Africa

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  21 September 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The story of a missionary: "Making Jesus present among poor people who struggle to get by" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "A year has gone by since I started my 'fidei donum' service in the Church of Robe in Ethiopia, so I thought I would tell you about the progress made": writes to Fides Fr. Giuseppe Ghirelli, curre ...
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  18 September 2015
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Children recruited have been freed from the armed forces and integrated into educational programs Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - About 400 children recruited by armed groups in Somalia have been released and reintegrated into society through educational programs and professional training. Thanks to a project that the Un ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 60% of children are victims of abuse and violence of all kinds Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Six out of ten Nigerian children suffer violence of various kinds, and a quarter of girls are raped. The alarm was raised by the study, Violence against children, carried out by the Commission for ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Uncontrollable epidemic of measles: 23,000 people infected Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 23,000 people, mostly children, have been infected with measles in the region of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 400 have died. This was reported by the humanitaria ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Un golpe prevedibile visto che la guardia pretoriana di Compaoré non è stata sciolta Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are talking about a predictable coup because the Presidential Guard (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle RSP) which reigned for 25 years, was not dissolved after the destitution of B ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No school for children living in IDP camps in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The majority of children living in the camps in West Darfur do not go to school. The serious problem is in addition to the increase in children who have no shelter. This alarm was launched by the ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - UN warning: "The crisis in Burundi can trigger a broader regional conflict" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a risk of a major conflict in the Great Lakes region, which no one can predict the proportions" if the political crisis in Burundi is not resolved. This is the warning launched by Pa ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - Over 300,000 refugees welcomed in Cameroon, to which are added 100,000 IDPs Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Only one African country, Cameroon, welcomes over 300,000 refugees from Nigeria and the Central African Republic, according to data from the Inter-ministerial ad hoc Committee responsible for ma ...
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  16 September 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 ...
• 15 September 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A Comboni Congolese missionary wounded in a road ambush Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A Comboni missionary of Congolese nationality was injured in a road ambush in Lakes State in South Sudan. The event took place on 11 September. According to Church sources contacted by Agenzia Fide ...
• 14 September 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The jihadists hide in the forests of Virunga protected by apparently autonomous local groups Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Muslim Defense International (MDI), who have settled in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu province (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), take advantage of "satellites" ...
• 14 September 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Turning point in the Libyan negotiations? "We hope this is the right moment" hopes Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope this is the right moment and that the Libyans are seriously able to reach an agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, a ...
• 12 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops denounce the climate of violence and the rekindling of the spirit of division of the Country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Thou shalt not kill". With reference to the fifth commandment the Bishops of Burundi invite Burundians to work for peace in the Country which is experiencing the worst crisis since the civil ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The rains have caused severe damage to church structures in Mbour; controversy over the lack of relief Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains have devastated Senegal in recent days and damaged the home and the school of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and the church of Santa Marta in Mbour, 80 km south of the c ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Chief of Staff escapes a road ambush carried out by rebel soldiers Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Chief of Staff of the Burundian army, General Prime Niyongabo, escaped this morning, September 11, an attack in the capital, Bujumbura. The convoy of the general was attacked by a heavily ...