Africa

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  3 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Electoral Commission announces the postponement of the presidential and legislative elections to 2018 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential and legislative elections in November 2018. This is what was announced by the President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), Corneille Naanga, to the participants in the ...
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  3 October 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar will organize an international conference on peace with the participation of Eastern Churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic University of Al Azhar will organize in early 2017, in cooperation with the Muslim Council of Elders, an international Conference on peace, coexistence and interreligious dialogue, whi ...
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  30 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Rector of the Major Seminary of Tansi released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Emmanuel Dim, Rector of the Major Seminary of Tansi, who had been kidnapped on September 26 (see Fides 29/09/2016) has been released. This was announced by the Chancellor of the Diocese of Awk ...
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  30 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Chemical weapons used in Darfur? "Investigations need to be carried out", says an expert to Fides Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Between 200 and 250 people, mostly children, were killed in the course of several chemical attacks launched by the Sudanese armed forces in Sudan. This was denounced in a report by Amnesty Inte ...
• 29 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Augustine" Major Seminary of Jos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 8, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Mark Maigida Nzukwein, of the clergy of the Diocese of Jalingo as R ...
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  29 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Rector of the Major Seminary of Tansi kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Rector of Tansi Major Seminary, Fr. Emmanuel Dim has been kidnapped. This was reported by Fr. Hyginus Aghaulor, Director of Communication of the Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra State in southeast ...
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  28 September 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Migration in Africa: conference promoted by Catholic organizations Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Senegal will host a regional meeting on intra and inter-regional migration in Africa, promoted by the Migration et Développement de la Société Civile en Afrique Network (MADE Afrique). Accordin ...
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  28 September 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "Government subsidies to enable the poor to have access to higher education" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope for a realistic plan of making it possible for the poor and working class families to have access to higher education after the year 2017", say the Catholic Bishops of South Africa ...
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  27 September 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "No to the creation of the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs" say Catholics and Protestants Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics and Protestants in Zambia have opposed the establishment of a new government Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs. "In view of the various financial and economic chal ...
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  27 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Risk of an imminent crisis" warns the UN Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo, whose President Joseph Kabila, yesterday September 26, was received in audience by Pope Francis, remains on the brink of the precipice, after the incident betw ...
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  23 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Politicians: let us give value to the "Way of the Holy Family" to relaunch tourism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic crisis that is affecting Egypt calls upon all communities of Egyptian-born emigrants around the world. Among the resources on which to focus there is also that of promoting tourism, u ...
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  23 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversy between majority and opposition on the responsibility of the clashes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is internal and international controversy on the responsibilities of the recent clashes that devastated Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo (see Fides 19-20-21-22/09/2016) ...
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  23 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Unsustainable education costs: Sudanese families forced to leave their daughters at home El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - Studying in Sudan seems to have become inaccessible for a growing number of people. The surge in prices is forcing parents to keep their daughters at home. The costs for uniforms, folders, bo ...
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  22 September 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops choose a woman who will select a new electoral commission Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has selected Mrs. Bernadette Musundi, to a nine-member team that will select a new electoral commission. This is what the Kenyan Bishops decided dur ...
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  22 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: the invitation to support President al Sisi is not political interference, but "patriotism" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The invitation to express public support for President Abdel Fattah al Sisi during his visit in New York, by the Coptic Orthodox Church to the faithful residing in the US, does not manifest subo ...