Africa

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  22 June 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Drought and climate change exacerbate famine Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly one million children in Madagascar suffer from acute malnutrition. The current drought, one of the worst ever seen, has burned rice and cassava crops, leaving 80% of the population w ...
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  21 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Nsukka: "Let us forgive our enemies, but the government has to protect us" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Never in the history of our community have we witnessed anything similar. And we pray and hope that never again shall we witness any tragedy close to this one in magnitude", said His Exc. Mgr. Go ...
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  21 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops launch a civic education campaign ahead of elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) has launched the campaign for voter and civic education. The campaign aims to encourage citizens to be more involved in affairs of the countr ...
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  20 June 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - New threats to the village of Ngaoudaye, where a Capuchin mission was ransacked Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The MPC-RJ armed group has not returned to base near Paoua after the attack on Ngaoudaye, but withdrawn in Kollo, a village on the border with Chad" refer Church sources to Agenzia Fides. Fight ...
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  20 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "It is time to work for the reconstruction of the country" t Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Now is not the time for recriminations. Now is the time for the government and all citizens to work together for the future. Do not indulge in destructive criticism; instead roll up your sleeves a ...
• 20 June 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Livingstone, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 June 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Livingstone (Zambia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Raymond Mpezele, in accordance with ...
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  18 June 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Practices of witchcraft and sorcery to cure diseases Mzuzu (Agenzia Fides) - It is hard to imagine the power that sorcerers in Africa still have, said one of the organization's representatives of Under The Same Sun (UTSS), a charitable organisation that promotes the well-b ...
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  18 June 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The City of Joy welcomes mistreated orphans and vulnerable children Monze (Agenzia Fides) - The Health Desk of Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has rescued some orphaned and venerable children in Monze Diocese who were being abused by adults. The girls are among the 20 Orphaned and Vuln ...
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  17 June 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary: "Armed gangs are reforming again; we hope in the intervention of the Blue Helmets" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Bozoum there are no problems, I know that there have been more in the north", says to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, Carmelite, parish priest in Bozoum, in the northwest of the Cent ...
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  17 June 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Tension rises, the Bishops call for dialogue Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing political tension in Uganda, where some soldiers were arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni. On June 13, police authorities announced that they ...
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  17 June 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Severe drought forces the population to eat seeds Bekily (Agenzia Fides) - Malagasy farmers are in a desperate situation due to the severe drought that is hitting seven districts in the southern part of Madagascar, where at least a million people lack enough food in the ...
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  16 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Congolese opposition unites and calls for elections by November Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rassemblement" ("Union") is the name that the Congolese opposition gave itself at the end of the meeting convened in Genval (Belgium) by Etienne Tshisekedi, President of the Union pour la Dém ...
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  16 June 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Migrants left to die of thirst, men, women and children Assamakka (Agenzia Fides) - Niger's Interior Ministry announced the recent discovery of the bodies of 34 migrants, among them also 20 children, in a desert area near the border with Algeria. Among the 14 adults there are ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - New intervention of religious leaders to denounce "hate speech" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have taken note of the rising cases of hate speech and war mongering associated with particular politicians. This trend is worrying and must not be allowed to take root in the Country’s po ...
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  15 June 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops: "No to political use of justice, yes to dialogue to resolve disputes" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "No to political use of justice!" warn the Ugandan Bishops in a statement issued at the end of their retreat in Nsaambya, near Kampala. "We have noted the indirect pressure on the Judiciary w ...