Africa

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  28 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO RD - Internal and international pressures increase in order to hold elections by the end of the year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Internal and international pressures on President Joseph Kabila increase so presidential elections can be held by the end of 2017.The Lucha (Lutte pour le Changement) movement, based in Goma, i ...
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  28 July 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Testimony of a fidei donum: "I do not feel like a lonely sailor but a missionary who feels close to his Church of origin" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "Nagaa, akkam jirtuu? Peace, how are you? I like to start with this greeting in Oromo, much used to greet, to wish all the good to the person to whom it is addressed". This is how the testimony se ...
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  27 July 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Archbishop of Kumasi: "Ghanaians involved in illegal mining are the wicked citizens who seek the fall of the country" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Ghanaians involved in illegal mining are the wicked citizens who seek the fall of the country over their personal interest, denounced His Esc. Mgr. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Archbishop of Kumasi ...
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  27 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Opposition launches operation "Dead City" and civil disobedience to send Kabila away Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two days of "dead city" throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo to "send" President Joseph Kabila away have been announced by the opposition which recognizes itself in the "Rassemblement". ...
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  26 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Justice and Peace: "No to the law that permits open grazing" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent activities of herdsmen in our country causing violence and destruction of farm lands and properties have become an issue that we must not neglect, especially in the Middle Belt", says ...
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  26 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Start-ups against counterfeit medicines Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that about 10% of the medicines in the world are counterfeit, a figure equivalent to 85 billion euros, according to the Institute for Research Against Counterfeit Medicines in Pari ...
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  26 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church launches an awareness campaign against female genital mutilation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Coptic Church is about to launch an intense awareness campaign among its faithful against the practice of female genital mutilation, which continues to be widespread among Coptic Chri ...
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  25 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Amnesty International: "Thousands of women, girls and men victims of war rapes" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Large-scale sexual violence were carried out against thousands of women, girls and men, with victims selected on the basis of their ethnicity. This is what Amnesty International denounces in a repo ...
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  25 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal of the secular clergy of Butembo-Béni: "Release our confreres without condition" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply appalled by the abduction of our confreres and demand their release without conditions". This is how the secular priests of the diocese of Butembo-Béni addressed the kidnappers ...
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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the Countries with the greatest income and rights inequality Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, income inequality is one of the most serious and often less discussed issues. A recent study by Oxfam and the Development Finance International group, puts Nigeria outright last in a l ...
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  24 July 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop reports: "Half the population of Bangassou has fled". The Cathedral has been attacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Half of the population of Bangassou has fled, taking refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The clashes have been going on for days", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan Jo ...
• 21 July 2017
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Keetmanshoop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the diocese of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Philipp Pöllitzer. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 21 ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMER00N - Death of the Bishop of Bafia: The Episcopal Conference has lodged a complaint for murder Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Cameroon have filed a lawsuit for an inquiry into the death of His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Marie Benoît Bala, Bishop of Bafia, whose body was found in the Sanaga River, 2 June. The Bishop ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Beni: a "dead city" for three days to ask for the release of the two abducted priests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A "dead city" for three days to demand the immediate release of the two priests kidnapped on Sunday, July 16. Yesterday, July 20, the civil society of Beni in the North Kivu province, in the ...
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  21 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Copt dies while being detained in a police station. Relatives and friends: he was tortured to death Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Egyptians, largely belonging to the Coptic community, gathered spontaneously in front of the police station in Manshiet Nasser district to express their anger after the news of the kil ...