Africa

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  23 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After the jihadist threat, two Coptic Christians killed in Sinai Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Two Coptic Christians were found murdered on Wednesday, February 22 in North Sinai peninsula, after a video message announcing new attacks presumably by Jihadists against the Christian community h ...
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  22 February 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Bogota sends a special anti-kidnapping team to investigate the kidnapping of the Colombian nun Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The special Guala anti-kidnapping group of Colombia's National Police was sent to Mali to help local authorities to find Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti of the Congregation of the Francisca ...
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  22 February 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops of Ibadan: "It is time for the government to prove that it can mantain its promises" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "After two years of the current government administration, Nigerians must not be told that the evils of the present moment stem from choices of past administrations. Our governments, at federal a ...
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  21 February 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Monsengwo denounces: Acts of vandalism against the Church Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a resurgence of fear, anger, uncertainty", says Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a message sent to Agenzia F ...
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  21 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the voice "religion" in the application forms for the next census Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in 30 years, the census of the Egyptian population, conducted by the Central Agency for public monilization and Statistics will also include a field for religious. Abu Bakr Gend ...
• 21 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - State of emergency declared in Unity State: 100,000 people at risk of hunger Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100,000 people are at risk of hunger in Unity State, in the region of the Upper Nile, South Sudan. The state of food emergency has been declared by the government in Juba and United Natio ...
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  20 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cholera alarm: "at least 300 suspected cases in a vast and impoverished area" says Cuamm Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 300 suspected cases of cholera which were recorded in February in the counties of Yirol East and Awerial, but the number is expected to grow because "the stories of those who arrive ...
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  20 February 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A seminary in central Kasai and a parish in Kinshasa ransacked Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Kamwina Nsapu militiamen ransacked the major seminary of Malole in Kananga, in Central Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The militias systematically broke the doors of the rooms and ...
• 20 February 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Mweka, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 18, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Mweka (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gérard Mulumba ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Disputes over the lands of St. Macarius monastery still unresolved Fayyum (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no definitive solution to the dispute between the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St. Macarius, in the region of Wadi al Rayan, and the Egyptian government regarding the proposed cons ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - More than 20,000 displaced people in Bambari due to clashes among former Seleka factions Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - More than 20,000 residents in Bambari forced to flee, took refuge in the forest because of the fighting between two rival factions of former Seleka rebellion. This is what the authorities of the ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Paulines program for youth: "Beware of propagators of hate in social media" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Encourage youth to use social media positively and responsibly to preach and maintain peace as the Country moves towards the general elections slated for 8th, August, 2017. This is the purpose ...
• 17 February 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of El Obeid Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 February 2017 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, of the clergy of El Obeid, Rector of Sao Paulo Major Seminary in Juba, as Bishop of the Diocese of El Obei ...
• 16 February 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Civil War: 200,000 people risk starvation in the State of Amadi Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200,000 civilians are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in the State of Amadi in South Sudan. This is what State Governor, Joseph Ngere Pachiko told Radio Tamazuj, stating that the reser ...
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  16 February 2017
  AFRICA - February 16 important date for Christians and democracy in the DRC and Uganda Rome (Agenzia Fides) - February 16 is an important day for Christians in Africa. On 16 February 1977, Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum was assissinated by the military of dictator Idi Amin, his body placed in mangled car ...