Africa

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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - Pressure on President Jammeh so that he cedes power, "but no use of force", says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Banjoul (Agenzia Fides) - The West African Countries are intensifying the pressure so that outgoing President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, cedes power on January 19 after losing the elections on December 1, won by Adama Barr ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Thousands of "special" children need medical treatment and rehabilitation Sangmelima (Agenzia Fides) - Cameroon is one of the African countries with the highest incidence of disability in children. According to UNICEF estimates, 23% of people aged between 2 and 9 live with at least one type of ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "House of Fatwa": it is legitimate for Christians to build churches in an Islamic State Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The "House of Fatwa" (Dar al Ifta al Misryah), the Egyptian body presided by the Grand Mufti of Egypt and responsible for disseminating guidance pronouncements and dissolve doubts and disputes reg ...
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  10 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The report of UN experts on the DRC receives praise from a local NGO Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A new report by the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was applauded by an NGO of North Kivu, the eastern province of the DRC, where there are illegal activities deno ...
• 9 January 2017
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Bishop of Chimoio, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. Th ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The rebellion of the military has subsided, but a climate of violence remains, as denounced by the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned in the Ivory Coast where the military in revolt had caused panic in several cities of the Country including the economic capital, Abidjan. The revolt started from Bouake, the s ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi: I will build the largest church in the nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the largest Coptic Church of Egypt, it will be inaugurated by 2018 in the new capital which is being built on the margin of Cairo's metropolis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Si ...
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  9 January 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Presidential pardon for political prisoners" requested by the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I ask the President to pardon and forgive all political prisoners as well as others arrested for minor offenses, other who may have been arrested because of rumors mongering and propagandaI" asked ...
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  5 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy on the use of the manual voting system instead of the electronic system Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya is waiting for the decision of the Senate Legal Affairs Committee to confirm or not the amendment voted by Parliament on December 22. The Bill provides for use of a manual backup in identi ...
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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO - Environment: Bishops denounce deforestation and pollution of rivers Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Forests disappear little by little due to the over-exploitation of timber and reforestation policy throughout the national territory", denounce the Bishops of the Republic of Congo (Congo Br ...
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  4 January 2017
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza: "I may stand for re-election in 2020" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Towards a fourth term of President Pierre Nkurunziza? This is what the same Head of State of Burundi hinted and also stressed the possibility of amending the Constitution to obtain a fourth te ...
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  3 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Further negotiations are needed to put into practice the agreement on December 31 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The agreement reached on December 31 between the majority and opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo need other agreements in order to be applied. Local observers are convinced of this ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary from Bangui:"Schools and construction sites are the hope for the future" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Country remains precarious, particularly in some cities. However, in the capital, at least in the last two months, there have been no particular clashes", writes Fr. Federic ...
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  28 December 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The agreement is within reach", announces Mgr. Utembi who mediates between the majority and opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reached the end of the tunnel. What remains to be done is to review the text. The agreement is there, within reach", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani and ...
• 28 December 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Mbalmayo, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 December 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Adalbert Ndzana. The Holy Father a ...