Africa

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  18 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The majority and a part of the opposition agree: presidential elections in April 2018 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is no date for the presidential and political elections, but some intermediate election dates for the start of the electoral process, in the meantime a government of national unity led by ...
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  18 October 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The President returns from America, but there remain doubts about his health Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many broken promises on the return of the President, Sunday’s promise, October 16 was fulfilled", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba from Malawi, where President Arthur Peter Mutharika fi ...
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  17 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Six people killed in clashes between the military and followers of a millenarian sect Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The error of a Congolese military caused the death of four people when the rocket fired by him hit the Mwamba institute, in the municipality of Bulengera, in the city of Butembo in North Kivu P ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian Churches launch a project of reconciliation among ethnic groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The main Christian denominations in South Sudan, gathered in the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), have launched a project of reconciliation and peace in Jonglei State to reduce tensions amon ...
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  14 October 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Where is the President?" ask the citizens of Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - #BringbackMutharika, is the hashtag created by users of social media in Malawi to ask where their President is, Arthur Peter Mutharika. The President had left for New York to attend the UN Gene ...
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  14 October 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Thirty dead in the attack against the camp for displaced people near the Bishopric of Kaga-Bandoro Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 30 people have died in the attack against the camp of displaced people in the Bishopric of Kaga Bandoro, in the central area of the Central African Republic. The attack dates back to 12 ...
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  13 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A power struggle around President Kiir? Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, October 12, was a day of high tension in Juba" local sources told Agenzia Fides from the capital of South Sudan. "The rumors spread via social media on the death of President Salva Kiir ...
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  12 October 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The University of Cairo abolishes the voice "religious affiliation" in documents and certificates Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The University of Cairo has ordered to eliminate the "voice" regarding religious affiliation that was to appear in documents and personal certificates of the students and staff of all faculties an ...
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  12 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Clashes between police and university students: also a Jesuit injured, for the Bishops "a compromise is needed" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "What the students desire is more equality in access to good education at university level. We support this request. But we do not condone the violence, looting, and vandalizing of property ...
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  11 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - About 700 deaths in 120 attacks in two years in the Territory of Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - About 700 civilians have been killed in 120 massacres since October 2014 in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, says Human Rights Watch report. The human ...
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  11 October 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: Corrupt judges arrested: "We need a clear and transparent trial to dispel fears of anti-democratic maneuvers" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "This case is a very clear demonstration of the confused situation our Country is experiencing" says to Agenzia Fides Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, commenting on the arrest on char ...
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  10 October 2016
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "My appointment as Cardinal is an encouragement to our Church", said Mgr. Piat Port-Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "My appointment as Cardinal is an encouragement that the Pope gives to our Church of Mauritius in the Year of Mercy: an encouragement to continue to welcome this mercy which makes us feel goo ...
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  10 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Let us commit ourselves, as Catholics, to fight crime and violence" urges a priest Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The latest crime statistics in South Africa describe a worrying upward trend of violent crimes, and therefore as Catholics we need to translate our commitment into active participation to ...
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  8 October 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Massacre of Mandera: the police claim to have "vital clues" on the reason and the perpetrators Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are following crucial leads that would unearth those behind the attack", said Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia, in northeast Kenya, where on 6 October six people were killed, thr ...
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  8 October 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - "It is time for Catholics and Anglicans to join hands to fight the social ills of Ghana" says Anglican Primate of the Province of West Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for the Anglican Church of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to join hands to fight poverty, child trafficking, climate change and other social ills eating into the fab ...