Africa

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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Sacrificed minors good omens for political elections Mukono (Agenzia Fides) – Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM) based in Uganda has reported at least six cases of mutilation and killing of children as sacrifices to obtain “good luck ” in recent elections held in t ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Organisation asks President al Sisi to grant an amnesty to Copt youths wrongly condemned for offending Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Karim Kamal, founder of the Union General of Copts for the Motherland, has asked the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al Sisi to intervene regarding the case of a group of Copt youths recently a ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Entire community reflects on education and early marriages on the opening day of the new school Nguluwe (Agenzia Fides) – On 5 February, Opening day for newly renovated Nguluwe School , (see Fides 1/2/2016), was a great success. A report sent to Fides by Italian NGO CCS Italia (Centro Cooperazione Sviluppo Onlu ...
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  1 March 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Young people, continue to have hope about living your life in Africa” Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Insecurity , terrorism, persecution of Christians, the migratory crisis, corruption and bad-government, manipulation of national constitutions by political leaders to remain in power; lack of r ...
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  29 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society calls for international enquiry into massaccres in the area of i Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorists belonging to ADF-Nalu group enjoy complicity in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the part of “uncontrolled elements of Ugandan army and security forces ”. This was affirmed ...
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  29 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Opposition disappointed with African Union visit Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Organise, as soon as possible, “inclusive dialogue” with all the “major actors” in the crisis, under the aegis contested (at home) of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. This was the im ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian court sentences 4 Coptic Christians to 5 years in prison after they mock Isis beheadings Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian court in Minya issued a heavy sentence against four Coptic students accused of contempt of Islam after mimicking an Islamic State (Isis) beheading video of a Muslim faithful who was p ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mobile clinic campaigns to help the displaced Lui (Agenzia Fides) - CUAMM’s commitment to assist the displaced in Mundri East County, South Sudan, continues. CUAMM is working tirelessly in cooperation with local authorities to manage surgical and obstetric emergen ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The exhortations of the Bishops to the authorities: Fight against Boko Haram and corruption, economic development Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To put an end to the violence of Boko Haram, fight corruption and develop the economy to improve the general living conditions. These are the main exhortations addressed to the Government by the N ...
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  26 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The President of Ghana commends the efforts of the Church for the unity of the African peoples Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Countless heartbreaking stories of development plans torn apart and destroyed homes come from different areas of Africa and the world, all because inhabitants were not able to forgive and forget ...
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  25 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: "Hope for the election of a new President, but we continue to suffer the presence of the LRA" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "At last we have a new President. Beyond the person who holds the office, what is important is that we have a new President that we hope will lead the Country out of the abyss into which we sank ...
• 25 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops at a conference on reconciliation and challenges to the Church in West Africa Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Over 150 Bishops gathered in Accra, capital of Ghana, for the Joint Plenary Assembly of the two international meetings of the Episcopal Conferences of West Africa: the Anglophone RECOWA (Regional ...
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  25 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abandoned children accused of being witches Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Redeem children abandoned in the streets by their families and accused of being sorcerers: is the goal of the NGO African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation. We are talking about ...
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  24 February 2016
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Catholic women of Southern Africa for the promotion of migrants' rights Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - The inter regional meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa through its Social Department recently organised a Human Rights Centred Migration Management capacity building workshop to promote the obs ...
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  24 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A new report highlights the plight of Nigerian Christians Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Between 9,000 to 11,500 Christians killed; Since 2000 at least 1.3 million Christians are now internally displaced or forced to move elsewhere; 13,000 churches have been destroyed or forced to clo ...