Africa

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  9 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Awaiting the arrival of the African Union delegation, but the population has little hope Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We await the arrival of the African Union delegation (AU) which should meet President Pierre Nkurunziza to try to convince him to accept the peacekeeping mission that the AU intends to send t ...
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  9 February 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious leaders have organized moments of prayer for the elections of 18 February Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda's main religious faiths join in praying for the successful holding of the general elections on 18 February. This was decided by the Council of Presidents of Inter-Religious Council of Uga ...
• 8 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The presidential run-off and the first round of legislative elections to be held on 14 February Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the Central African presidential elections will be held on Sunday, February 14. The two candidates are Anicet-Georges Dologuélé and Faustin-Archange Touadéra. They both hel ...
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  8 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 18-year-old Coptic girl missing; demonstrations against the scourge of "targeted" kidnappings against Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) - More than 150 Coptic Christians took part in a sit-in convened last night, Sunday, February 7, in front of the provincial administration office in Minya, to sensitize the authorities and police fo ...
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  8 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New inter-community violence in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes continue between the Hutu and Nande communities in the territory of Lubero, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, on Febru ...
• 8 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Duncan Theodore Tsoke, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa). He was assigned the titular see of Orreacel ...
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  6 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Diocese of Samalot is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Copts in Libya Samalot (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Samalot is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 Copts killed in Libya by jihadists of the Islamic State (see Fides 16/02/2015). Cele ...
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  5 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack against the UN is part of the jihadist strategy to destabilize the entire region Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The UN Timbuktu base was almost certainly attacked by an Islamist group, because the Tuareg rebel group are committed to respecting the peace agreements signed with the government", says to Agen ...
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  5 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "National dialogue" promoted by Kabila struggles to kick off Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, the President of the African Union (AU) Commission of the, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, appointed Edem Kojo, former Prime Minister of Togo, as envoy of the AU to conduct the necessary ...
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  4 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - UN report: Rwanda trains Burundian refugees in order to overthrow President Nkurunziza Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - A report by UN experts accuses Rwanda of training and arming Burundian refugees welcomed in its territory in order to overthrow the President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza. The group of UN exp ...
• 4 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros begins his visit to the dioceses: let us say no to domestic violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Domestic violence, whose victims are mainly women and children, represent a devastating social phenomenon that has severe effects on people's lives and also on civil society. This is what Coptic O ...
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  4 February 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Catholic Church welcomes the President's decision to reject the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015, intended to regulate Churches Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kenya welcomes the decision of President Uhuru Kenyatta to reject the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015, (see Fides 30/01/2016) that had sparked protests by Catholic ...
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  3 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The rain is back, let us begin to hope, but the situation is very difficult" Lilingwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Now the rain has reappeared and the country can begin to hope" writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary in Malawi, after "two long weeks without a drop of rain durin ...
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  3 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More violence in the east cause the exodus of local people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Mass Exodus of the Nande community from the village of Miriki, in the Territory of Lubero, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is reported in a statement sent to Agenzia F ...
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  1 February 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The whole community in Nguluwe at work to renovate the school Chipata (Agenzia Fides) - The holiday season and the rains which have just begun have not disturbed the renovation of the school in Nguluwe carried out by skilled workers, made available by the Chipata DEBS - District Ed ...