Africa

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  2 December 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to the culture of hedonism that leads young people to ignore anti Covid-19 restrictions" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "People are tired of Covid-19 restrictions", says His Exc. Mgr. Sithembele Sipuka, Bishop of Mthatha and President of SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, which brings toge ...
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  2 December 2020
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Farewell to Archbishop Henri Teissier: he wanted to make known the importance of St. Augustine's African origins Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - He left this world on the feast of Blessed Charles de Foucauld: Henri Antoine Marie Teissier, Archbishop Emeritus of Algiers, died yesterday, December 1st, at the age of 91, due to the consequen ...
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  1 December 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga on the death of Kobine Lamaya: a "peacemaker" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a baobab that has fallen, because this man was a scholar, a man of wisdom, who spoke of unity and had respect and appreciation for his fellow men ", said His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné N ...
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  1 December 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Church continues to pray for peace while the situation in Tigray remains uncertain Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - While the government of Addis Ababa announced that Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, had been taken by the Ethiopian army and declared victory over the Tigray People's Liberation Fr ...
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  30 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertain situation in Tigray, concern for the fate of 100,000 Eritrean refugees Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I launch a strong appeal to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia so that the situation of 100,000 Eritrean refugees is urgently addressed", said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, ...
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  30 November 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 110 dead in Nigeria after suspected Boko Haram attack; there is still no news of a kidnapped priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations has declared that over 110 farmers were killed by the rebels of Boko Haram on November 28, in the village of Zabarmari, a community of rice farmers in the Jere area of the State ...
• 30 November 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Homa Bay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 November 2020, the Holy Father appointed rev. Michael Otieno Odiwa, of the clergy of Homa Bay, currently a Fidei Donum priest in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide (Australia) a ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Grand Mufti: political Islam has become "a nightmare" for Muslims and the whole world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The historical phenomenon of political Islam, which was intended to be an appeal to proclaim one's belonging to Islam and to awaken the Islamic faith in people's hearts, adhering to Islamic values ...
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  28 November 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Cardinal Ambongo: in Congo amidst the crisis and risks of balkanization, the Church alongside the people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – With the elevation of Fridolin Ambongo Besungu as Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Pope Francis - who created 12 Cardinals from this continent, more than any o ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "To celebrate the 49th anniversary of the passage to heaven of our founder, Blessed James Alberione, the Pauline Family represented here in the Ivory Coast by the daughters of St. Paul begins wi ...
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  28 November 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The National Director of the PMS: "The nation needs peace, solidarity and fraternity" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - There are still many knots to be resolved on the socio-political situation in the Ivory Coast, which still remains tense after the presidential vote on 31 October. This is what Father Jean Noël ...
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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Re-election in the first round of outgoing President Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The outgoing President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was re-elected with 57.87% of the votes, after a peaceful election which however was marked by difficulties in certain ar ...
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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Shops and homes of Coptic Christians ransacked and set on fire in sectarian attacks in the village of al Barsha Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The village of al Barsha, in the Egyptian governorate of Minya, was again, on Thursday 26 November, the scene of sectarian attacks perpetrated against members of the local Coptic Orthodox communit ...
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  27 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Assault on the capital of Tigray: eyewitness reports Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - For days, Ethiopian federal troops have been fighting on the outskirts of Mekele, the capital of the Tigray province, against the militias of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Yes ...
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  26 November 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Prime Minister Ahmed orders advance on Mekele Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed this morning ordered the army to launch the army of the regional government of Tigray in the capital, Mekele. The ultimatum launched on Sunday 22 November ...