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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Uncontrollable epidemic of measles: 23,000 people infected Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 23,000 people, mostly children, have been infected with measles in the region of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 400 have died. This was reported by the humanitaria ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Un golpe prevedibile visto che la guardia pretoriana di Compaoré non è stata sciolta Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are talking about a predictable coup because the Presidential Guard (Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle RSP) which reigned for 25 years, was not dissolved after the destitution of B ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - A church devastated by fire in Aden Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Holy Family in Aden was looted and set on fire by unidentified armed men, but according to observers could belong to al Qaeda, rooted in the region. The port city, in the south of ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - To commemorate the "Christian heroes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To commemorate the Christian heroes who gave their lives for Pakistan: a special celebration was held at the "Santa Maria" minor Seminary in Lahore, which was attended by priests, lay people an ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem: no more discrimination against Christian schools Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The strike that Christian schools have been conducting for two weeks against the discriminatory policies implemented against them by the Israeli government represents a battle to defend ed ...
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  17 September 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Forcible return for the Vietnamese "Montagnards" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Cambodia has asked hundreds of Vietnamese Christian refugees to return home. According to the UN, in August only 13 out of more than 200 "Montagnards" (as the indigenous people who inhabit th ...
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  17 September 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Intervention of Mgr. Scarpellini on the candidacy of Morales: "Alternation is an expression of democracy" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholic Church, we affirm that alternation is always an expression of democracy", said the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, as well as secretary of the Episcopal Confer ...
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  16 September 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Constitution confirms the secular state, extremist groups attack three churches Kathmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - The new Constitution of Nepal, which will be officially promulgated on September 20, confirms the secular nature of the state. The Constituent Assembly rejected the amendment to introduce an ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No school for children living in IDP camps in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The majority of children living in the camps in West Darfur do not go to school. The serious problem is in addition to the increase in children who have no shelter. This alarm was launched by the ...
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  16 September 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "How many people have to die before they have justice?", since 1983 at least 50 indigenous leaders have been killed Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) - "How many people have to die before reaching the conclusion that we need to do something concrete for peace, respect for human rights and justice for all?". The question is posed by His Exc ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - UN warning: "The crisis in Burundi can trigger a broader regional conflict" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a risk of a major conflict in the Great Lakes region, which no one can predict the proportions" if the political crisis in Burundi is not resolved. This is the warning launched by Pa ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - Over 300,000 refugees welcomed in Cameroon, to which are added 100,000 IDPs Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Only one African country, Cameroon, welcomes over 300,000 refugees from Nigeria and the Central African Republic, according to data from the Inter-ministerial ad hoc Committee responsible for ma ...
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  16 September 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Jordanian proposal: let us set aside the term "minority" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In order to find effective and lasting solutions to conflicts and sectarian rifts that disrupt the Middle East, it is necessary to break free from the language and the logic that interpret the soc ...
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  16 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at the tomb of Mother Teresa, "a model of love for God and for the poor" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Mother Teresa "will continue to be an inspiration and model of love for God and for the poor; a beacon of light and hope; a friend and intercessor to all; and, as she always was, a caring Mothe ...
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  16 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - There are between 150 and 200 people who were found dead in what appears to be extrajudicial killings in Bujumbura and in the "Rural Bujumbura", the suburban area of the capital of Burundi. Th ...