Africa

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  25 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "We hope for a new beginning" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that it is truly a new beginning. We must thank the international community for the support given to the civilian government, the Sudanese demonstrators and all those people who worked ...
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  25 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic Diocese of Adigrat warns of current impact of war in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Like all Tigrayans, the Catholic Church has been seriously affected by this genocidal war waged against us by the local army and by foreign armies. Physical, psychological and spiritual attacks ...
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  24 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A new phase of "government experts": hope for a return to democracy Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The coup in Sudan, which forcibly overturned the transition council established in August 2019 in the wake of the so-called "Sudanese Spring", ended less than a month later. On Sunday, November ...
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  24 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Arson attacks in schools: bishops want to better accompany students Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to review ways of maintaining discipline in our schools through deliberate coordinated efforts of correction, mentorship, counselling and effective chaplaincy ministry", said the bishop ...
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  23 November 2021
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Angolan migrants: rainy season leads to a deterioration in living conditions Etunda (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 4 000 Angolans fleeing unemployment, drought and hunger in their own country, are currently in Etunda, in the Omusati region. The already poor conditions these migrants live in are now bei ...
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  23 November 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - West African bishops complain that the situation is worsening Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in the country is worsening day by day, armed groups are advancing and the army is being attacked again and again. And they are subordinating the population to their ...
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  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Farewell to monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, last companion of the martyrs of Tibhirine Fez (Agenzia Fides) - "It was so beautiful!", the Trappist monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher repeated with emotion, when he recalled the long years of fraternal life spent together with his confreres in the Algerian monastery ...
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  22 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Adequate resources are lacking to deal equally with the pandemic as well as the severe drought Wajir (Agenzia Fides) - Programs of recovery and resilience, food security (sustainable agriculture), supply of water, health and sanitation are among the priorities that the Camillian Disaster Service (CADIS) Kenya, Int ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Brazzaville and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Anatole M ...
• 22 November 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of bishop of Kankan, Mgr Alexis Aly Tagbino Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 20, 2021, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino as bishop of the diocese of Kankan, Guinea, transferring him from the office of auxiliary of the same diocese. (SL) ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Now you are adults in faith": more than 300 young people and adults receive the sacrament of Confirmation Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in the faith, despite the many challenges to be faced", said the Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi Msgr. David Kamau on the occasion of the Confirmation ceremony during which he ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The population refuses to return to the military regime Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The tones are getting more and more exasperated. The military, after the failure of the hypothesis of a national unity government - after the failure of talks with the deposed Prime Minister A ...
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  20 November 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Against human trafficking and abuse: Comboni missionary sisters help street children Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Girls between 10 and 15 years of age are crammed into a tin hut, where they even 30 or 40 sleep", says Sister Fernanda Cristinelli about the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking. "The pov ...
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  19 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Salesians: we share what we are and what we have with the people who suffer Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Above all, displaced persons want the war to end and peace to reign so that they can return to normal lives. Those who have fled their homes desperately need something to eat, drink, sleep ...
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  18 November 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Tanzania Episcopal Conference launch the 20th AMECEA Plenary: "Environmental Impact on Sustainable Human Development" Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a responsibility to evangelize ourselves first so that we can change our attitude towards the environment and remind the people about the importance of caring for the environment as we e ...