Africa

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  29 August 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The bill on the construction of churches under the consideration of the Council of State Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of the Egyptian Council of State in charge of evaluating the legislative work has begun its review of the new draft law on the construction of churches, whose latest version was pre ...
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  27 August 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Synod approves the law on the construction of churches. But there are doubts and disagreements Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A long-debated draft law concerning the building and restoration of churches was approved in past days. The Cabinet's approval follows a prolonged back and forth between church representatives and ...
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  26 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Jesuits denounce the political use of the police against the Minister of Finance Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The Jesuit Institute South Africa is seriously concerned with, what appears to be, the continued harassment by the HAWKS of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Pravin Gordhan", said a statement s ...
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  26 August 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The police break up a protest march, which was then authorized by the Supreme Court Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Police used batons and fired tear gas against demonstrators who were preparing to attend today, August 26, a protest march in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. The police’s intervention took place be ...
• 26 August 2016
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the Archbishop of N'Djaména Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 August 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar, Bishop of Sarh as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djamena, in Chad. His Exc. Mgr. Edmond Djitangar was born o ...
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  25 August 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Archbishop of Tororo: "Domestic violence is the main challenge for families" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We have all forms of domestic violence, and no one is spared: a child, a student, a mother, a father", denounces His Exc. Emmanuel Obbo, Archbishop of Tororo in Uganda, in an interview with CAN ...
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  25 August 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Land grabbing; threat or possibility of development?" forum in Accra organized by Caritas Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana; restoring livelihoods; paving the way for Sustainable Development Goals". Is the title of the forum which is being organized by Caritas Ghana under the auspices ...
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  24 August 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Eight people die during an assault in the home of a man who had saved a student accused of blasphemy Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A mob has killed eight people by burning down the house of a Muslim man who intervened in the attempted lynching of a Christian student accused of blasphemy in the city of Zamfara, in northern Nig ...
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  24 August 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Suspended the licences of three private broadcasters of the opposition after the re-election of outgoing President Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambia's broadcasting regulator suspended the licences of three private broadcasters linked to the opposition, saying they had posed a risk to peace and stability during this month's presidential ...
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  23 August 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Malawi is slowly dying of starvation" writes a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Now it is hard to keep count. It happens in all villages with more and more frequency. Funerals with long vigils in the night and the sad daily processions, the most obvious signs that slowly, ...
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  23 August 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "In this election, the people have spoken and are tired of corruption, maladministration" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "This peaceful elections auger well for the future stability of our political system", say the South African Bishops in a message in which they rejoice at the successful holding of municipa ...
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  22 August 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Church calls on Government to hire chaplains in Schools to end arson" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have noted with concern and there seems to be evidence that most of students involved in burning of schools are vulnerable children some coming from dysfunctional families, others are orphan ...
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  22 August 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition rejects "national dialogue" and announces a day of protest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The coalition of the Congolese opposition "Rassemblement" has announced that it will participate in the "national dialogue" convened on August 23 by the mediator of the African Union to facilit ...
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  13 August 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Polio returns in Nigeria, two cases in the north Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria has reported its first two cases of polio after more than two years, in an area that was recently freed from Islamic extremists who attacked the volunteers because of vaccinations, announ ...
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  11 August 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue begins, crucial for the future of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - National dialogue started yesterday, Wednesday, August 10. The first to meet the Bishops of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) was Edem Kodjo . On January 16, the President of ...