Africa
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25 June 2020
AFRICA/LESOTHO - The Church in Lesotho, despite the conditions imposed by Covid-19, its evangelizing mission continues
Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "To date Lesotho has seen just seventeen confirmed cases of COVID-19 making it the lowest country in the Southern African Region. So far, only 2130 persons have been tested in a national populati ...
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25 June 2020
AFRICA/SUDAN - Covid-19, lockdown extended in Khartoum: the government meets the needs of street sellers
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudan Security and Defense Council has further extended a lockdown in the state of Khartoum to June 29, in response to the recommendations of its Supreme Committee for Health Emergencies. T ...
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24 June 2020
AFRICA/MALI - Cardinal Zerbo: Catholic sentinels and mediators among violence and conflict
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of this difficult situation, we religious are sentinels and act as mediators to encourage dialogue and a return to calm". In the chaos in Mali, overwhelmed by post-election politica ...
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24 June 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Rape is repulsive, reprehensible and dehumanizing" says Mgr. Kaigama in the face of the increase in sexual crimes
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The increasing cases of the heinous crime of rape are frightening. The rape culture is as repulsive and reprehensible as it is dehumanizing", Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja said Sunday ...
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23 June 2020
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Wave of IDPs in the northern province, caused by violence and destruction
Nampula (Agenzia Fides) - "People are terrified and run away from villages. There are now only two thousand in Namialo, more than 300 here in Nampula. They flee the violence and destruction that has been shaking the nort ...
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23 June 2020
AFRICA/EGYPT - Winds of war with Turkey, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and Evangelical leaders alongside al Sisi
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church has always been at the side of the Egyptian nation in all the difficult passages of its history, and now supports the national political and military authorities by supp ...
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23 June 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "I believe in a unique, strong, stable and free South Sudan", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio
Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "The struggle for liberation was founded on the pillars of a law-abiding, prosperous and peaceful South Sudan", said Mgr. Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of the diocese of Tombura-Yambio ...
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23 June 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "Enough of the cynical way of proceeding that plays with the sacredness of life"
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Without a serious reform of the electoral framework in view of free, transparent, credible and peaceful elections, democracy cannot really thrive in Togo", say the Bishops of Togo in a press rele ...
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23 June 2020
AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan theological seminary of Conakry
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 March 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Francois Sylla, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Conakry as R ...
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22 June 2020
AFRICA/CONGO - "Something evil can lead to a good thing" says a Congolese priest who describes the religious and social situation caused by Covid-19
Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Something evil can lead to a good thing" writes to Fides Don Armand Brice Ibombo, priest and teacher in the Republic of Congo, in describing the consequences of the pandemic due to Covid-19 ...
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22 June 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - "We are custodians of our brothers and sisters: Children’s right and black lives matter"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, there is increase in gender based-violence, sexual violence, early pregnancies, forced labor, child trafficking, early marriages and increased cases of Female Genital Mutilation, and ...
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20 June 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Stop war: God is watching us and will hold us accountable for disrespecting and disregarding the sanctity of life" warn Christian leaders
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We the Church in South Sudan are deeply saddened by the escalation of violence in nearly all the States of our country. We strongly deplore the increase in loss of lives and destruction of propert ...
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20 June 2020
AFRICA/BURUNDI - "President, give us peace among Burundians": Archbishop of Gitega at the inauguration of the newly-elected Head of State
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in, in the presence of the country's civil and religious authorities.
Before taking oath, the moderator of the ceremony, Brigadi ...
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20 June 2020
AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishop of Zomba: "The Church has a central role in dealing with the pandemic"
Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "When Covid 19 arrived in Malawi, we found ourselves unprepared and frightened. So far God has saved us from many deaths compared to Europe and other parts of the world. To date, there are over 50 ...
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19 June 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Covid-19: after the death of a fifth religious a convent has been turned into a COVID-19 quarantine facility
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The convent of the Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters in South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Umtata has been turned into a COVID-19 quarantine facility after a fifth member of the ...
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