Africa

• 24 April 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Nyeri, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 23 April 2017 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Nyeri (Kenya), presented by Archbishop Peter J. Kairo. The Po ...
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  22 April 2017
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Bishop of Moshi: "The loss of moral values threatens our common existence" Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "The population lives in constant fear of kidnapping or sexual harassment, especially women who are afraid of being raped. Eight policemen were killed recently while they were returning fr ...
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  21 April 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Most Rev. Palmer-Buckle: "If Christians put their faith in practice, Ghana will be a country of unimaginable success" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "There are more evil deeds propagated and practiced by some Ghanaians professionals in their line of work", said Most Rev Charles Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Accra, during the Chrism Holy Mass a ...
• 21 April 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Jesuit kidnapped in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Jesuit has been kidnapped in southern Nigeria: we are talking about Fr. Samuel Okwuidegbe, a 50-year-old Nigerian Jesuit, who was kidnapped on April 18, on the road connecting Benin City to Onit ...
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  20 April 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Towards the first humanitarian corridor from Africa Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - A joint operational mission of Caritas Italiana and Sant'Egidio Community is being held in Addis Ababa these days to open the first humanitarian corridor from Africa, according to the protoc ...
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  20 April 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Stop hunting Kony: Ugandan militants end the mission in Central Africa against the LRA Leader Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan army has put an end to the capture of Joseph Kony, leader of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army), a guerrilla movement originally from north Uganda that has for years been raging in par ...
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  20 April 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The project of the "Pope Francis" village to remember his visit in 2015 Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A village called Pope Francis as a meeting place for the various religious communities of the Central African Republic. This is the project that is being studied by the Vatican delegation of expe ...
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  20 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar University rejects allegations of extremism: Islam also defends churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Al Azhar University, the most prestigious theological and academic center of Sunni Islam, strongly rejects the criticisms and attacks recently received by Egyptian politicians and intellectuals ...
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  19 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Motion of no confidence against Zuma; "Vote according to conscience": appeal from Justice and Peace to parlamentarians Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – There is tension in South Africa where in recent days tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demand the resignation of South African President Jacob Zuma, involved in a series ...
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  19 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Terrorist attack against the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Gunmen opened fire on an Egyptian police checkpoint near Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai late on Tuesday, April 18, killing one policeman and wounding four officials. ISIS claimed responsibil ...
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  12 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Bishop Antonios Mina says Copts have no need of “defense” from abroad AFRICA/EGYPT – Egyptian Bishop Antonios Mina says Copts have no need of “defense” from abroad Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – After the massacres of Coptic Christians, disputes and arguments have resumed also in Egypt� ...
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  12 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Wau is calm again although thousands are still sheltering in a church AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Wau is calm again although thousands are still sheltering in a church Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan authorities have imposed a curfew throughout the State of Wau (north-west South Sudan) aft ...
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  12 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Following Palm Sunday massacre Easter for Coptic Christians in Egypt will be quiet prayer remembering the victims Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Easter for the Copt community here will be celebrated quietly in a spirit of prayer and in remembrance of those killed in the Palm Sunday attack last week. Traditional Copt meetings with state, ...
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  11 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Catholic Patriarch: let us look to the new martyrs and ask more insistently for Christ to protect us in hope Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The massacres on Palm Sunday “were a test for the faith of Egypt’s Christians. Pope Tawadros is sorrowful and deeply saddened, it is not easy to speak with him. We, seeing what is happening, ...
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  11 April 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Three thousand take refuge in church to escape violence after two SPLA generals were killed in an ambush Juba (Agenzia Fides)- Two generals of the Southern Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) were killed on Sunday 9 April near the city of Wau, in north western South Sudan on the western bank of the Jur River, in Wau County, Wa ...