Africa

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  2 December 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Risk of an ethnic massacre: "in Yei people live in fear", says the Bishop Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Over a hundred thousand people live in fear and uncertainty and are unable to leave the city", denounces to Radio Easter His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, Equatoria city in South S ...
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  2 December 2016
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - HIV awareness programs in Catholic schools Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - "In our Country there is a National Strategic Plan to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which depends directly on the Prime Minister" refers to Agenzia Fides the Director of the Catholic sch ...
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  1 December 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Hundreds of dead in clashes between the army and "royal guards" of Rwenzururu Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation was handled in an irresponsible manner by both the Rwenzururu kingdom and by the government", said Fr. Timothy Ssemogerere, Executive Secretary of the Pastoral Liturgical Commissi ...
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  1 December 2016
  AFRICA - Fight against AIDS: challenge not only against the virus, but integral promotion of human development Kangemi (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people have a tremendous potential which unfortunately they are often not allowed to take advantage of". This is what Fr. Michael Lewis SJ, President of the Jesuit Superiors of Africa and ...
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  30 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops announce three days of prayer for the victims of sexual abuse Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask forgiveness for ourselves and for our clergy for having not done enough in recognising the physical, emotional and psychological pain and trauma which many victims of sexual abuse h ...
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  30 November 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The latent conflict with RENAMO has so far caused 5,000 IDPs and 2,500 refugees in Malawi Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The political and military crisis has turned into a latent conflict.There are 5,000 internally displaced people in central Mozambique because of the political and military conflict between the RA ...
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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children orphaned due to conflict and exploitation Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Millions of children orphaned, victims of violence have continued to rise in Goma since 1994. The complaint comes from the "En Avant Les Enfants" center INUKA. According INUKA, more than 4 million ...
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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian jihadists accused of their involvement in the massacre of Copts killed in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian justice has accused some compatriots of being in touch with Islamic State jihadists (Daesh) and involved in the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts killed in Libya in the winter of 2015 (se ...
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  29 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition opens to the mediation of Bishops and makes important concessions to the majority Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We encourage the steps taken by CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of Congo) to open the way for true dialogue among the sons and daughters of the Country to avoid the worst", said Jean-Marc ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A year ago Pope Francis’ visit, on 11 December Mass presided over by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "There really is a before and after Pope Francis’ visit" sources of the Church in the Central African Republic told Agenzia Fides one year after Pope Francis’ visit, from 29 to 30 November 20 ...
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  28 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 35 civilian Hutus massacred in a village in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-five civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an attack perpetrated by the Mai-Mai militiamen at 4.30am on Sunday, November 27 in the village of Luhanga, in the Territory of Lubero ...
• 25 November 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Destruction of the cross on the Ngock Lituba "holy mountain": first act of a new traditional fundamentalist movement Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The destruction of the cross placed at the entrance of the cave on the Ngock Lituba mountain (in Sanaga-Maritime, Cameroon) marks the beginning of the activities of a fundamentalist movement tha ...
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  24 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALI - "The municipal elections mark a step forward", says the secretary of the Episcopal Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the difficulties that Mali still has, the political process continues", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, commenting on the ...
• 24 November 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The pharmacy of charity": protests over the increase in drug prices Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese youth groups, especially women, are protesting against the soaring prices of basic commodities in the city of Omdurman, Wad Madani, Port Sudan and Kassala. In Omdurman, demonstrators ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The US government supports the mediation of the Congolese Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We underscore our support for the discussions facilitated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CENCO) between the political opposition and the Government of the DRC to reach a consensus path ...