Africa

• 20 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Our only weapon is prayer", say the Bishops in condemning the assault in Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The wounds inflicted to people are felt by the whole nation. We invite you to remember and pray for the victims, the injured, their families and their friends", said a statement of the Bish ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Teenage pregnancy and early marriage in Malawi Blantire (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of single mothers is a reality that affects many women in Malawi. In most districts in the southern part of Malawi, it is customary that when girls reach a certain age they go in ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Regulation of worship: the President in favor of a compromise with the 'official' churches Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Constitution accords every Kenyan the right to worship and I fully support that position. But we will not allow thieves to use religion to steal from Kenyans", said the President of Kenya, ...
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  19 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - West African States intend to fight together against terrorism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against terrorism will be the focus of the Special Session of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO/ECOWS), announced by the President of Benin, Boni Yayi, in the c ...
• 18 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Kenyan army launches an operation to free the soldiers captured by the Shabaab Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Kenya, General Samson Mwathethe, revealed some details of the attack carried out on January 15 by the Somali Shabaab against a base of the Kenyan milita ...
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  18 January 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Vaccination campaign: by 2106 a quarter of the children will be vaccinated against the killer diseases Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launches vaccination campaign of unprecedented scale in the Central African Republic (CAR). The goal is to reach about 220,000 children, representing a quarter of al ...
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  18 January 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - National Director of the PMS: "The Country is in shock, mourning for three days and in churches we pray for peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "In the churches of Burkina Faso, the faithful pray for peace" says Fr. Oscar Zoungrana, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Burkina Faso, where on January 15 a gr ...
• 15 January 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Buhari: "I want to get to the bottom of the causes of the kidnapping of the Chibok girls" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered another investigation into the abduction of 219 girls and in particular intends to clarify the responsibility of the security forces in their failure to rele ...
• 15 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Agreement between the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) - Commission for Education and Religious Education and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) signed a memorandum of understanding in a ...
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  13 January 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health care for nomads and the poor in East Darfur Ed Daein (Agenzia Fides) - The Zakat Chamber in eastern Darfur has announced the launch of programs and health care assistance for nomads by the end of January, with the goal of providing the best services to the poorest ...
• 13 January 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Albert the Great" Seminary in Abeokuta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 October 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Anselm Izuade Ekhelar of the diocesan clergy of Auchi as Rector of ...
• 13 January 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "We are shocked and surprised by the proposed regulation of worship" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - With "shock and surprise" the Bishops of Kenya say they have received the news that the government has formulated new rules that, "if implemented, will have direct and negative impact on our eva ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hundreds of displaced South Sudanese stranded at the border with DRC Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of South Sudanese have been abounding the capital of Western Equatoria State, Yambio, to take refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, where they are deprived of humanit ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Bishop of Port-Gentil Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 January 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu, Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Libreville as Bishop of the Diocese of Port-Gentil (Gabon). The ...
• 12 January 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Is the constant insecurity in the east used to sabotage the elections? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The persistence of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group originally from Uganda but still active in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raises various concerns ...