Africa

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  23 August 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - SACBC "JUSTICE AND PEACE" COMMISSION: more than 70‚000 mine workers have lost their jobs in the past two years Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply worried about the levels of retrenchment and unemployment in our Country ", says a statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberly, and President of the SAC ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No elections in the DRC within the end of 2017", state the Austro-African Countries Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo cannot be organized by the end of 2017. This is what the Austro-African Development Community (SADC) noted at the summit that ended on Sunday, Augu ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' appeal to national unity: "Stop the violent propaganda that risks plunging the Country into war or a very serious crisis" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Enough of this drum beat of war". This is the title of the statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, and His Exc. Mgr. William Amove Avenya, Bishop of Gboko, res ...
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  22 August 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: "Let us pray for the dead and we hope for an ecological conversion to avoid new tragedies" Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hearts and prayers go out to the bereaved families, and all those who have been made homeless, as well as those who have been thrown into abject poverty by this disaster", write the Bishop ...
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  21 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "To die for elections is unacceptable": condemnation of the Bishops regarding post-election violence Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan opposition has appealed to the Supreme Court for the victory of outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 presidential election against Raila Odinga. The latter contested the ...
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  21 August 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE -"Deforestation and illegal constructions at the origin of the Regent tragedy" says a missionary Freetwon (Agenzia Fides) - "As always one wonders if something could have been avoided and if human wisdom could have saved so many lives and so many things built with hard work", writes Fr. Gerardo Caglioni to Agenzia F ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Religious leaders: “declare legitimate Bangassou people request for withdrawal of Moroccan UN Peacekeepers Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- In Bangassou, a city in the south east of the Central African Republic the people are demanding the withdrawal of the Moroccan troops of the UN Peacekeeping Mission. “The request is legitimate ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two emergency projects in provinces of former Katanga help cope with double the number of internally displaced persons Agenzia Fides) Kalemie (Agenzia Fides) – According to a report issued by OCHA, in March this year there were about 450,000 internally displaced persons in the province of Tanganyika, the worst hit of the four province ...
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  11 August 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Mini cultural centre on wheels open for street children Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Matatart is a project run jointly by a 30 year old architect, an Italian Aid Worker, and a young Ugandan woman. The project helps carry culture and art to street children in Kampala. Matatart c ...
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  10 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - “No to violence”: religious leaders appeal while waiting for official results Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) “No to violence; legal paths must be taken to resolve disputes”. This is the sense of an appeal made by the religious leaders of Kenya, meeting at the Multi-Sectional Forum, awaiting the issu ...
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  10 August 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Massacre in Bangassou denounced by the Pope: local Bishop condemns ‘trigger-happy’ UN troops Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- “The massacre in Central Africa Republic in Gambo, a village 70 km from Bangassou, was even mentioned yesterday by the Holy Father” the local Bishop Juan José Aguirre of Muños, Bangassou, un ...
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  9 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Outgoing President Kenyatta leads after elections yesterday but the Opposition denounces vote-rigging Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta leads in the partial count after yesterday’s 8 August vote for presidential and political elections in Kenya (see Fides 8/8/2017). The result however is reject ...
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  8 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Polling stations open in Kenya to elect new President; local Church in front line for a peaceful vote Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Polling stations open in Kenya today, 8 August, for presidential and political elections. Some 19.6 million voters are called to elect a new parliament and a Head of State and to choose between o ...
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  7 August 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Drugs and crime behind massacre in a church at Ozubulu Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday Sunday 6 August 12 persons died and more than 20 were wounded in a shooting attack inside the church of Saint Philip at Ozubulu State of Anambra, in the south of Nigeria. Local Fides sou ...
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  5 August 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Election results shall be accepted and let no one incite to violence”, religious leaders warn Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Election results shall be accepted and no one shall incite his or her respective supporters to violent action to contest the vote”. This is the message addressed by the religious leaders o ...