Africa

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  27 May 2016
  AFRICA - A European-African project o recover 7 million weapons in circulation in West Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are 7 million small arms circulating in West Africa, one million in Nigeria alone. 77,000 of these are in the hands of guerrilla groups that fuel conflicts in the Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, ...
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  25 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The arrival of the rains exacerbates the situation of more than 700,000 refugees Yida (Agenzia Fides) - The emergency in the refugee camp in Yida, South Sudan continues. Strong winds and torrential rains have destroyed the tents and left thousands of people in dire straits. According to local source ...
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  25 May 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Constitutional Court’s decision paves the way for Kabila to stay in power for a third term Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Constitutional Court ruling of May 11 states that the constitution permits the president of the republic to remain in office until the installation of the new elected president. This is wh ...
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  25 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Release of Coptic monk kidnapped in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox monk Gabriel, kidnapped on Thursday, April 14 in the city of Nyala, Sudan's state capital of South Darfur (see Fides 16/04/2016) has been released. His confreres of the monaster ...
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  24 May 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Killings of persons with albinism on the rise" denounces Justice and Peace Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Albinos are being abducted and killed for ritual purposes. Graves have been exhumed and some people have been caught by the police with bones and other albino body parts. We as a Justice and P ...
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  24 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Today the funeral of Sister Veronika Teresia Rackova Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Veronika Teresia Rackova of the Congregation of the Sisters Servant of the Holy Spirit and Medical Director of St Bakhita Health Centre will be buried today Tuesday, May 24 in Nairobi, Kenya ...
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  24 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholic Coptic Patriarch: the meeting between the Pope and al Tayyib is a 'new beginning' Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The return of the friendly relations between the Holy See and the Islamic University of al Azhar, sealed by the friendly encounter between Pope Francis and Imam Ahmed al Tayyib, "will give new vig ...
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  23 May 2016
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Mgr. Ndiaye warns: "National dialogue serves the interests of the nation and not those personalistic" Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Do politicians really care to put themselves at the service of the city?" wonders His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar and President of the Episcopal Conference of Senegal, in respo ...
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  23 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - 87-year-old Fr. Peter Meienberg, a Benedictine who helps the prisoners of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "I realised that prisoners needed more than just spiritual nourishment; they were living in very bad environments, and so I set up Faraja Foundation, and through the help of friends and my famil ...
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  23 May 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop: after a meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Imam al Tayyib, the Egyptian press announces the resumption of dialogue between the Holy See and al Azhar Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - "In Egypt great importance is given to the meeting between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar: even the most popular newspapers dedicate large space to the event on the front page, and r ...
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  21 May 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Slovak missionary who was shot and seriously wounded has died Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Sr. Veronica Rackova, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit (SSPS), who was shot and seriously wounded in South Sudan, has died. Sr. Veronica was allegedly shot by Sudan People ...
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  21 May 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Religious denominations reaffirm their commitment to national reconciliation Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that unity and reconciliation are in line with what the Holy Scriptures say, that is why in 2000 we established Christian Gacaca that helped to deliver restorative justice to ou ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Closure of Dadaab: President Kenyatta discusses it with the UN Security Council Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Today May 20th, the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will meet members of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi to discuss the impending repatriation of refugees as well as the gener ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Need to stop the phenomenon of early marriages", the warning of the Bishop of Tenkodogo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Like all young dioceses, even that of Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, has many difficulties to face". In Tenkodogo the are many basic facilities lacking such as clinics and schools, but the phenomenon o ...
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  20 May 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The liberation of the girls in Chibok is an important sign", said Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The question we must ask ourselves is: they were abducted two years ago, why haven’t we found them yet?" asks Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, to Agenzia Fides, commenting on the r ...