of bilateral dialogue between the Holy See and the most ...
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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Vaccination campaign against yellow fever in the capital Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Due to a yellow fever epidemic that is spreading in Luanda, the Bishop representative of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the World (Tocoista), urged all Angolan families to adhere to the ...
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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "It will take time and a lot of good will to restore peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The South Sudanese say that we have reached the end of the line, zero point, but in fact we are less than zero, because what is destroyed is lost", say to Agenzia Fides local sources from Juba, ca ...
• 16 February 2016
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 14, 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (Libya), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F. ...
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  16 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Day of the dead city" to demand respect for the Constitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced today, February 16, a day of protest, in which citizens are called not go to work or to school or to the streets. This is called ...
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  16 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the 21 "martyrs of Libya" a year after their massacre Samalot (Agenzia Fides) - Today numerous Bishops and priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church will take part in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the church in Samalot in honor of the 21 Coptic Christians killed a year ago i ...
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  16 February 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - The Bishops: "Mercy is a political act par excellence" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Mercy is a political act par excellence" say the Catholic Bishops of the Republic of Congo to the politicians of their Country in the Message published at the end of their 44th Plenary Asse ...
• 15 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The new Ugandan terrorist attacks of the ADF spread fear among the population in Eringeti Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The fear of new attacks has seized the inhabitants of Eringeti and its surroundings, after those committed by the terrorists of the ADF on 12 and 14 February. Eringeti is located in the territo ...
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  15 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The drama of famine increases: people queue in front of granaries, almost always empty Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In February, the rainy season is expected to be at its height. But not this year, because of the merciless sun that is literally burning the harvest", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort mis ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Dialogue is urgently needed to avoid new bloodbath" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors are circulating that the rebels are preparing to attack forces in Burundi to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who requested anonym ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The lives of Malians are at risk": Justice and Peace condemns the lack of food and medicine Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "People are dying of easily treatable diseases. The poor do not have the money to buy medicine in pharmacies", denounces Martin Chiphwanya, deputy national Secretary of the "Justice and Peace" ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We are continuously under LRA attack, but nobody talks about it" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of 2016 my diocese has been continuously under LRA attack and nobody talks about it", denounces to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou ...
• 10 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Archbishop of Niamey: "Let us vote in complete freedom, without ethnic or sectarian influences" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "During Lent there will be elections in our Country. As voters, activists and candidates, we must take care to put in first place the truth, where fraud seems to triumph, and respect the voice of ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Education and food, not bombs, for Sudanese refugees Yida (Agenzia Fides) - Around 60 percent of Sudanese refugees are minors, looking for an opportunity to complete school in South Sudan. One of the first stops for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan’s South Kordofan r ...