Africa

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  9 July 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Covid-19 - For the Bishops: "too many people do not respect the security protocols in the demonstrations for the December vote" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the poor adherence to Covid-19 precautionary measures in the buildup to the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled to be held in December 2020", say ...
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  9 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - With the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, "the Country loses a model for young people" says President Alassane Ouattara Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast's Prime Minister, died on Wednesday 8 July in Abidjan. The information was broadcast live on national television, RTI 1, by Patrick Achi, Secretary General of ...
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  9 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In al Moqattam church and mosque built on the same ground, in the sign of national unity Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The inauguration date has not yet been announced, but the imposing shapes of the church and the mosque built next to each other, on the same two-acre plot, in the urban district of al Moqattam, no ...
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  9 July 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan's population exceeds 43 million, almost one in four needs help Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Food insecurity remains alarmingly high in Sudan with increased and protracted displacement, economic decline and inflation, and high food price hikes, exacerbated by the impacts of the COVID- ...
• 8 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 April 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Don Dennis CJ Nimene, of the diocesan clergy of Cape Palmas, as Nat ...
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  8 July 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - UN report: more than 1,100 people killed by Ugandan rebels in just over a year in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 397 cases of human rights violations attributable to ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) between 1 January 2019 and 31 January 2020, with the killing of at least 1,154 people, including 2 ...
• 8 July 2020
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 April 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Martial Ramiakadaoro, of the diocesan clergy of Antsirabé as Na ...
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  8 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Martyrs of the faith and the nation": the first cinematographic work on the Copts killed in Libya by the jihadists begins Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - The first cinematographic work dedicated to the 20 Coptic Christians beheaded in 2015 by the jihadists together with their Ghanaian workmate will be entitled "Martyrs of the faith and the nation ...
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  8 July 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Carmelites in support of Covid-19 patients from the diocese of Zomba Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - The hospital of the Pirimiti community of the diocese of Zomba has received three oxygen concentrators to equip the isolation ward for Covid-19 patients which was specifically created to deal with ...
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  7 July 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Solidarity of the European Bishops with Nigerian Bishops: "No more violence against Christians in Nigeria" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "According to recent statistics, some 6,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed since 2015 by, mostly, Boko Haram and militant Fulani pastoralists, which have committed terrorist attacks against ...
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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 ...