Africa

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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza: "I may stand for re-election in 2020" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Towards a fourth term of President Pierre Nkurunziza? This is what the same Head of State of Burundi hinted and also stressed the possibility of amending the Constitution to obtain a fourth te ...
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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO - Environment: Bishops denounce deforestation and pollution of rivers Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Forests disappear little by little due to the over-exploitation of timber and reforestation policy throughout the national territory", denounce the Bishops of the Republic of Congo (Congo Br ...
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  3 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Further negotiations are needed to put into practice the agreement on December 31 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement reached on December 31 between the majority and opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo need other agreements in order to be applied. Local observers are convinced of this ...
• 28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Mbalmayo, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 December 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Adalbert Ndzana. The Holy Father a ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The agreement is within reach", announces Mgr. Utembi who mediates between the majority and opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reached the end of the tunnel. What remains to be done is to review the text. The agreement is there, within reach", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani and ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary from Bangui:"Schools and construction sites are the hope for the future" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Country remains precarious, particularly in some cities. However, in the capital, at least in the last two months, there have been no particular clashes", writes Fr. Federic ...
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  21 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two human right activists kidnapped, a third seriously injured, in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Serious violence against three activists of civil society in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The three women are part of the Coalition des femmes pour la protection des droits ...
• 21 December 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in the Delta region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest, Fr. Jude Onyebadi, pastor of the church of St. Peter and Paul in Issele-Azagba, in the Delta region in the south of the Country has been kidnapped in Nigeria. According to ...
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  21 December 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health emergency: Eleven clinics have already been shut in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of health facilities supported by the World Health Organization in strife-torn areas of Sudan risk closure due to a lack of funds, exposing one million people to likely epidemics. Eleven ...
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  20 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Clashes in Lubumbashi; "a girl killed and a parish looted " according to local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The people, especially in the suburbs, took to the streets to protest. There were clashes with the police, with gunfire. We have news of a student who was killed by a stray bullet. Cars were s ...
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  19 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - After three years 2,000 displaced leave San Salvatore parish thanks to Caritas Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 2,000 displaced people, who had been welcomed in San Salvatore parish, in the 2nd district of Bangui return home after three years. Don Paternal Zolo, vicar of San Salvatore parish, said t ...
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  19 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tension on the eve of the expiry of Kabila’s mandate; for the Bishops "dialogue must continue" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue must continue in order to find a solution to the political crisis". This is the meaning of the message of the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sent to Agenzia Fides, with ...
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  16 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The end of Kabila's mandate is approaching Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - While the mediation of the Catholic Bishops aimed at finding a political solution to the impasse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues (see Fides 12/12/2016), the authorities in Kin ...
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  16 December 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Elections: for the Bishops "Ghana proves to be a beacon of democracy" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The outcome of the elections is a victory for Ghana and not just for any particular political party. Let us therefore rekindle the spirit of national unity and move Ghana our beloved country forw ...
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  15 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN denounces: "Alarming increase of human rights violations" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since August 2016 we have noted an alarming increase in human rights violations", said a statement from the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) presenting a report on the situat ...