Africa

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  15 December 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Safe Birth after Ebola in a Country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone is the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. About one mother out of 100 cannot survive the birth of her child. In this dramatic scenery Ebola has caused n ...
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  15 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Are there connections between the Islamic Movement of Nigeria and Boko Haram? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In Nigeria we wonder why the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN tried to kill the army Chief of Staff, General Yusuf Buratai, under whose guidance our military is inflicting hard defeats to Boko Ha ...
• 14 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - There are between 150 and 200 people who were found dead in what appears to be extrajudicial killings in Bujumbura and in the "Rural Bujumbura", the suburban area of the capital of Burundi. Th ...
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  14 December 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes between the army and members of a radical Shiite movement Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of people were killed in clashes between the Nigerian army and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, a group formed by Islamist Shiites, in Zaria, in the north of the Country. A ...
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  11 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Assault against the barracks in the capital, the government said "attacks failed" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting took place last night and this morning in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where rebels who oppose the third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza, attacked all the barracks in the ...
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  11 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Nuncio in Kinshasa urges Central African refugees in Congo to welcome Pope Francis' message of peace Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Kinshasa, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, called on Central African refugees welcomed in Zongo, on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Cen ...
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  10 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Pope has profoundly marked the Muslim community", says the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope came as a pilgrim to invite us to peace. Now we must become pilgrims of peace in our own Country", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, capi ...
• 10 December 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The city of Yambio victim of recent fighting between the army and local militia Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State, in South Sudan is a "ghost town" after the flight of the inhabitants because of violent clashes between the army loyal to President Salva Kiir and th ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Better health care for the rural population of Cunene": project for mothers and children in the remotest part of Angola Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) - On the 40th anniversary of the independence of Angola, Doctors with Africa Cuamm renews its commitment to the Country with the project for maternal and child health in the province of Cunene: "Be ...
• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Bishop of Garissa and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Garissa (Kenya), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Darmanin O.F.M. Cap., in accordance wit ...
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  9 December 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Even the young Church in Malawi is preparing to celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The dioceses of Malawi are preparing to live the Jubilee of Mercy with great participation" writes to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary. "On Saturday, December 12, the ...
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  9 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Fighting in Bangui, after the rejection of the nomination of Bozizé, has reduced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere that Pope Francis left is reducing many reactions, which until recently would have been violent and are now calmer. Unfortunately, some news media continue to inflate tensions lik ...
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  7 December 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Jihadist threats to Coptic monasteries, the strengthening of security measures are required Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the last hours, according to Egyptian sources consulted by Agenzia Fides, jihadist threats were directed in particular against the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of al Baramos, dedicated to the Virg ...
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  7 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 69 armed groups are in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 69 armed groups which are still active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a strongly degraded humanitarian context with 1.6 million people displaced. According to a state ...
• 7 December 2015
  AFRICA - African Bishops: Mercy and family love for the fight against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Papal declaration of the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy, we wish to intensify the promotion of compassion in our responses to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in local parishes and ...