Africa

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  9 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres in North Kivu bring the number of victims, since October 30, to 141. Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More dead and wounded due in the assaults of the ADF/NALU militiamen in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu (in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). According to the NGO of CEPADHO civil ...
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  7 December 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders. "Let us not quarrel over the report of the Building Bridges Initiative commission" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Having taken time to review and understand the report by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce, we have recognized that there are many recommendations that have potential to transform ...
• 7 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Koupéla and appointment of new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of of the Archdiocese of Koupéla (Burkina Faso), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Séraphin François Rouamba. At the same tim ...
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  6 December 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We are a family of God's people": first diocesan Synod in the history of the Country Nzara (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a family of God’s people, in participatory service to the Church". This is the theme of the first Diocesan Synod organised by the Diocese of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan, from November ...
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  6 December 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - A campaign to call for support for the Catholic Auditor General of the Republic of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign to call for support for the Catholic Auditor General of the Republic of Ghana Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo is underway, who is the subject of a series of investigations by the Economic and O ...
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  5 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Catholic Church's condolences for the Sunday massacre Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by this evil act, the Church joins the pain of the Federation of Churches and Evangelical Missions in Burkina Faso. We send our sincere condolences and we are in comm ...
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  5 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Caritas adopts a South African method to assist orphans due to AIDS Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, the diocesan Caritas of Man has been involved in raising awareness and psychosocial support of over 500 orphan children due to AIDS, according to the "Memory Box" method develop ...
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  4 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops call for a week of reconciliation ahead of the 2020 elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 2020 elections, there is a climate of widespread fear among the population in the Ivory Coast; fear linked to the recurrence of conflicts between communities or land occupation, t ...
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  4 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrate 100 years of mission in the DRC Kinshasa (Agence Fides) - "Remembering, celebrating, starting with Christ" is the theme around which the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) celebrate the centenary of their presence in the Democrati ...
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  3 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of Kivu suspend ecclesial activities for a day to protest civilian massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A day of "mourning and prayer" and a strike of all ecclesial and social services, including Catholic schools and universities, was held yesterday, Monday, December 2, as a sign of "communion an ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 14 dead in an attack on a Protestant church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 14 people were killed during Sunday service in a Protestant church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of Burkina Faso. According to local authorities, an armed group entered the ch ...
• 2 December 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Moshi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Hios Exc. Mgr. Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, currently Bishop of Kahama, as Bishop of the Diocese of Moshi (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2/12/2019) ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Celebration of Missionary Childhood Week 2020: a choral competition and a missionary piggy bank has been launched Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year, the Pontifical Mission Societies celebrate World Missionary Childhood Day at Epiphany so that children within the Church feel part of the Church and missionaries. In order to prep ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA - World AIDS Day: The DREAM program of the Community of Sant’Egidio for 11 African countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saving the future of Africa by fighting the main cause of death among the continent's adolescents: HIV virus. This is the challenge of the DREAM program of the Community of Sant’ Egidio which, on ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Comboni Missionaries: "To accompany the population towards a path of peace and reconciliation" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "South Sudanese leaders have a moral obligation towards their citizens to promote real prospects for peace, development and democracy in the country". This is what Father Daniele Moschetti, a Combo ...