Africa

• 28 September 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Resignation of the Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 September 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Albert Vanbuel, S ...
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  26 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros visits the Ethiopian "sister Church" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II left Cairo on Friday, September 25 for a five-day visit to Ethiopia. During his stay Pope Tawadros will participate in the solemn liturgical celebrations offi ...
• 25 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The control of rare Burundian earths behind the political crisis related to the third term of Nkurunziza? Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Behind the political crisis in Burundi there is also a struggle of influence between foreign powers for the control of deposits of rare earths. This was revealed to Agenzia Fides by sources of ...
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  25 September 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Thousands of displaced by floods which hit the Country Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Heaving flooding hit Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone on Thursday, September 17. It is one of the most severe flooding in recent years, in a Country that has not finished fighting against t ...
• 24 September 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Episcopal Conferences of Africa obtain observer status at the African Union Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has obtained observer status at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to a statement sent ...
• 24 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The government rejects the invitation to dialogue "with all" addressed by the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "No agreement with those accused of insurrectionary activities", said the Burundian government, rejecting the call for dialogue "without exception" addressed by local Bishops to bring the coun ...
• 23 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Despite the attacks, the displaced return to Maiduguri; 3 priests ordained in a community ransacked by Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Maiduguri, the capital of the Nigerian State of Borno, has been hit by new attacks committed by Boko Haram, the last dates back to Sunday, September 20 and according to sources, between 54 to 85 p ...
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  23 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - An agreement with the coup leaders has been reached; Bishops: "do not destroy the expectations of the people" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso coup leaders have agreed to return to their barracks and said they would restore the deposed president, Michel Kafando, to power, signing a deal with the army that apparently de ...
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  22 September 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Women, widows and orphans who live in absolute precariousness continues to increase Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Data from South Sudan, the third Country in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest number of oil reserves, are shocking. There is talk of a million and a half displaced persons, widows and orphans, an ...
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  22 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Burkina Faso's army has given coup leaders an ultimatum to surrender Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis is evolving in a positive way, but is not over yet", sources of the Church in Burkina Faso told Fides, where military coup leaders have announced the release of the Prime Ministe ...
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  22 September 2015
  AFRICA - Africa prepares to welcome Pope Francis Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While Pope Francis continues his visit in America, the details of his next trip in late November in three African countries (Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic) are being specified. Acc ...
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  22 September 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Fatwa to allow the Copts on the electoral Salafist lists Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The use of an old Fatwa helped leaders of the Salafist al-Nour Party, issued by Sheikh Mohammed Nasreddin Albanian al Albani, to justify in the eyes of the more rigid leaders and activists, the re ...
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  21 September 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The story of a missionary: "Making Jesus present among poor people who struggle to get by" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "A year has gone by since I started my 'fidei donum' service in the Church of Robe in Ethiopia, so I thought I would tell you about the progress made": writes to Fides Fr. Giuseppe Ghirelli, curre ...
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  18 September 2015
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Children recruited have been freed from the armed forces and integrated into educational programs Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - About 400 children recruited by armed groups in Somalia have been released and reintegrated into society through educational programs and professional training. Thanks to a project that the Un ...
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  17 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 60% of children are victims of abuse and violence of all kinds Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Six out of ten Nigerian children suffer violence of various kinds, and a quarter of girls are raped. The alarm was raised by the study, Violence against children, carried out by the Commission for ...