Africa

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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Are there economic interests of "strong men" behind the assaults of Peuls shepherds? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Bocaranga, 120 km north of Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central African Republic remains very tense after the attack on February 2 carried out by armed groups of Peuls shepher ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 31,000 South Sudanese have left the country because of famine Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Half of the expected number of refugees from South Sudan have already arrived in Sudan in the first two months of the year. The statement comes from the Office of the United Nations High Commis ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "Declaration of Al Azhar" relaunches the "principle of citizenship" also for the Islamic world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of speeches and debates, hosted by the Conference of "freedom, citizenship, diversity and integration", organized in Cairo by the Sunni University of Al Azhar and the Council of Mus ...
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  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Peter" Regional Seminary in Cape Coast Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Robert Charles Snyper, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar: even Judaism and Christianity have a history marked by violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Even "Judaism and Christianity have a history of violence", and all religions have been complicite in acts of violence and murder. This is how Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, wan ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "We are not for or against anyone, but we are for the good of all" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not against the government", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in south Sudan, who reiterated the commitment of Catholic Bishops in providing support to the gove ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New cases of cholera reported in some areas of the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in eastern Sudan have reported the onset of new cases of cholera in different areas of the State. According to local sources, the epidemic is under control, civil society organiz ...
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  27 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Xenophobic attacks: for the Bishops "No grievance justifies the violence against foreign nationals" Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "No grievance justifies the violence against foreign nationals" said His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberly and President of the Bishops' Commission for Justice and Peace" of the South A ...
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  27 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Salafists of Al Nur condemn the 7 targeted killings of Copts in North Sinai Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - The announced series of murders against Coptic Christians in northern Sinai in recent weeks, has caused the flight of more than 100 Christian families, who moved from the capital al Arish to th ...
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  27 February 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops denounce: "Violence in Kasai fruit of political manipulation" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since July 2016 the conflict between traditional Chief Jean-Prince Kamwina-Nsapu Pandi and the authorities of central Kasai province has taken a tragic dimension that goes far beyond its origi ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce: "War Crimes committed on the basis of ethnicity" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan one kills according to ethnicity. This was denounced by the South Sudanese Bishops in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, which announces that Pope Francis hopes to visit South Sudan ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New desecration of churches and convents: unanimous condemnation of the Nunciature, Bishops and the UN Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The desecration of Catholic churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue, after the assaults at St. Dominic Parish in Limete, in the capital Kinshasa on February 19, and at the major ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Another Coptic Christian found dead in northern Sinai Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - A 40-year-old Coptic Christian was found dead with a gunshot to the neck, in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish, capital of Northern Sinai, on Thursday, February 23. The body was found inside his ho ...
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  24 February 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Kira Mama Plus! A new maternity ward in Cibitoke Cibitoke (Agenzia Fides) - Mothers and children in Cibitoke, in the north of Burundi, will soon have a new neonatal ward. The Medical Cooperation Committee will provide the district hospital an essential tool to reduce i ...
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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana to be re-consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Francis has confirmed Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello as his Envoy to preside over the Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Vespers for the re-consecration of Ghana to the Sacred Heart of J ...