Africa

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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...
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  27 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to the Heads of State of the Great Lakes: "Terrorism is a threat to the entire area" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to also face the issue of security in North Kivu". This is the appeal launched by the Study Centre for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO) in Beni, in eastern Dem ...
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  26 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Pope Francis invites Christian leaders of South Sudan to discuss the crisis Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has invited Christian religious leaders of South Sudan to the Vatican to discuss the serious crisis that the youngest African State is facing. This was revealed by His Exc. Mgr. Paoli ...
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  26 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Archdiocese of Kisangani condemns the killing of Don Mulimbi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn the cowardly murder of a servant of God who gave his life for the people. We demand thorough investigations to be carried out", says a statement of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi for ...
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  25 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Even a Xaverian missionary among the 79 who died in the train crash Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - There is also an Italian Xaverian missionary, Father Carlo Girola, of the Pious Society of St. Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions, among the victims in the train accident on October 21 on the Y ...
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  25 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops ask "the government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We have noted with sadness the decision by the South African government to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)", say the South African Bishops in a statement signed by His ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in Lubumbashi; Bishops denounce attacks on parishes and convents Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Don Joseph Mulimbi Nguli, 52, vicar of the parish of San Martino in the municipality of Katuba, Lubumbashi, capital of Upper Katanga Province was killed by unknown persons in the southern Demo ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Garoua, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Antoine Ntalou. The Holy Father a ...
• 24 October 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Bishop of Ebolowa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 October 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Philippe Alain Mbarga, Rector of the Inter-diocesan Major Seminary of Theology in Nkolbisson (Yaoundé) as Bishop of Ebolowa (Cameroon). R ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "transition period will have to end in 2017; majority and the opposition may find agreement" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops "take note of the resolutions" of the two meetings that were held recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lead the Country out of the serious crisis caused by the ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After 50 years of presence in the Country, the newly Camillian Province has been established Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 16 October in Ouagadougou the 50th anniversary of the presence of Camillians (M.I.) in Burkina Faso together with the canonical establishment of the New Camillian Province of the C ...
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  24 October 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Missionary market" of the small community of Adaba Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'missionary market' is becoming a tradition that Catholics of the small community of Adaba, Ethiopia, organize to collect offerings in favor of the missionaries on the occasion of World Missi ...
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  21 October 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Let us avoid post-election war, we do not want to be refugees" warn the Bishops Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We should always remember that we have only one Country called Ghana and that, this Country is the only home that we have", said His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, Bishop of Konongo-Mampong and Pre ...
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  21 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace: "the clash between the Minister of Finance and President causes damage to the poor" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The poor must not become victims of battles within the ruling party". This is the meaning of the message signed by His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberley and President of the Episc ...
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  20 October 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - "Free political prisoners not regularly judged" ask the Bishops Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Free the political prisoners who have not been duly judged". Is the appeal that the Bishops of the Republic of Congo launched to the national authorities at the end of their 45th Plenary As ...