Africa

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  7 July 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - JRS continues its mission to assist refugees in Lunda Norte in the context of the world pandemic Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "After COVID-19 had knocked on our doors in mid-March, JRS was forced to rethink its mission. It was not about changing the content of the mission itself. Instead, it was about adjusting our stra ...
• 7 July 2020
  AFRICA/INDIAN OCEAN - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Michel Moura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 18, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Michel Moura, of the diocesan clergy of Port Louis as National ...
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  6 July 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops launch an appeal to end insecurity in Narok and Marsabit counties Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned with continued insecurity and tensions in the Counties of Narok and Marsabit which have led to loss of lives, displacement of people and destruction of properties", says ...
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  6 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Forgotten crisis: 2.2 million people risk starvation Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming months, over 2.2 million burkinabés are at risk of starving due to ongoing conflicts and extreme climatic conditions (see Fides, 30/5/2020). In 2020, the number of people affe ...
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  6 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Fr. Jean-Baptiste Akwandan elevated to the dignity of Chaplain of his Holiness: "a manifestation of God's blessing towards the Atchan people Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "I didn't know what to say, I was surprised by the appointment, and the second reaction is a thank you not for me, but for the 125 Ebrié priests commonly called Atchan (an ethnic group that liv ...
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  4 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Africa, Covid-19 has not stopped wars Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - When, in the last week of March, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres first, and then Pope Francis, just when the pandemic was taking on frightening dimensions, launched a heartfel ...
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  4 July 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Corruption undermines the fight against Covid-19: the poorest pay the price Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In Africa, 383,747 people are currently suffering from coronavirus, of whom 183 thousand are hospitalized in healthcare facilities, while the number of deaths has reached 9,691. In Kenya there a ...
• 4 July 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Solomon Patrick Zaku Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 27, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Solomon Patrick Zaku, of the diocesan clergy of Maiduguri as ...
• 3 July 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ndola Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Phiri, currently titular Bishop of Nachingwea and Auxiliary of the Diocese of Chipata, as Bishop of the Diocese of Ndola (Zambia ...
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  3 July 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Episcopal ordination and the taking possession of the diocese of Kinkala Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The episcopal ordination and the canonical taking of possession of His Exc. Mgr. Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga, new Bishop of Kinkala (capital of the Pool department) appointed on March 5 by Pop ...
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  3 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Death sentence confirmed for one of the Coptic monks accused of the murder of Abbot Epiphanios Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Cassation of Egypt confirmed on Wednesday 1 July the sentence of death sentence pronounced in previous judicial proceedings against Wael Saad Tawadros, former Egyptian Orthodo ...
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  3 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic: National Catholic Radio stops broadcasting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The institutions of the Catholic Church in Ivory Coast are not immune to the economic consequences caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as in the case of the Catholic Radio, defined as "The Voice ...
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  2 July 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The government coalition has lost its raison d'etre": harsh stance by Cardinal Ambongo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A quick glance at the past sixty years shows that this dream of redeeming the Congolese from colonialism has been progressively destroyed by a series of events", said His Eminence Cardinal Fri ...
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  2 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Peace, reconciliation and social cohesion: challenges ahead of the presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Four months before the presidential elections, scheduled for October 31, 2020, while politicians carry out their election campaigns, many observers are attentive to the role of the Church in par ...
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  1 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "What will the post-Covid-19 world look like?": A priest organizes a series of radio conferences Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "What will the world be like after Covid-19? Will it be the same as before or will it be different? How can the global health crisis be an opportunity to profoundly change our habits and make us ...