Africa

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  11 October 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - The population in Mango is shocked and traumatized, the Bishop asks for justice and respect of rights Mango (Agenzia Fides) - Conflicts continue in the city of Mango, in northern Togo, due to the protests by opposition supporters who have been calling for a constitutional reform for months. According to news gathered b ...
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  10 October 2017
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Presidential elections: "A democratic turning point, but people are waiting for development" says a missionary Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "We are voting in a peaceful manner with a strong participation of voters", says to Fides Eric Aka, an SMA missionary (Society of African Missions) from Foya, the capital of the homonymous dist ...
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  9 October 2017
  AFRICA/NIGER - A surprise attack against US soldiers: "The presence of foreign soldiers is likely to destabilize the area", says a missionary Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not a mystery that Americans have been present in Niger for a long time not only with drones, but also with soldiers, as well as the presence of the French and perhaps soon even the Italia ...
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  7 October 2017
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Libyan authorities confirm: the bodies of the 21 Coptic martyrs have been found Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, October 6, the Libyan General Prosecutor officially confirmed the finding of the bodies of the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were beheaded in 2015 by jihadists linked to the Islamic ...
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  6 October 2017
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Vice President poisoned. Tension increases. The Bishops: "No to violence" Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Tension increases in Zimbabwe after the announcement that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned. Mnangagwa fell ill in August and was hospitalized in South Africa, where doctors said h ...
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  6 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Families of the "Martyrs of Libya" ask the government for confirmation regarding the announced discovery of the bodies of their relatives Minya (Agenzia Fides) – The families of the 21 Copts beheaded in Libya in 2015 by jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) have addressed the Egyptian Foreign Ministry an urgent request to confirm the discovery of the de ...
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  5 October 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Christian churches targeted by jihadists: "A new and disturbing development" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The jihadists have started to target Christian communities and it is a worrying development", says to Fides Fr. Edmond Dembelé, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Mali, who reports ...
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  5 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis greets the Egyptian delegation who went to the Vatican to promote the "The Path of the Holy Family" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During the General Audience on Wednesday, October 4, Pope Francis welcomed the large Egyptian delegation who are in Rome to promote pilgrimages along the "The Path of Holy Family", the itinerary ...
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  4 October 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Mgr. Kariuki Njiru: "No to political controversy on anti-tetanus vaccines. They are safe because controlled" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Anti-tetanus vaccines are controlled and are safe", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Kariuki Njiru, Bishop of Embu and President of the Bishops' Commission for the Pastoral Care of Kenya, speaking at th ...
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  4 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church establishes the "Sant'Atanasio Center for Doctrine" to counteract the spread of erroneous doctrines Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Coptic Patriarchate has established an Integrated Center for Doctrinal Studies in the suburban district of Maadi, south of Cairo, which is added to the already existing Institute of S ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister at the Vatican to promote pilgrimages on "The Path of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian Tourism Minister Yahya Rashid returns to the Vatican with the mission of finding support and collaboration in the efforts made by the government of Cairo to relaunch pilgrimages along the ...
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  3 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - New clashes in the English-speaking regions: law enforcement agencies accused by NGOs Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - 17 people were killed in the clashes with the security forces in the English-speaking region of Cameroon on Sunday 1 October (see Fides 2/10/2017) according to Amnesty International, which call ...
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  2 October 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Church: "no to the independence of the Anglophone regions, yes to the administrative decentralization" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - At least seven people were killed in several clashes between separatist demonstrators and security forces in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, where yesterday, Sunday 1 October, the independe ...
• 2 October 2017
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown elevated to Diocese and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, the Holy Father elevated the apostolic Vicariate of Francistown (Botswana) to Diocese with the same denomination and territorial configuration, making it a suffragan of the metropoli ...
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  29 September 2017
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Libyan Prosecutor: we know where the Coptic martyrs are buried, slaughtered by jihadists Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In a press conference held on Thursday 28 September Libyan General Prosecutor Al Sadiq al Sour reported that the place where the dead remains of the 21 Coptic Christians slaughtered by jihadists ...