Africa

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  15 January 2020
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Too much alcohol among young people" denounce the Bishops Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops’ Conference of Benin is concerned about the excessive consumption of alcohol by a large segment of the youth in our Country" said His Exc. Mgr. Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, Bishop ...
• 14 January 2020
  AFRICA - Passage of Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has decided to pass the Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region - Alger, Constantine, Oran, Tunis - from the Congregation for Bishops to the Congregation ...
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  14 January 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "after 125 years of evangelization we are urged to put an end to the crisis" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, we thank God for his work of salvation in the life of the Central African people through the commitment of men and women of faith. We pay tribute to all missio ...
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  13 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The 114th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference opens today in the sign of reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Communion at the service of reconciliation". This is the theme of the 114th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of the Ivory Coast, which will be held from 13 to 19 January, at the Lat ...
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  13 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - There is still no news of 4 seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no news of the four seminarians kidnapped on the evening of January 8 in the "Good Shepherd d Kakau" Major Seminary along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The village is located near Kad ...
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  10 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Attack against soldiers on the border with Mali; according to a Bishop, the jihadists intend to occupy the Sahel region Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Suspected Islamic militants killed at least 25 soldiers on Thursday in an attack that came just a month after the worst jihadist assault on the military in years. The attack, which also left doze ...
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  10 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Manipulation of the Constitutions in Africa: a brake on democracy Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming presidential elections, Guinea and Ivory Coast are willing to review their respective national Constitutions in order to ensure that the various outgoing powers have the ...
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  9 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A caravan of peace, reconciliation and development in preparation for the October 2020 presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2011, peace has been the main concern in the minds of Ivorians. Indeed, after more than a decade of political-military crisis in the Ivory Coast (2002-2011), the Ivorians in general and th ...
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  9 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A missionary: "There are no large highways for evangelization, but small paths that must be sought every day" Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "I had already visited some farms in the middle of the wooded savannah, behind Kadambara, towards the south a few days ago, where there is a pressing need for water", says to Agenzia Fides Fat ...
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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Diocesan pilgrimage: women of the Catholic Church join forces to pray for peace in the Country Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic women in the face of politics". This is the theme on which the women of AFEC, the Association of Women of the Catholic Church of the Dioceses of Yamoussoukro and Agboville reflect ...
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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the Jubilee of the Church in Ivory Coast, the jubilee of the Society for African Missions Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Ivory Coast celebrated 125 years of evangelization: the fathers of the Society for African Missions (SMA) were pioneers for the missionary work in the country (see Fid ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Explosion on the border with Cameroon causes 30 deaths Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon on Monday, January 6, killing at least 30 people and injuring many others. According to the Cameroonia ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/DRC - Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo denounces a plan for the balkanization of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The general climate in the eastern part of the Country is characterized by insecurity and unbearable misery. The report clearly shows that the goal of all this is the balkanization of our Coun ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi at the vigil of Coptic Christmas: "If we love God, we must love each other" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us continue in an honorable way, in a time without honor, and we believe that God will make honorable people victorious". Thus Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi expressed himself in his ...
• 7 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2020, the Holy Father appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos (Nigeria) His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Ishaya Audu, currently Bishop of Lafia. His Exc. ...