Africa

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  13 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One must overcome the ambiguity of the New Year’s Eve Agreement Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement on New Year's Eve to get the Democratic Republic of Congo out of the political crisis for the lost presidential elections (see Fides 03/01/2017), has positive aspects but also pre ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Give dialogue a chance", say the Bishops after the promulgation of the election amendment Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Give dialogue a chance" ask the Bishops of Kenya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides in the aftermath of the promulgation, by President Uhuru Kenyatta, of the disputed election amendment law. ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New developments and projects for the revival of the "Way of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The revival of the "Way of the Holy Family", an itinerary to make pilgrimages to the places that, according to ancient local traditions, were crossed by the Holy Family during their exile in Egypt ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 800 dead and 16 churches destroyed by the terrorist group of Fulani herdsmen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last three months attacks have increased carried out by the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist (FHT) in more than half of the territory of the southern State of Kaduna", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Jose ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "Give me the permission to meet with the rebels to put an end to violence" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I need the permission to avoid unnecessary suspicion at various checkpoints that I will have to encounter", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei in South Sudan, to Radio Easter, e ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The freezing cold weather causes the death of many malnourished children Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - A wave of icy cold weather continues to cause the death of several children in the western region of Sudan. Already a few weeks ago a group of malnourished children did not resist the cold. Ac ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The report of UN experts on the DRC receives praise from a local NGO Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A new report by the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was applauded by an NGO of North Kivu, the eastern province of the DRC, where there are illegal activities deno ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "House of Fatwa": it is legitimate for Christians to build churches in an Islamic State Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The "House of Fatwa" (Dar al Ifta al Misryah), the Egyptian body presided by the Grand Mufti of Egypt and responsible for disseminating guidance pronouncements and dissolve doubts and disputes reg ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Thousands of "special" children need medical treatment and rehabilitation Sangmelima (Agenzia Fides) - Cameroon is one of the African countries with the highest incidence of disability in children. According to UNICEF estimates, 23% of people aged between 2 and 9 live with at least one type of ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - Pressure on President Jammeh so that he cedes power, "but no use of force", says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Banjoul (Agenzia Fides) - The West African Countries are intensifying the pressure so that outgoing President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, cedes power on January 19 after losing the elections on December 1, won by Adama Barr ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Presidential pardon for political prisoners" requested by the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I ask the President to pardon and forgive all political prisoners as well as others arrested for minor offenses, other who may have been arrested because of rumors mongering and propagandaI" asked ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi: I will build the largest church in the nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the largest Coptic Church of Egypt, it will be inaugurated by 2018 in the new capital which is being built on the margin of Cairo's metropolis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Si ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The rebellion of the military has subsided, but a climate of violence remains, as denounced by the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned in the Ivory Coast where the military in revolt had caused panic in several cities of the Country including the economic capital, Abidjan. The revolt started from Bouake, the s ...
• 9 January 2017
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Bishop of Chimoio, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. Th ...
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  5 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy on the use of the manual voting system instead of the electronic system Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya is waiting for the decision of the Senate Legal Affairs Committee to confirm or not the amendment voted by Parliament on December 22. The Bill provides for use of a manual backup in identi ...