Africa

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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Malaria spreading in the west of Darfur, while whooping cough in the north of Darfur El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - The people living in El Geneina camps for the displaced in West Darfur complain about the spread of malaria, along with a shortage of affordable medicines. As of 28 October, 410 cases of whoo ...
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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Launch of "Ecclesia TV", Catholic television in the Ivory Coast Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecclesia TV", the Catholic television in the Ivory Coast will begin broadcasting on December 8. This was announced by Don Augustin Obrou, Head of Communication and External Relations of the Arc ...
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  13 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER- Thousand Nigerian refugee families welcomed by families of Niger with the support of Caritas Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of displaced Nigerian families, fleeing the violence of the Boko Haram jihadist sect have been welcomed in Niger and receive assistance from Caritas Niger in the region of Diffa in sout ...
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  12 November 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Cleaning" operation for Independence Day Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children habitually live on the streets of Luanda, capital of Angola, where there are 8 million inhabitants. Most have families but have been abandoned for economic reasons or thrown ...
• 12 November 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri's appeal: "We need concrete help for displaced people affected by Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Security has improved thanks to the efforts of the military who are present here and the attacks of Boko Haram have declined", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dash Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, ...
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  12 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church: no to unauthorized collection of money for the flooded monasteries Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church, with a statement sent to the Egyptian media through its official channels, has warned individuals and groups not to announce the collection of money for and on behalf o ...
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  11 November 2015
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Bishops: "Reconciliation and national unity is a task that never ends" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to continue the peace and national unification process. This is what the Bishops of Angola call for in their pastoral Letter, sent to Fides, which was published on the occasion ...
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  11 November 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - An unidentified lethal disease affects the population of North Darfur Al-Fashir (Agenzia Fides) - Several children living in refugee camps in the town of Saraf Umra, North Darfur, continue to die of a disease which has not yet been identified and spread among the population about two month ...
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  11 November 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "Abandon arms and follow the path of dialogue" ask the Bishops Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (EMC) expresses its concern due to the "continuous deterioration" of the political and military situation in the country and calls on the government and Ren ...
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  10 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Justice and Peace" launches a major project of solidarity across the Country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To be present and close to the last and the marginalized, to promote the culture of solidarity and hospitality. These are the goals of the project presented by the "Justice and Peace" Episco ...
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  10 November 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Start negotiations to overcome the crisis after the cancellation of the vote in Zanzibar Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations are being held to overcome the political crisis due to the annulment of the results of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections in the semi-autonomous archipelago o ...
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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA - A weak monitoring system favors the spread of Ebola Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – A few days ago WHO declared Sierra Leone Ebola free (see Fides 06/11/2015), but in neighboring Guinea the disease continues to claim victims and has so far killed over 11,000 people in West Af ...
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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence, food insecurity, malnutrition: the population is exhausted Bentiu (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in southern Sudan continues to worsen, in October alone, dozens of children died and cases of violence were recorded. A new document of the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA ...
• 9 November 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Kribi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga Atangana, Vicar General of the diocese of Obala as Bishop of the Diocese of Kribi, in Cameroon. Rev. Mgr. Damase Zinga A ...
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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "The Pope’s visit invites us to reflect on the values of the nation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The coming of the Holy Father gives us the opportunity to reflect on those values which are the cornerstone and foundation of our Nation, for which our ancestors struggled and sacrificed their ...