Africa

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  22 July 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Meeting between Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara: an important step towards reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The president of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara will receive his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo on July 27 at the presidential palace", declared the spokesman of the Ivorian government Amadou Coulib ...
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  21 July 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Education is the key to development: the General States of National Education and Literacy inaugurated Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking the Ivorian school environment is necessary to offer the younger generations a quality education is the goal of the General States of National Education and Literacy inaugurated on M ...
• 20 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Andraws Fahmi Abdou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Andraws Fahmi Abdoua as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 'Greening the School': the Bishops' project continues despite the pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Preserving and safeguarding the environment is the objective of the "Greening the School" project that the Education Commission at the Catholic Secretariat of the Uganda Bishops' Conference (UEC ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid spreads amid vaccine shortages and severe economic repercussions Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda is experiencing a second lockdown. After the first full closure in spring 2020, the government ordered a new quarantine. Officially, the health authorities of Kampala declare more than 88 ...
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  17 July 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - The Bishop of Manzini: "it is the most serious crisis that can be remembered, no one should expect quick responses" Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - The small African state of eSwatini, known until 2018 as Swaziland, is located in southern Africa, on the eastern flank of the Dragons Mountains, and borders Mozambique to the east and South Afr ...
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  16 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Stop the conflict and pave the way for dialogue and reconciliation: joint appeal by religious leaders Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to bring to light what has happened over the years between the communities of Zande and Balanda which has created inequality, fear, interest, injustice and lack of the rule ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: money, the media and the marketing of big companies are today the true "masters of the world" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The current state of the world is dominated by three "global powers" that do not identify with governments and political apparatuses, but rather fuel wars and violent conflicts according to their ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - In a worrying social and economic situation, the Churches strive to dialogue with everyone Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in the small Southern African state of eSwatini. The murder of Thabani Nkomonye, a young law student, at the hands of the police last May, sparked protests from thousands of c ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - The priest who was kidnapped on June 21 has been released Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Léon Dougnon, the priest who was kidnapped on June 21 along with four lay people from Ségué, was released on the afternoon of July 13, in Bandiagara, where he is still recovering from th ...
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  13 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 22 Christian publishing houses participate in the Cairo International Book Fair Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 publishing houses affiliated to Churches and ecclesial institutions present in Egypt are exhibiting books and editorial products at the 52nd edition of the Cairo International Book Fai ...
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  13 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The death of Cardinal Monsengwo: the Apostle of pastoral care in the political world Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We mourn Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, who was and will forever remain a prophetic force for the Church in Africa, especially in the political commitment for the triumph of justice, trut ...
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  12 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Forgiveness and unity with those we meet: the diocese of Rumbek in prayer for the recovery of bishop Carlassare Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Laity, men and women religious and the entire clergy of the diocese of Rumbek were invited on July 3, to gather in prayer for the total healing and physical recovery of the Bishop-elect Mgr. Chri ...
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  10 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 10 years of independence marked by civil war: the appeals for peace by Pope Francis and Christian leaders Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As we mark ten years of our independence today, with pains in our hearts, there is little to celebrate. It is truly a difficult time and experience for us, the people of South Sudan. Our hearts co ...
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  10 July 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A Consolata missionary: "For a hundred years at the service of the people, bringing the proclamation of the Gospel" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "One can take stock almost after a century of the presence of the Consolata Missionaries in Mozambique: the choice, made from the beginning, to concentrate efforts on schools and the formation of ...