Africa

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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The son of a Coptic killed by jihadists donates the sum for the families of the victims to a mosque and a church Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Young Coptic Michael Atef Munir, son of one of the victims of the massacre of the Coptic pilgrims killed on May 26 in a jihadist ambush, announced he wants to donate the money that the Egyptian go ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - The Festival of Cultures, the most popular cultural event in the Country opens its doors again Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The 2017 edition of the Festival of Cultures in Gabon has just ended in Libreville, Akanda and Owendo. The 2017 edition was celebrated under the theme ‘Cultural Diversity and National Cohes ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Women, true primary missionaries of Faith Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - "You women are naturally the first catechisers who communicate faith and morals to us from the earliest stages of our life. Do not neglect this singular honour God has bestowed upon you, especiall ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: 5% of jobs in churches and ecclesial works will be dedicated for the disabled Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Catholic Patriarch Tawadros II has decided that 5 percent of the work regarding people working in ecclesiastical churches and institutions will now be dedicated for the disabled. The same ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anniversary of Independence: "Many, of all religions have not given up hope" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Six years after liberation, South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is worse than ever, with grave violations of human rights and a lingering brutal civil war", writes His Ex. Mgr. Edward Hiiboro ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Major commitment to remove talibés children from the streets Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the tens of thousands of talibés children in Senegal does not seem to diminish (see Fides 31/3/2017). Although, in March 2017, over 1,500 children were removed from the streets ...
• 11 July 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis appointed Fr. Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.I.I, Parish priest in Moungoumba, and diocesan coordinator of the Commission for Catechesis in the Diocese of M'Baïki, as Auxiliary ...
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  11 July 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: Journeying towards peaceful and credible elections Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on all Sierra Leoneans, especially those who are of voting age, to strongly reject all acts of violence, unnecessary provocations, various forms of fraud that distort results, as well ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 5 million children risk cholera in the Chad Lake region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the rainy season in the Chad Lake region, more than 5 million children are at risk of contracting cholera or hepatitis E. Due to the violence of Boko Haram, humanitarian aid is ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - Bishops confirm their position: Bishop Bala did not drown Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bishops Conference of Cameroon, His Exc. Mgr. Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, during a meeting with journalists convened on July 8 at the Episcopal Conference, reiterat ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - First African Assembly of the Scalabrinians Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the missionary Sisters communities of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians, present in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Mozambique and Angola, have gathered ...
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  7 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - President Kabila meets with the President of the Episcopal Conference: elections will be held Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) - "We talked about elections. Elections will be held. It is not a secret. They all talk about elections. And I think the president of the Republic, at his level, has not stopped saying that ther ...
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  7 July 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Pediatricians, obstetricians, nurses engaged in the refugee camp in Mayo Mayo (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee camp in Mayo is a huge expanse of dust, mud and huts at the doors of Khartoum, capital of Sudan. Its population ranges between 300,000 and 700,000 people who arrived in the early 2000s, ...
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  6 July 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera also reaches the refugee camps of East Darfur Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - Following the cases of cholera registered in the White Nile and in the northern State of the Country (see Fides 14/6/2017), it is the turn of the refugee camps in South Sudan and Darfur. Deaths ...
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  6 July 2017
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The creation of a Church Solidarity Fund for national emergencies is being studied Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A workshop on the establishment of a Caritas national solidarity fund is being held in Ouagadougou, at the Center for Integral Human Development, to address the various crises and natural ca ...