Africa

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  7 September 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Precarious health and rains proliferate diseases in refugee camps in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The rainy season in North Darfur has announced new outbreaks of malaria, typhoid and jaundice among the displaced. A note sent to Agenzia Fides says that one of the coordinators of the Sortony cam ...
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  6 September 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Bishops launch an appeal for international mediation to end the crisis Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Gabon call for the intervention of an international mediator to bring the Country out of political crisis following the disputed victory of President Ali Bongo Ondimba in the p ...
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  6 September 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - From the hill of Ilena "Maria Salus Infirmorum! Here we are, watch over us" Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - The progress in the former leper colony of Ilena village, seven kilometers from Fianarantsoa continues (see Fides 29/09/2015). This is what Father Albert Rainiherinoro, MI told Fides. "Afte ...
• 6 September 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Blessed Paul VI" preparatory Seminary in Nkongsamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 9, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Gilbert Ngadang, of the clergy of the diocese of Bafoussam as Rector ...
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  5 September 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Constitutional Court rejects the appeal filed by the defeated candidate in the presidential elections Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Constitutional Court of Zambia rejected the appeal filed by Hakainde Hichilema, the defeated candidate in the presidential election by outgoing President, Edgar Lungu, paving the way for his ...
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  5 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Alert in South Kivu due to the presence of armed groups from Burundi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Ruzizi plain and its highlands in the province of South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, continues to deteriorate. The situation is so grim that it now r ...
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  2 September 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue begins, but without major opposition figures Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "One can verify that dialogue is not inclusive enough". This sentence by Jean-Michel Dumond, the EU representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expresses skepticism with which the inter ...
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  2 September 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Caritas organizes a conference in Abuja against human trafficking Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Sixty million people were either refugees or forcibly displaced in 2015. In Africa thousands of adults and children are being forced to flee conflict, poverty and persecution and are particularly ...
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  1 September 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "No to censorship of the media, no to violence and hatred", say Christian leaders Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened and alarmed by the Government’s muzzling, harassing and persecution of the private media", said a joint statement of the main Christian denominations in Zambia, after th ...
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  1 September 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Clashes after the announcement of the victory of outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - At least two people were shot dead by security forces and many more wounded after crowds tried to storm the offices of the electoral commission in Libreville shortly after authorities announc ...
• 1 September 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Isaac Ebo Blay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Isaac Ebo Blay, of the archdiocesan clergy of Cape Coast as National ...
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  31 August 2016
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The number of Guineans who seek to enter the US from Mexico increases Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The US border authorities have in recent months registered an increase of emigrants of the Republic of Guinea who try to enter through the land border with Mexico. The phenomenon is related to t ...
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  31 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In Yei, hundreds of young people devastated by the violence and say "no to tribalism" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A no to tribalism and violence comes from Yei, the city of Equatoria, South Sudan, which was hit by a wave of murders and massacres attributed to mixed military-civilian armed groups that target su ...
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  31 August 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Long live the Cross and the Crescent": the Egyptian Parliament approves the law on the construction of churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s parliament approved on Tuesday, August 30, a landmark law on the construction of churches, still the subject of harsh criticism from observers and groups belonging to the Egyptian Chri ...
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  30 August 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Protest march authorized by the Supreme Court violently repressed; Police accused Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The violent repression of opposition demonstrations by Zimbabwean police has been criticized by several humanitarian organizations. On Friday, August 26 a protest demonstration organized by 18 op ...