Africa

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  4 April 2016
  AFRICA/LIBYA - In Tripoli "we live waiting, praying for peace" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We live waiting, like the rest of the city's population, as always praying for peace. This is our task at the moment", say Church sources to Agenzia Fides from Tripoli, Libya's capital, where f ...
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  2 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Constitutional Court recognizes that President Zuma has violated the Constitution Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A ruling by the Constitutional Court recognized that South African President Jacob Zuma violated the Constitution by using public funds to renovate his private residence in Nkandla. The sto ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sentence "for blasphemy" of the writer Fatima Naoot has been confirmed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The court for misdemeanors in Cairo rejected the appeal that the famous writer and Egyptian blogger Fatima Naoot had filed against the conviction for the crime of blasphemy issued against her in J ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio calls for the release of former Governor Bakosoro Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "All citizens have equal rights before the law and have the right to be brought before a court to be punished according to the law and the articles of the Constitution", said His Exc. Mgr. Edward H ...
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  1 April 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders denounce the formation of militias "who sow violence" ahead of elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to all politicians with their vested interests to cease making elections a matter of life and death for Kenyans", say the religious leaders of Kenya in a statement on the preparation ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition appoints former governor of Katanga as its candidate for presidency Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition parties united in the electoral platform called "G7", have asked former governor of Katanga, Moise Katumbi, to be their candidate for the presidential elections in the Democratic ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government is preparing a document on the "protection of the churches in Islam" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, a body linked to the Egyptian Ministry for Religious facilities (Waqf), will publish a vademecum within a month on the subject of "protection of the church ...
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  31 March 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - High-profile murders and mysterious deaths worsen the political crisis Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Two high-profile murders worsen the political crisis in Burundi, threatening to involve neighboring Rwanda. Former Rwandan Minister Jacques Bihozagara, arrested by the Burundian security servi ...
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  30 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian leaders call for the release of opposition leader Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - During the Easter holidays several Ugandan Christian leaders launched appeals for the release of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, under house arrest since 19 February. Besigye was arrested du ...
• 30 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One dead and one wounded in the attack against a vehicle of Caritas, the third in a year Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A driver of Caritas was killed in a road ambush near Uvira in South Kivu (eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The incident occurred on March 25, when a vehicle of Caritas in ...
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  30 March 2016
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Orionini open a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai Chiconela (Agenzia Fides) – The Opera Don Orione opens a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai, 200 km from the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. The vast territory entrusted to the Orionini by the Bishop ...
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  23 March 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Poor hygienic conditions and overcrowding promote diseases in refugee camps in north Darfur Sortony (Agenzia Fides) - Water and sanitation services in the camps of northern Darfur are not able to cope with the needs of the newly displaced people fleeing the clashes in Jebel Marra. According to the figures of ...
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  23 March 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A New Hope for Central Africa destroyed by civil war Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "For almost four months - apart from some isolated incident and without any particular consequences – there has been no shooting in Bangui" writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, Disca ...
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  22 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Assumptionist priest, who denounced the exploitation of Coltan to the detriment of local populations, has been killed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why are you killing me?" are the last words of Fr. Vincent Machozi, Assumptionist priest killed in the night of Sunday, March 20 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15 km from Butembo in the Ter ...
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  21 March 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Adorno father seriously injured in a road ambush in the northeast Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers) was seriously injured in a road ambush yesterday, Sunday, March 20, in Katwiguru, 30 km from Rutshuru in North Kivu, eastern ...