Africa

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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: psychological support offered by the eight Episcopal Conferences of East Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Spiritual support is a necessity amidst the pandemic", says Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo, Pastoral Coordinator of AMECEA (Association of Members of Episcopal Conferences in East Africa), speaking of t ...
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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: meeting of women of all political tendencies to contribute to a peaceful vote Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the presidential elections in Ivory Coast, on October 31, when the tensions in the Country are becoming increasingly felt, UN-Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equali ...
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  24 October 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Social tensions, strikes, corruption and the risk of food emergencies Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in our country is the subject of many concerns because of the continual violations of rights and the extreme poverty which concerns more and more people. It is estimated that by th ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Parliamentary election: Coptic Bishops declare “equidistance” and want high voter turnout Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours before the start the Egyptian parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for Saturday, October 24th and Sunday, October 25th, various Coptic Orthodox Bishops affirm the “equidistan ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops in view of the election: "It should be peaceful, inclusive and democratic" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The next elections should be peaceful, inclusive and democratic in the spirit of the National Conference of February 1990", said the Bishops of Benin in the statement published at the end of th ...
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  23 October 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Civil War creates lost generation Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglophone regions of Cameroon, where 20% of the country's population live, have been experiencing a social and humanitarian crisis since 2016. The crisis signals a historic gap between the ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops complain of a "standstill" in the Country and death threats against confreres in the episcopate Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened that our politicians are showing revolting indifference while the country is on the verge of bankruptcy", said the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a messa ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The third National Eucharistic Congress will take place in 2021 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Congolese society is facing various challenges, namely the rebirth of paganism with its consequences, the spread of sects, and esoteric movements, and in particular the crisis that is shak ...
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  22 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Youth protest, the result of a mixture of poverty and indignation according to the testimony of a Nigerian friar Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - It is poverty that drives Nigerians to protest, not just outrage at police violence. Young people overwhelmed by misery and frustrated by unemployment take to the streets to protest and demand eco ...
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  21 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Life has become dangerously brutish and short in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Ending the SARS will not solve the enormous problems of Nigeria, because it is futile treating symptoms of a disease when the root cause is known", the Bishops in Nigeria say in their statement o ...
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  21 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than one hundred young people confirmed in a parish of Kinshasa sent as "missionaries in the suburbs" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "What God expects from each of us is a true and sincere willingness to go on a mission. Everyone must say to God today: here I am Lord, send me. In addition to our availability, it is also our ...
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  20 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of legally recognized Christian churches rises to 1738 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government recently issued a new decree in which it recognizes the full compliance of another 45 churches and 55 adjoining buildings, with the provisions governing the construction of ...
• 20 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - World Mission Sunday 2020: Diocese of Yopougon sends lay persons on a mission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians and ambassadors, we are the voice of Jesus Christ in our respective environment", said Fr. Harold Kouakou on Sunday 18 October, in his homily on the occasion of the official celeb ...
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  20 October 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - About 300 detainees of the prison in Kangbayi on the run: "The people are afraid" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 detainees escaped today, when a group of armed men attacked Kangbayi Central Prison in Beni, north of Kivu, in eastern DRC at 4 a.m. As a representative of the Center for Studies ...
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  19 October 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Tense presidential election results Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the first round of the presidential election on October 18th is expected, in an atmosphere of tension. The two main candidates are outgoing President Alpha Condé, and Cellou Dale ...