Africa

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  9 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Mgr. Bertin: ISIS has arrived in Somalia; "The interests of various international partners increase the Somali instability" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - ISIS has arrived in Somalia. Reports of Western secret services speak of the presence of Islamic State cells. They are made up of former al Shabaab militants (Somali jihadist organization link ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA/MALI - A new video of the kidnapped Colombian nun; "An encouraging sign" says the Bishop of Sikasso Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We have seen the video and we are happy to know she is alive and this urges us to continue our prayers and efforts for her release", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Baptiste Tiama, Bish ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA - Young Africans towards the Synod: Christ is the light to go forward Kara (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people, to be celebrated in October 2018, will be an important moment for young Africans: "Never before in history was a Synod for young people organized wit ...
• 30 January 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Lusaka and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the renunciation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Lusaka (Zambia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Telesphore George Mpundu. The Pope has a ...
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  30 January 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions for the "presidential oath" of the opposition leader, defeated in the October elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The clashes reported by international agencies refer to the early hours of the morning. At the moment the police have withdrawn from the site of the gathering", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Don Bo ...
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  29 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - President Kabila in an open dispute with the Catholic Church Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Nowhere in the Bible, has Jesus Christ ever presided over an electoral commission", said President Joseph Kabila in the press conference convened on January 26 to take stock of the political, ...
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  26 January 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - New peaceful demonstrations on the streets of the country are scheduled Lome (Agenzia Fides) - The popular movement of peaceful protest does not stop: on 31st January, the 1st and 2nd February the Togolese have been invited to take to the streets of the capital Lomè and other cities as a si ...
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  25 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "Where the police behaved professionally, there were no incidents" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Where the police behaved professionally there were no incidents". This was underlined by Donatien Nshole, Secretary General of CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of Congo), presenting a repo ...
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  25 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Fr. Robert Masinda is free", says the Vicar General of Butembo-Beni to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Robert Masinda is free and on his way to reach the Bishopric", says to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Laurent Sondirya (and not Emmanuel Mwanapenzi Nyonyu as erroneously reported yesterday), Vicar Gen ...
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  25 January 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros visits al Ahram public newspaper: Coptic marginalization is coming to an end Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Copts of Egypt have suffered growing political and social marginalization since the 1950s. But this trend has actually reversed in the last seven years. And many unpublished facts - such as th ...
• 25 January 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO and NIGER - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Isidore Nombré Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 January 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Isidore Nombré, of the diocesan clergy of Koudougou (Burki ...
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  24 January 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Sport as a driving force for street children in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In the urban area of Nairobi, there are about 60 thousand street children and about 22 thousand under-age refugees. Thanks to the development of a project that uses sport as a driving force, we ...
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  24 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Fr. Robert Masinda is still a prisoner but we know he is alive" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Robert Masinda is still a prisoner, but we know he is alive and we hope he will be released soon", says to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Laurent Sondirya, Vicar General of the diocese of Butembo-Beni ...
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  23 January 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Protests led by the Catholic laity will continue"; the Nunciature: "fatal bullets fired against demonstrators" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The government is trying to put the blame on the organizers regarding the violent protest march held on Sunday", report Church sources of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Agenzia Fides, wh ...
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  23 January 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Women, in black, take to the streets to demonstrate against the President Lome (Agenzia Fides) - Togo women are at the forefront of the popular protest against the power of President Faure Gnassingbe. Since September, a coalition of 14 political parties has held almost weekly marches, where th ...