Africa

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  14 November 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Giving back childhood to street children and offering them a better future Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Reception and rehabilitation services, education, are some of the interventions that the Salesian missionaries have launched in favor of street children in the areas where they are involved. 'Reco ...
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  14 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of 'miracle healers' and 'false prophets' Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Beware of false prophets. Some of these use the pulpit and television to deceive the people of God", warned Msgr. David Ajang, Bishop of Lafia, in his homily on Sunday November 13, warning the fa ...
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  12 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Forced marriages increase the risk of violence and suicide for women Wau (Agenzia Fides) - A young 19-year-old mother is serving a three-month prison sentence in the Wau juvenile detention center, in the western Bahr el Ghazal state of South Sudan, for refusing to marry a man chosen by he ...
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  12 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Minna on upcoming elections: “People want change in Nigeria” Minna (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the youths and fringe groups do not succeed in putting in power the political leaders of their choices, they have started something – a new movement that will bring about a ‘New’ Ni ...
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  11 November 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - An "informal" school on the outskirts of Luanda in one of the parish chapels Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Education in Angola is of poor quality, it lacks in infrastructure, school materials and trained teachers. While it is compulsory and free for children aged four, for children between the ages of ...
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  11 November 2022
  AFRICA/CONGO - Caritas: More than 2,600 refugees from the DRC are in a precarious situation; the Bishops of the DRC call for a march for peace on December 4 Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – More than 2,600 refugees in central-eastern Congo-Brazzaville live in precarious conditions. This was stated by Caritas Congo according to which the conditions of the children in particula ...
• 11 November 2022
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Ambanja, Donatien Francis Randriamalala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Fr. Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S., currently parish priest of Notre Dame de la Salette and Vicar General of the Diocese of Morondava, as Bishop ...
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  10 November 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Director of Justice and Peace of Butembo-Beni: "Is the population being massacred to clear out the territory in order to exploit its riches?" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - This massacre reflects what has been happening in our diocese from October 2014 until today: the ADF attack and kill the populations, burning houses, means of transport on the roads and goods", ...
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  10 November 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The forgotten victims of the Tigray war: the fate of 100,000 Eritrean refugees Shire (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two years of the ongoing conflict in the northern region of Ethiopia, very little has been said about Eritreans. While 60,000 Tigrayans have been displaced from their homes to refugee ...
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  9 November 2022
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In one of the poorest Countries in the world, the parish remains a refuge for all Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Madagascar we know that we are objectively among the poorest Countries in the world. But there is no war, the worst and most repugnant of the evils that men inflict on their fellow men. And at ...
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  9 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kaduna: Kidnapping of a Catholic priest and 9 other people in a village attacked by bandits Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Abraham Kunat has been kidnapped by armed men in the local government area of Kachia, in the state of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria. The kidnapping took place around midnight yesterday, November ...
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  8 November 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks: negotiating partners discuss implementation of the agreement Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, November 7, 2022, a new round of talks began in Nairobi between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the rebels of the Tigray region: representatives of the military command of ...
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  8 November 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Ecosystem damage continues as the country is engulfed in flames, just days after an incident on Lake Victoria Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) – Tanzania, overwhelmed by an active fire since October 21, deployed the army to respond to the fire that broke out on Kilimanjaro. On Tuesday, November 1, the country mobilized a military contin ...
• 8 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of Bishop of Torit, Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, of the clergy of Khartoum, until now parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint Matthew of the archdiocese of Kharto ...
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  7 November 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Fighting pride and selfish interests and living a life full of humility, forgiveness and mutual love Kasanga (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francis Aquirinus Kibira Kambale of the diocese of Kasese appeals to the country's Catholic politicians, whom he urges to "stand up for the demands of the community" in order to achieve r ...