Africa

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  30 July 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Covid-19 hits a very poor nation in a state of permanent conflict Bozoum (Agenzia Fides) - In the Central African Republic, Covid-19 is spreading rapidly. According to the World Health Organization, there are at least 4,599 confirmed cases and 59 deaths. "On the territory, however, the ...
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  29 July 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Bishop of El Obeid: steps forward towards democracy, peace and national identity El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "The first good news to report is that the ceasefire still holds up in the Country. Of course, there are still many aspects to be addressed and also some outbreaks of inter-ethnic or tribal con ...
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  29 July 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The PMS National Director: "Aid from the Emergency Fund has opened our eyes to how important it is to share the little one has" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "Zimbabwe is an agricultural country with 14 million inhabitants in southern Africa. It suffered a devastating drought in 2018/2019 which caused unspeakable suffering for the population who rely ...
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  28 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Monastery of St. Macarius commemorates Abbot Epiphanios, two years after his assassination Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The commemorations of Anba Epiphanios, Coptic Orthodox Bishop killed two years ago, on 29 July 2018, will take place on Wednesday 29 July at the Monastery of St. Macarius, in that monastery, where ...
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  28 July 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Scalabrinians: infections, unemployment and corruption increase Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has entered "phase 3" of the coronavirus pandemic, but the infection, instead of stopping, is spreading. The cases have reached 395,000 (half of all infections in Africa) and t ...
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  27 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops in plenary assembly: health, social and political crisis at the center Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing health crisis, with spiritual, pastoral, economic, social and political challenges: is the central theme of the 116th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ivory ...
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  27 July 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The first Catholic radio station of the Archdiocese of Blantyre kicks off Kuwala (Agenzia Fides) - After two years’ search of license to set up a radio station in Blantyre Archdiocese, Kuwala (light) FM as the radio will be known has received a regional license making it the first Catholic r ...
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  25 July 2020
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "There is still a lot of fear, but finally our churches have reopened!" Fés (Agenzia Fides) - "The government has rewarded the discipline of the Moroccan population who, with patience and stoicism, faced a long lockdown", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Matteo Revelli, priest of the Society ...
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  25 July 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Negotiations do not stop civil conflict: violence continues Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - In Cameroon the civil war continues, if anything it is getting worse. In recent weeks, the clash between English-speaking rebels and the police forces sent to quell the revolt has caused dozens ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Card. Souraphiel: "Dialogue, solidarity, international relations: the Church works for the good of the nation" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a climate of tension due to the period of profound transformation and the numerous reforms initiated by the government which, evidently, not everybody agrees. But the Churc ...
• 24 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Jean-Baptiste major Seminary in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Valentin Dabiré, of the diocesan clergy of Diébougou as Rector ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Missionaries: pastoral activities resumed "to guarantee mass for even the most remote communities" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Liberia we are still in 'Phase 1' even if we have resumed our pastoral activities, with all the necessary precautions", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Lorenzo Snider, priest of the Society for ...
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  23 July 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Jesuits in Africa: starting afresh from young people to give a prosperous future to the continent Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Starting afresh from children to build a peaceful future in Africa. Rely on their energies to transform the continent into a better place. This is the sense of a virtual meeting, the first of a lo ...
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  23 July 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A missionary: "The post-Covid recovery, still an impervious path" Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-Covid recovery in Angola has been once again postponed: we here in the neighborhood of Kikolo, on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, are heading towards the fifth closing month. In Ju ...
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  22 July 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - First Eucharist in Kolowarè with about 200 people after the lockdown Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "We hadn't heard the bells of our parish ring for months", writes Father Silvano Galli, a priest of the Society for African Missions, a missionary in the St Léon IX parish of Kolowaré to Age ...