Africa

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  8 April 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Skepticism from the opposition about the possible dispatch of UN police officers in Burundi Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The decision of the UN Security Council to send an international contingent of police was welcomed with strong skepticism by the opposition and civil society. In their view, this will not hel ...
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  8 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - After the signing of the agreement with the rebels of Western Equatoria "comes the arduous task of rebuilding" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the first kind of peace deal to be realized in one of the 28 countries of Southern Sudan" stressed His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, in his speech at ...
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  8 April 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - A video game to raise awareness about the plight of many children Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Cross Dakar City is the name of a video game that highlights the serious situations in which some Senegalese children live, and that shows that video games can be used to offer social awareness. T ...
• 7 April 2016
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Diosdado Marqués Sabadell Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 4, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Diosdado Marqués Sabadell, of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraterni ...
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  7 April 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - How to encourage girls to study and avoid early marriages Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambia has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. More than 4 out of 10 women, aged between 20 and 24, get married when they are only 16. A destiny "already decided" for many yo ...
• 7 April 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Keta-Akatsi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 April 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Kwami Adanuty, in ac ...
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  6 April 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New air raids on the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Local Church sources confirmed to Agenzia Fides what the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) denounced, according to which the Sudanese air force has carried out a ...
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  6 April 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Churches are opposed to the proposed registration of religious denominations Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - After Kenya (see Fides 04/02/2016) Uganda also intends to proceed with the registration of so-called FBO - Faith Based Organizations. A measure, sponsored by the department of Ethics and Religio ...
• 5 April 2016
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Franceville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 4, 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Basile Mvé Engone S.D.B., Archbishop of Libreville as Apostolic Administrator for the vacant et nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese ...
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  5 April 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - Calm has returned in Brazzaville Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Calm is slowly returning in Brazzaville after yesterday's clashes. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local Church sources from the capital of the Republic of Congo, where in the early mo ...
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  5 April 2016
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Archbishop of Mwanza praises the government's efforts to combat corruption Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to recognise the good leadership of our national leaders in restoring ethics, integrity and the rule law", said His Exc. Mgr. Juda Thadeus Ruwaichi, Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania ...
• 4 April 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Osogbo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 April 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. John Akin Oyejola of the clergy of Oyo, Priest and Director of the Diocesan Center for Family Ministry, as Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria). The n ...
• 4 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Isangi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 April 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi, of the clergy of Isiro-Niangara, professor at the Pontifical Urbaniana University as Bishop of the Diocese of Isan ...
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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary children explain the Gospel to their peers Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - It is still Lent in Ethiopia. Preparations for Easter continue, as well as the activities of the small Catholic communities of Oromia. Among these, Fides received the story of a group of children ...
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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese government and the UN have to open an investigation into the massacres in the northeast Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since October 2014, in the surroundings of the town of Beni, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than five hundred people have been killed and tens of thousands o ...