Africa

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  20 January 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A year after the kidnapping, Cardinal Onaiyekan recalls Fr. Oyaka, whose fate we know nothing Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - For over a year there has been no news of Fr. Gabriel Oyaka, a Nigerian Spiritan father (Congregation of the Holy Spirit), who was kidnapped on September 7, 2015 in Kogi State (see Fides 10/09/201 ...
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  20 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - More than 4,500 children reunited with their families, more than 16 thousand recruited as soldiers Juba (Agenzia Fides) - At least 4,563 children have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, some of them after years of separation. "Since 2013, 9,046 cases of children also remain active and open requiring ong ...
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  19 January 2017
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - President Barrow takes office in the Gambian embassy in Dakar; first step for the Pan-African military intervention? Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - The elected President of Gambia, Adama Barrow, will be sworn in today, January 19, at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, where he took refuge after outgoing President, Yahya Jammeh, decided n ...
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  19 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - New military and police protests, raid against Ucao Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Several areas of the Ivory Coast are in the grip of protests by military, gendarmes, police and customs officers who take to the streets, firing into the air and intimidating civilians. From Abi ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The case of the old Copt woman from Karm, beaten and stripped naked by fanatical Islamists, suspended for "lack of evidence" Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Prosecutors in Egypt's central governorate of Minya have suspended investigations into an assault on a 70-year-old Coptic Christian woman, Suan Thabet, who was stripped naked and paraded in the st ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Bishops' appeal to save lives - medical staff on strike for more than a month Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya, once again appeal to the striking doctors to resume essential medical duties especially regarding patients in danger of life and those who need urgent care. The me ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The failed assault on the prison in Beni, further sign of a guerrilla resurgence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Failed assault on the central prison in Beni, in North Kivu, by an armed group that is presumed to be formed by May May militiamen. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, a group of ar ...
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  14 January 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Non Violence: A style of Politics for Peace”: Archbishop of Gulu’s appeal to promote peace Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - During the 12th Gulu Episcopal Provincial Annual Prayer Peace week, Mgr. John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu made a passionate plea to the hearts of those who promote violence throughout the wor ...
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  13 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - One must overcome the ambiguity of the New Year’s Eve Agreement Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement on New Year's Eve to get the Democratic Republic of Congo out of the political crisis for the lost presidential elections (see Fides 03/01/2017), has positive aspects but also pre ...
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  13 January 2017
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Bishops: "The Country is in crisis, but we must resist the temptation of discouragement and violence" N'Djamena (Agemzia Fides) - Chad is going through a very difficult time because "of disputes on the presidential election management, the non-payment of wages and the austerity measures taken by the government to tackle ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New developments and projects for the revival of the "Way of the Holy Family" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The revival of the "Way of the Holy Family", an itinerary to make pilgrimages to the places that, according to ancient local traditions, were crossed by the Holy Family during their exile in Egypt ...
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  12 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Give dialogue a chance", say the Bishops after the promulgation of the election amendment Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Give dialogue a chance" ask the Bishops of Kenya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides in the aftermath of the promulgation, by President Uhuru Kenyatta, of the disputed election amendment law. ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The freezing cold weather causes the death of many malnourished children Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - A wave of icy cold weather continues to cause the death of several children in the western region of Sudan. Already a few weeks ago a group of malnourished children did not resist the cold. Ac ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "Give me the permission to meet with the rebels to put an end to violence" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I need the permission to avoid unnecessary suspicion at various checkpoints that I will have to encounter", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei in South Sudan, to Radio Easter, e ...
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  11 January 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 800 dead and 16 churches destroyed by the terrorist group of Fulani herdsmen Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last three months attacks have increased carried out by the Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist (FHT) in more than half of the territory of the southern State of Kaduna", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Jose ...