Africa

• 11 October 2018
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Barthélemy Kikina Wang-Tou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Barthélemy Kikina Wang-Tou, of the clergy of the diocese of Lai as Na ...
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  11 October 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Bishops: "vote was carried out in a calm manner but there were irregularities especially in the English-speaking regions" Yoaundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were held in a calm manner, but there were serious irregularities in the English-speaking regions", says the Cameroonian Episcopal Conference in a statement that draws up a provi ...
• 10 October 2018
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the Bishop of Sarh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.J., currently Bishop of Laï as Bishop of the diocese of Sarh (Chad). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 10/1 ...
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  10 October 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Job Summit: "We need to involve women and young people more", says the Justice and Peace Commission Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of unemployment in South Africa wears gendered faces and young faces. We therefore expect more women and more unemployed youth to be well represented in any platform designed t ...
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  9 October 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary in Bangui: "The first “customer” of our bricks was Pope Francis" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a small dream that we have been nurturing for years and that, thanks to some lucky coincidences, and the help of several people, we have finally managed to fulfill. If there is a Country t ...
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  9 October 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appeal for elections that "consolidate peace, justice and social cohesion" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ivorians, let us make the difference with our political maturity. Each of us must engage in our sector and promote elections that consolidate peace, social cohesion and justice. Let us make our ...
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  8 October 2018
  AFRICA - The Nobel Peace Prize is "the symbol of an Africa that refuses to be overwhelmed by cruelty" Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - The 16th Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Congolese physician Denis Mukwege. In a list of 331 candidates he was chosen for the commitment of being a man of Africa against the use of sexual violen ...
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  8 October 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Presidential elections: abstention and violence in the English-speaking provinces Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Cameroon voted on Sunday 7 October in a presidential election marked by deadly violence in one of the country's English-speaking regions. Security forces shot dead three suspected separatists w ...
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  6 October 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Support for the education of young people, thanks to the missionaries Songea (Agenzia Fides) - From misery to degree. That of Upendo, a girl from Songea, Tanzania, is a story of determination, solidarity and social redemption. One of those stories made possible thanks to the commitment of ...
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  5 October 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Tension on the eve of the presidential vote Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There are 9 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Sunday 7 October in Cameroon. Among these there is outgoing President, Paul Biya, 85, in power since 1982, who aims at obtaini ...
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  4 October 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Alarm of Christian leaders: violence mainly affects women, children and the elderly Jos (Agenzia Fides) - About 6 thousand people, especially women, children and the elderly, of families of Christian farmers were brutally mutilated and killed in night raids by Fulani armed herdsmen, starting from Januar ...
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  4 October 2018
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The war in South Sudan has also hit the Church in Sudan" says the Bishop of El Obeid Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The separation between Sudan and South Sudan has left a great emptiness at an ecclesial level here in the North", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Yunan Tombe Triller Kuku Andali, Bishop of El ...
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  3 October 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The presence of foreign mercenaries undermines coexistence" says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, the Archdiocese of Bangui sends priests on missions. It is the sign of the vitality of our particular Church and of solidarity among the Churches", announced H ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the use of the image of Pope Francis for electoral purposes" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is requesting politicians not to use the image of the pope for their positioning", reads the Twitter account of the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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  2 October 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics are "called to political commitment", in view of the 2019 elections Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics must remain "firm and proud of their identity and participate actively in the governance of the Country, despite the political attacks that the Church is facing", while the nation pre ...