Africa

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  9 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A situation that seems beyond control Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The ultimatum expired on Saturday, but no one knows what the consequences are. It seems that the government is afraid", Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Agenzia Fides, whe ...
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  7 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Historical Coptic monasteries damaged by floods Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Floods caused by heavy rains in recent days that hit the region of Wadi al-Natrun have caused heavy damage in the four historic Coptic monasteries of Anba Bishoy, Al Suryan, Al Baramos and St. Mac ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - On Saturday, November 7, 2015: the Country will be declared "Ebola free" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, November 7 after 1 year and 5 months, Sierra Leone will be declared Ebola free, considered the largest epidemic in history: 14,061 cases registered and 3,955 deaths in the Country. ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi threatens the risk of a civil war Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We directly live the concerns expressed by the international community on the situation in our Country, because every day we see the bodies of people killed during the night here in Bujumbura ...
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  6 November 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Middle East Council of Churches: unify the date for the Easter celebrations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The path for the Promotion of Christian Unity also involves the adoption of concrete measures such as a common date for the Easter celebrations. This is what was reported in the final declaration ...
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  5 November 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Eight hundred children in feast: they will not study any more in the rain or under the hot sun Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Work has begun to rebuild two new classrooms in the Primary School '19 de Outubro of Ngalunde, 42 km from Maputo, district of Marracuene. The news of the great feast, which involved all the 800 p ...
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  5 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society: "There are foreign jihadists in our region despite what the UN says" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are foreign fighters operating in the ranks of the ADF-NALU, a Ugandan guerrilla group that for years has raged in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what a note s ...
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  5 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Pope Francis' visit is a blessing and an opportunity for Kenyans" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that the Pope will begin his visit in Africa here, in this great nation, is a blessing and an opportunity for us Kenyans", said His Exc. Mgr. Alfred Rotich, Ordinary Military, Presiden ...
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  4 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kidnappings: new plague in North Kivu: more than 600 seizures since the beginning of the year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 14 members of a Congolese NGO kidnapped in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. The episode, stress missionary sources to Agenzia Fides, is just the latest in ...
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  4 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "South Sudan is not prepared to deal with terrorist infiltration" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The causes of the crash of a Russian aircraft after taking off from South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday, November 4, are not known, in which 41 people have been killed. "Hypothetically we canno ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The civil war continues to penalize the population: now the aim is survival Lui (Agenzia Fides) - "Civil war resumes in South Sudan and is undermining the troubled path towards the development of the Country". This is the testimony of Don Dante Carraro, Director of Doctors with Africa Cuamm (CUA ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' new appeal: "Let us join together as a nation on the occasion of Pope Francis' arrival" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We continue to urge Kenyans to seek peace and tolerance in difficult times". With these words, the Episcopal Conference of Kenya launches a new appeal so that Pope Francis' visit will help to u ...
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  3 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Curtain up for the children of the Little Prince": A theater school in the slum in Kibera Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A theater school in the slum in Kibera has become a unique experience for the children of the Little Prince. The school, supported by the NGO AVSI, is a Christian school founded in 2000 as an af ...
• 3 November 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeals from religious leaders regarding the fate of 80,000 displaced people in the woods Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Even the religious leaders of the region join the appeal launched by Doctors with Africa Cuamm for the displaced people living in Western Equatoria, South Sudan. In particular about the fate of mor ...
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  30 October 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Prayer alone is not enough to solve the economic crisis, one must also work hard", says the Bishop of Monze Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We should not just depend on prayers but must also work hard to respond to the economic hardships the Country is facing", said His Exc. Mgr. Moses Hamungole, Bishop of Monze, Zambia, where on Su ...