Africa

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  16 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the 21 "martyrs of Libya" a year after their massacre Samalot (Agenzia Fides) - Today numerous Bishops and priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church will take part in the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the church in Samalot in honor of the 21 Coptic Christians killed a year ago i ...
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  16 February 2016
  AFRICA/CONGO - The Bishops: "Mercy is a political act par excellence" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Mercy is a political act par excellence" say the Catholic Bishops of the Republic of Congo to the politicians of their Country in the Message published at the end of their 44th Plenary Asse ...
• 15 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The new Ugandan terrorist attacks of the ADF spread fear among the population in Eringeti Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The fear of new attacks has seized the inhabitants of Eringeti and its surroundings, after those committed by the terrorists of the ADF on 12 and 14 February. Eringeti is located in the territo ...
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  15 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The drama of famine increases: people queue in front of granaries, almost always empty Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In February, the rainy season is expected to be at its height. But not this year, because of the merciless sun that is literally burning the harvest", writes Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort mis ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Dialogue is urgently needed to avoid new bloodbath" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors are circulating that the rebels are preparing to attack forces in Burundi to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by local sources who requested anonym ...
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  12 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The lives of Malians are at risk": Justice and Peace condemns the lack of food and medicine Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "People are dying of easily treatable diseases. The poor do not have the money to buy medicine in pharmacies", denounces Martin Chiphwanya, deputy national Secretary of the "Justice and Peace" ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou: "We are continuously under LRA attack, but nobody talks about it" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of 2016 my diocese has been continuously under LRA attack and nobody talks about it", denounces to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou ...
• 10 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGER - Archbishop of Niamey: "Let us vote in complete freedom, without ethnic or sectarian influences" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "During Lent there will be elections in our Country. As voters, activists and candidates, we must take care to put in first place the truth, where fraud seems to triumph, and respect the voice of ...
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  10 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Education and food, not bombs, for Sudanese refugees Yida (Agenzia Fides) - Around 60 percent of Sudanese refugees are minors, looking for an opportunity to complete school in South Sudan. One of the first stops for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan’s South Kordofan r ...
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  9 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Awaiting the arrival of the African Union delegation, but the population has little hope Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We await the arrival of the African Union delegation (AU) which should meet President Pierre Nkurunziza to try to convince him to accept the peacekeeping mission that the AU intends to send t ...
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  9 February 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious leaders have organized moments of prayer for the elections of 18 February Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda's main religious faiths join in praying for the successful holding of the general elections on 18 February. This was decided by the Council of Presidents of Inter-Religious Council of Uga ...
• 8 February 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The presidential run-off and the first round of legislative elections to be held on 14 February Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the Central African presidential elections will be held on Sunday, February 14. The two candidates are Anicet-Georges Dologuélé and Faustin-Archange Touadéra. They both hel ...
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  8 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 18-year-old Coptic girl missing; demonstrations against the scourge of "targeted" kidnappings against Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) - More than 150 Coptic Christians took part in a sit-in convened last night, Sunday, February 7, in front of the provincial administration office in Minya, to sensitize the authorities and police fo ...
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  8 February 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New inter-community violence in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes continue between the Hutu and Nande communities in the territory of Lubero, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, on Febru ...
• 8 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2016, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Duncan Theodore Tsoke, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa). He was assigned the titular see of Orreacel ...