Africa

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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - A priest died in April because of the ill-treatment suffered Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Adolphe Ntahondereye, Vicar of the parish of San Francesco Saverio di Gatumba (in the west of Burundi on the border with the DRC) died yesterday, May 11, two weeks after his release, due ...
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  12 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Trial for religious contempt against the Islamic preacher who called Christians and Jews "infidels" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil has tried to soften the controversy caused by his recent televised statement in which he defined Christians and Jews "infidels" and their doctrine "corrupt". But the contr ...
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  11 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - London Conference: "I hope in a true international coordination on Somalia" says Bishop Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I expect greater involvement of the Somali diaspora, while better coordination and a unified approach of the international community would be desirable" says Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibout ...
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  10 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Criticism and accusations against al Azhar and the Great Imam. But a Coptic Bishop defends them Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After hosting the International Conference on Peace and having reserved a warm welcome to Pope Francis, during his visit to Egypt, the University of al Azhar is shaken by controversy and personal ...
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  9 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan is on the brink of collapse; people and students protest in Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday students and citizens took to the streets in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to protest the collapse of the country's economy. The protest had been convened by students and saw the part ...
• 9 May 2017
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Fausto De Carvalho Rosado Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of rev. Fr. Fausto De Carvalho Rosado, CMF, as National ...
• 9 May 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Hervé Tienou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of rev. Fr. Hervé Tienou of the diocese of San, as N ...
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  9 May 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Testimony of a fidei donum missionary: "One can learn and receive so much from missio ad gentes" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is my house, rather my two parish houses: the first one in Adaba, where I live, the other in Dodola, where I go during the week and on Sunday", says to Fides Don Giuseppe Ghirelli, a fidei d ...
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  8 May 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Chibok Girls: "Why have we waited three years to negotiate their release?" asks Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God that these girls have re-embraced their families, but I wonder why they had to wait three years for this to happen", says Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja to A ...
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  8 May 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In 3 years Boko Haram has killed over 4,000 children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorist attacks of Boko Haram has since 2014 affected mainly children. Many of them are used for suicide attacks. The first study carried out by the United Nations Secretary-General on Child ...
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  6 May 2017
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops denounce: "African resources plundered by foreigners; the needs of local peoples are ignored" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Governments of industrialized Countries seek to find a solution to the world's energy and food crisis in Africa without trying to meet the problems of Africans", denounce the Bishops' Conference ...
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  5 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Dangerous levels of unemployed youth but there is no political culture to tackle the problem" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "There is not much to celebrate when millions of young people in the country remain unemployed and desperate", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberly and chair person of SA ...
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  5 May 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The number of malnourished children increases: almost a million and a half Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, the number of children affected by malnutrition in Somalia has increased by 50%: one million and 400 thousand. These numbers were released by Unicef, that also ...
• 5 May 2017
  AFRICA/D.R CONGO - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Godefroid Manunga-Lukokisa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of Fr. Godefroid Manunga-Lukokisa, SVD as National Dire ...
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  4 May 2017
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "The frustration of civil society is a bomb that may explode" Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "The frustration of Togolese civil society is a bomb ready to explode on the first occasion", say the Bishops of Togo in their Paschal message. "Let us recognize that behind the appearance of peac ...