Africa

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  25 August 2017
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Victory of the MPLA contested; Bishops call for calm Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Large victory of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the legislative elections held on 23 August (see Fides 24/8/2017). The party, in power in Angola since independence ...
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  25 August 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 72 members of Neocatechumenal way of South Africa go in mission Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - From 11 to 21 August, to answer to the call of Pope Francis, 72 men and women of the Neocatechumenal communities of South Africa have been sent on a worldwide mission two by two, with nothi ...
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  24 August 2017
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Tanzania will offer citizenship to more Burundi refugees who have been in the country for more than 45 years Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Tanzania has said it will offer citizenship to more Burundi refugees who have been in the country for more than 45 years. This is the outcome of the talks between Tanzania's Interior Mini ...
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  24 August 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - "The Holy Eucharist celebration must always be solemn", admonishes Cardinal Onaiyekan Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja had admonished Catholics in Africa to keep the Holy Eucharistic Celebration solemn as possible. The Cardinal spoke at the Official Opening ...
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  24 August 2017
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Waiting for the outcome of the elections that will determine dos Santos’ successor Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Angolans voted on Wednesday in an election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’s 38-year reign. About 9.3 million registered voters were called to the polls to elect the Nat ...
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  23 August 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Kaduna: "The government must compensate churches and other victims of attacks carried out by Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In the past six years, insurgents have attacked churches and other Christian places in the north, but the federal government is yet to compensate the victims", said His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Man-oso ...
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  23 August 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Juba: "The government is the orchestrator of the war, and the people are suffering as a result" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The government is the orchestrator of the war, and the people are suffering as a result ", denounces Mgr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale, auxiliary Bishop of Juba, in an interview with National Catholic R ...
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  23 August 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - SACBC "JUSTICE AND PEACE" COMMISSION: more than 70‚000 mine workers have lost their jobs in the past two years Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply worried about the levels of retrenchment and unemployment in our Country ", says a statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberly, and President of the SAC ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No elections in the DRC within the end of 2017", state the Austro-African Countries Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo cannot be organized by the end of 2017. This is what the Austro-African Development Community (SADC) noted at the summit that ended on Sunday, Augu ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' appeal to national unity: "Stop the violent propaganda that risks plunging the Country into war or a very serious crisis" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Enough of this drum beat of war". This is the title of the statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, and His Exc. Mgr. William Amove Avenya, Bishop of Gboko, res ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: "Let us pray for the dead and we hope for an ecological conversion to avoid new tragedies" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hearts and prayers go out to the bereaved families, and all those who have been made homeless, as well as those who have been thrown into abject poverty by this disaster", write the Bishop ...
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  21 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "To die for elections is unacceptable": condemnation of the Bishops regarding post-election violence Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan opposition has appealed to the Supreme Court for the victory of outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 presidential election against Raila Odinga. The latter contested the ...
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  21 August 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE -"Deforestation and illegal constructions at the origin of the Regent tragedy" says a missionary Freetwon (Agenzia Fides) - "As always one wonders if something could have been avoided and if human wisdom could have saved so many lives and so many things built with hard work", writes Fr. Gerardo Caglioni to Agenzia F ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Religious leaders: “declare legitimate Bangassou people request for withdrawal of Moroccan UN Peacekeepers Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- In Bangassou, a city in the south east of the Central African Republic the people are demanding the withdrawal of the Moroccan troops of the UN Peacekeeping Mission. “The request is legitimate ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two emergency projects in provinces of former Katanga help cope with double the number of internally displaced persons Agenzia Fides) Kalemie (Agenzia Fides) – According to a report issued by OCHA, in March this year there were about 450,000 internally displaced persons in the province of Tanganyika, the worst hit of the four province ...