Africa

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  22 September 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Apparent calm in Kinshasa; the number of the victims due to recent clashes remains uncertain Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is apparent calm in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, were demonstrations were held in the city with clashes and also casualties among security forces and oppositio ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Hundreds of Copts at the pro-Sisi demonstration outside the UN headquarters New York (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Copts attended the demonstration convened on Tuesday, September 20 in front of the headquarters of the United Nations to show their support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Si ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The UN: "serious violations of human rights, strong risk of genocide" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - 564 extrajudicial executions in Burundi from April 26, 2015 till the end of August 2016, were documented by a UN report. "Experts ascertained serious violations of human rights that were and ...
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  21 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "We will suspend our participation in national dialogue, no to Kabila’s third term" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops have threatened to withdraw from the dialogue if the political forum is used to give Joseph Kabila an opportunity to stand for re-election. "Out of respect for our innoc ...
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  20 September 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace: "unacceptable death of 36 psychiatric patients due to the reduction of medical expenses" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is morally unacceptable that 36 psychiatric patients died within months of being moved from the Life Healthcare Esidimeni Centre to local NGOs and other facilities, without any interven ...
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  20 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church reaffirms its opposition to early marriage Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the Coptic Orthodox Church wanted to strongly reaffirm their opposition to the celebration of combined marriages by family units that involve boys and girls at an early age. A s ...
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  20 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New clashes in Kinshasa, but the door to dialogue between majority and opposition remains open Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Clashes continue even today and the city is paralyzed", say local sources to Agenzia Fides from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where since yesterday there have been ong ...
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  19 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros supports the demonstration of the Copts pro-Sisi convened in New York Egypt may not currently be the best country in the world, however, with its citizens and leaders, Egypt strives to be one of the best societies in the world. This will be accomplished through serious steps, major project ...
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  19 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Clashes between demonstrators and police in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are ongoing clashes in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, between police and demonstrators belonging to the "Rassemblement", a group of opposition parties that support t ...
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  19 September 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Human Rights Watch:The return of Somali refugees in Dadaab is not "voluntary" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Many of the Somali refugees in Dadaab camp (in northeastern Kenya) "have agreed to return home because they fear Kenya will force them out if they stay" denounce Human Rights Watch (HRW). Accor ...
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  16 September 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique President meets IMF and World Bank as debt and corruption concerns loom Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have great concern for how this crisis impacts people living in one of the world's poorest countries", stated in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Eric LeCompte, the executive director of the rel ...
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  16 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops alarm: "A hurricane of violence that threatens to plunge the country into chaos" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "A hurricane of violence by herdsmen and other agents of death has left in its wake a landscape of blood and destruction" accuse the Bishops of Nigeria in their message "Restoring confidence in Ni ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New sectarian clashes in Minya; Coptic Bishop visits the wounded Minya (Agenzia Fides) - New tensions and sectarian clashes have affected the province of Minya in Upper Egypt. Yet another violent incident occurred in the village of Assem, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, on September 1 ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Coadjutor of Tripoli: "Migrants have a distorted vision of Europe instilled by traffickers" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tripoli is generally calm but occasionally clashes break out among the various militias that have divided the control of the city. These things do not happen often; skirmishes ...
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  15 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Country threatened by a locust plague Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Another scourge is affecting the populations of North Kordofan and North Darfur. Swarms of locusts are infesting the fields and are endangering crops. This is what mainly farmers of the invaded ...