Africa

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  15 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccali: the thorns and flowers of a kidnapping Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "No information, no sign that will help us give a real name to what has happened and to glimpse the path to follow", writes Father Ceferino Cainelli, Provincial Superior of the Society for Africa ...
• 14 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saints Peter and Paul" philosophical seminary in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 April 2019 Card. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the "Saints Peter and Paul" inter-diocesan major philosophical Sem ...
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  14 February 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Massacres continue in general indifference in Ituri, in the province of North Kivu, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attributed to the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces). Acco ...
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  13 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Opus Dei in the Ivory Coast are to begin Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Celebrating these 40 years means realizing the miracles that God can do. From the five lay people at the beginning of 1980, today there are about 500 faithful of Opus Dei in the Ivory Coast, in ...
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  13 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The President has brought Nigeria to the brink" accuses the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No one could have imagined that in winning the Presidency, General Buhari would bring nepotism and clannishness into the military and the ancillary Security Agencies, that his government would be ...
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  12 February 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - After the 33rd Security Summit, "a political conscience in love with democracy" is expected Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Will there be concrete actions for the well-being of African populations or will it be a routine event as always? This is the question that many Africans are asking at the end of the 33rd Su ...
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  12 February 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Caritas Senegal: More than 7 million people in food crisis in the Sahel region Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – More than 7 million people are affected by food insecurity in the Sahel region. This was stated by Caritas Senegal, which held its 56th Plenary Assembly in Ziguinchor, from 8 to 9 February. The ...
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  8 February 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Education for girls from poor families: religious women in the front line Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - In Tanzania, studying is still a privilege. Although education is formally promoted by public authorities, it is difficult for boys and girls to attend regular school courses. Among the pr ...
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  31 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to contributing to national pacification Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Positive progress has been made but serious problems remain that if they are not dealt with responsibly, the change that the Congolese people manifested vigorously will remain a vain slogan", ...
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  30 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - "The Word that illuminates and nourishes us together with the bread of the Eucharist" Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "God sends his Word which enters our hearts. This Word invites us to meet others and listen to their existence, find time to talk, recognize, with contemplative eyes, the presence and action o ...
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  30 January 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Do not keep the Bible on shelves, but read it, meditate on it and then put into practice the Word of God" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very important thing that the Holy Father has thought about the word of God, and to give a chance as a reminder to all of us human beings, especially the Christians and in particular t ...
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  29 January 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The clergy: "We are concerned about the social and political crisis that leads young people to flee" Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the illegal migration of our young people" and "the serious socio-political situation of our country", say the Catholic priests of the Republic of Guinea at the end of th ...
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  28 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A legal framework is needed that guarantees peaceful, credible, free and transparent elections Kara (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the presidential elections in Togo, the atmosphere between political powers and the Church remains very tense. "As in Ivory Coast, the Catholic Church in Togo is also accused of being ...
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  28 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Prayer for peace in Abidjan no longer includes the procession "due to security reasons" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - It is an initiative scheduled since October 2019; unfortunately, the implementation of this project suffers from ambivalent, contradictory and ambiguous interpretations. This risks, if you are n ...
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  28 January 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Continental Symposium on the mission ad gentes has begun Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – The Continental Symposium on the mission ad gentes has begun, which will be held at the Cardinal Paul Zoungrana National Center in Ouagadougou from January 27 to February 1, 2020. Initial ...