Africa

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  28 November 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Poverty and malnutrition pervade people: the commitment of solidarity of the Saverians Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "At present, the problem of poverty is dramatic in Burundi: there is hunger, lack of food, prices are high and people are struggling to have the necessary. Families, usually composed of 6 peop ...
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  27 November 2017
  AFRICA - US Bishops launch a solidarity fund for the Church in Africa Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa faces the economic and social hurdles of enormous debt, epidemic, severe poverty, and political unrest. In spite of these challenges, the Church in Africa has almost tripled in size i ...
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  24 November 2017
  AFRICA - Vigil for peace in South Sudan and the DRC: "We appreciate Pope Francis’ words and the strong participation of the faithful" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the Holy Father’s words and the great number of faithful who participated in the prayer", says to Agenzia Fides Sister Yudith Pereira Rico, of the Congregation of the Relig ...
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  24 November 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mnangagwa becomes Interim President; presidential elections scheduled for September 2018 Harare (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24th Emmerson Mnangagwa has become the new Interim President of Zimbabwe. Former Vice President succeeded Robert Mugabe, who resigned on November 21 after a long negotiation with his ...
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  23 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe: Farewell to the "Old Elephant", the hope is democracy Robert Mugabe, the "Old Elephant" of Zimbabwe, has left power. He ruled for 37 years and if it had been for him, he would have run for president again in 2018 and would have continued to rule. For how long? It is not kno ...
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  23 November 2017
  AFRICA - Prayer with the Pope for South Sudan and Congo: "The hope of peace is possible" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "With this initiative we want to make the South Sudanese and Congolese know that there are people outside of their two countries who care and pray for them", says Sister Yudith Pereira Rico to Agen ...
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  23 November 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The bus to transport HIV positive women from the mission to the regional hospital has arrived Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "The bus we asked to transport HIV positive women has arrived at last". This is what Father Christopher Hartley, a Spanish missionary who has been living in Gode since 2008 between Ethiopia ...
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  22 November 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Post-Mugabe: "The population wants democracy and a net improvement in the economy" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "Popular joy exploded with regards to the news of the resignation of Robert Mugabe", says to Agenzia Fides Fratel Alfonce Kugwa, National Coordinator of the Social Communication Committee of the ...
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  22 November 2017
  AFRICA/DRCONGO RD - 56 protestors killed between April and October in DR Congo: report Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 56 people were killed during public demonstrations and meetings in the Democratic Republic of Congo between April and October this year. This is what the report "monitoring events and public me ...
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  21 November 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Waiting for Mugabe's resignation; the Bishops: "give priority to the interests of the nation" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe lives in suspense while waiting for President Robert Mugabe to resign, requested by his party's leadership, ZANU-PF. "I call on President Mugabe to take into account the people's appeals ...
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  21 November 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The individual bodies of the "Libyan martyrs" identified thanks to the DNA. Their burial is imminent Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The deadly remains of the 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded in Libya by jihadists linked to the Islamic State (Daesh) may arrive during the weekend or at the beginning of next week in Cairo to be buried ...
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  21 November 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyatta's victory confirmed; Bishops call on citizens to resist persuasions toward violence Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge all Kenyans to embrace peace and resist any attempt to persuade them in engaging in criminal activities", the Catholic Bishops in Kenya state in a letter sent to Fides, signed by the Ch ...
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  20 November 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Contemporary (negative) values threaten the family: Bishops at a conference on Amoris Laetitia Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The phenomenon of teenage and single parenthood, poor or irresponsible parenting, separate household and distant marriages that make couples live apart, and in some cases far away from each other ...
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  20 November 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 80% of the country in the hands of rebels; a missionary: "We are the poorest State in the world" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The war seemed to be over, but unfortunately it is not over everywhere", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, a Carmelite in the monastery Our Lady of Carmel in Bangui, capital of th ...
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  18 November 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Obinna: "The poor are our treasure" Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - This Sunday in the parishes and then on November 29 in the Cathedral: in the Nigerian Archdiocese of Owerri, the "World Day of the Poor" is celebrated in two appointments. The first, explains Arc ...