Africa

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  16 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 425 health facilities made available by the Church as part of the fight against Covid-19 unused Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - 425 hospitals and clinics made available last year by the Nigerian Episcopal Conference as isolation centers in the fight against Covid-19 have not been used by the government, denounces a note fr ...
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  15 February 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Despite the coronavirus pandemic: Copts celebrate the sixth anniversary of the massacre of Coptic martyrs in Libya Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - The social distancing measures also planned in Egypt to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic did not prevent celebrating, even if in a sober and limited way, the 6th anniversary of the massacre o ...
• 15 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Lisala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed the Revered Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal'Etumba, of the clergy of Kinshasa, until now secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Divine Worship and the Discipl ...
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  15 February 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - African catechists, teachers of the Catholic faith Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "I feel the responsibility of evangelization and I like to consider myself a 'teacher of the Catholic faith'. In all my action, I feel sent for this mission". Buster Bockarie Junior is a young cate ...
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  13 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - GRAIL project for the care of children with HIV/AIDS begins Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The care of children affected by HIV/AIDS will soon become a reality in Ivory Coast through the GRAIL (Galvanizing Religious Actors for better Identification and Linkage to pediatric HIV) projec ...
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  13 February 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Orionine missionaries: "A new project to help the Masai" Kandisi (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of the project is to start a cultivation of 'yellow beans' in the Masai territory: the idea arises above all from the need to create new revenues for the Center and, at the same time, ...
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  12 February 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appeal of the former Bishop of Pemba in the face of the suffering of the population due to the conflict and the worsening of the refugee situation in Cabo Delgado Pemba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Province of Capo Delgado has been suffering from a terrorist war for three years and four months, which has caused the flight of over 600 thousand people and the death of more than two thousa ...
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  12 February 2021
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Founder of the "City of Friendship": Missionary nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary and founder of the "City of Friendship" in Opeka, which Pope Francis visited during his visit to Madagascar in September 2019, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 72 ...
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  10 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - New headquarters for the "Foundation Our Lady of Africa, Mother of All Graces", committed to faith and charity Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - February 2, 1987- February 2, 2021, the Marian Shrine of Abidjan is 34 years old. The celebration of this anniversary, Sunday February 7, 2021, was accompanied by the blessing of the headquarter ...
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  10 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio asks the government to allow the reopening of churches "in safety" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The benefits of public worship are enormous because most people in my diocese have little or no access to technology", says His Exc. Mgr. Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio who addre ...
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  9 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Covid-19 pandemic. Catholic Church suspends masses due to new measures Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in South Sudan is also adapting to the regulations decided by the government of South Sudan after the increase in Covid 19 cases. That is why Bishop Mathew Remijio von Wau suspends publi ...
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  9 February 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishops invite everyone to work together to defeat the second wave of Covid-19 Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The second wave of the Coronavorus pandemic continues to hit Zambia hard and the concern of the local church is growing. "In the fight against Covid-19, we call on all Zambians, regardless of th ...
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  8 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - International Day of Fraternity for all people: "Peace is a highly spiritual value" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the first "International Day of Fraternity for All Men" on February 4th, the Working Group for Peace in Africa, led by Fr. Eric Norbert Abekan, parish priest of the Holy Famil ...
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  8 February 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Increased Covid-19 risk in refugee camps: protective masks and disinfectants for schools Gambella (Agenzia Fides) - Masks, soap and hand disinfectants have been distributed in various primary and secondary schools located in the four refugee camps of Jewi, Itang and Kule in Gambella, Ethiopia. "According to ...
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  6 February 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Wave of violence in Darfur amid situation exacerbated by pandemic El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 130,000 displaced people who have fled the recent violent attacks that are currently isolating the city of El Geneina, capital of the West Darfur state. The demonstrators ...