Africa

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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Protection for women in Darfur from abuse, sexual violence, harassment and killings Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - Women in Darfur continue to be abused, sexually harassed and killed. As Fides learns, social researcher Ibtihal Ishag denounced the condition of women in Darfur, during a conference on violence ...
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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops and African leaders take a stand against xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The voices of the Bishops of African countries against xenophobic violence in South Africa are being raised. "South Africans must not forget that other Africans have played a leading role i ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Feminicides: "May God free men from the belief that we possess women", says His Exc. Mgr. Phalana Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - While the wave of violence against Nigerian migrants does not stop (see Fides, 5/9/2019), South African society is confronted with another form of widespread violence: that against women. L ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "Remain in the heart of Jesus": the Church thanks Pope Francis who "has traced a path" Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The journey of Pope Francis was extraordinary, full of encounters and emotions. Francis reminded the Bishops that a Pastor must be close to God, to his priests, close to the people. Madagasca ...
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  9 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "A population abandoned to itself. Pope Francis is right in denouncing corruption", says a missionary Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Most of the population of Madagascar lives in extreme poverty caused largely by the lack of distribution of the resources of which the country is rich", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Cosimo Al ...
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  7 September 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Carmelites: "Education and development are our mission in the young heart of Africa" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Creating jobs in Africa, giving birth to small entrepreneurial experiences, giving opportunities to men and women who live in a country at the top of the poverty ladder: is the commitment of the ...
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  7 September 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A song, poetry and theater competition in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We wanted to let our creativity speak, we discovered that these are initiatives that arouse interest and that allow to spread the event of the Extraordinary Missionary Month better in pastoral ...
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  7 September 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Women's participation in politics: interreligious symposium ahead of the elections Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) - "The Constitution of Tanzania states that authority and control belong to the people, and all women have the right to participate in the promotion of the economy of the country. This is an expect ...
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  6 September 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "We are waiting for Pope Francis with joy and hope" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis is awaited with joy by all the Malagasy", says to Agenzia Fides Jean Hervé Rakotozanany, journalist and former editor-in-chief of Radio Don Bosco, Madagascar's most important ...
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  6 September 2019
  AFRICA - The Pope in Africa: it is possible to hope for a better future Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again, in the eyes of the world, the history of the African continent continues to be written on scores of hatred and violence", said Father Donald Zagore, SMA, to Agenzia Fides with regards ...
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  5 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Violence against Nigerian migrants; the Bishops: "This is xenophobia, the police does nothing to prevent it" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Tension between Nigeria and South Africa increases due to the violence against the Nigerian community that lives in the southern African country. South Africa has announced that it has temp ...
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  5 September 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - On the path towards peace, "without exploiting the Pope's visit", asks a missionary Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – The that welcomes Pope Francis is a Mozambique in the grip of new and ancient problems. A Country that for 35 years has been looking for definitive peace among the main parties (Frelimo, in gov ...
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  4 September 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The martyr Catechists of the Church of Mozambique towards beatification Guiúa (Agenzia Fides) - On March 23, thousands of faithful gathered in the Catechetical Center of Guiúa, diocese of Inhambane, for the conclusion of the diocesan phase of the process of Beatification and Canonization o ...
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  4 September 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Enthusiasm for the Pope's video message in Portuguese Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - There is strong enthusiasm in Maputo for the arrival of Pope Francis, whose plane will land on the evening of September 4th. "The video message in which Pope Francis turned to Mozambicans in Port ...
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  3 September 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Enthusiasm in the DRC for the elevation of the Archbishop of Kinshasa to Cardinal Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our heartfelt congratulations to His Eminence Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, for his elevation by Pope Francis to the dignity of Cardinals in the Catholic Church, in particular in the C ...