Africa

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  20 March 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - The guardian of Nyalenda parish in Kisumu killed in a robbery Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The guardian of Nyalenda parish, a slum in the city of Kisumu, in the center-west of Kenya, on Lake Victoria, was killed in a robbery in the night between 18 and 19 March. George Omondi, 47, fa ...
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  18 March 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Mali, Colombia and the Catholic Church are doing everything possible to find Sister Gloria Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - A Colombian nun, Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, was kidnapped by armed men in the south of Mali, in a Catholic church in Sikasso (see Fides 08/02/2017). Neither Islamists nor jihadists g ...
• 17 March 2017
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Laghouat, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 March 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Laghouat (Algeria), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Claude Rault, M. Afr. The Holy Father appoi ...
• 17 March 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Bishop of Keta-Akatsi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 March 2017 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D., Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi, (Ghana). (SL) ...
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  17 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "It is unacceptable that one thinks of ministerial positions and not the interest of the Congolese" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is strange and unacceptable to see that the work for the agreement takes more time than the drafting and approval of the agreement as such", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbisho ...
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  16 March 2017
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The only thing that matters is daily survival. You cannot make plans for the future" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A Country that can only think of daily survival and is unable to plan for the future: Malawi has for a long time found itself in a serious economic, political and food crisis. Fr. Piergiorgio G ...
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  16 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Talks mediated by the Bishops between majority and opposition resume today Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Talks between the majority and the opposition regarding the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements resume today, 16 March, in order to give the DRC a national unity government that will ...
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  15 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two UN experts kidnapped in central Kasai Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "On March 13, CEPADHO learned with dismay about the abduction of Michael Sharp and Zahida Katala of the UN Expert Group for the Democratic Republic of Congo", said a statement sent to Agenzia F ...
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  15 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 968 displaced people return home thanks to funds donated by the Holy See Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas donated financial assistance to facilitate the return of 968 displaced persons welcomed in the John XXIII center in Bangui to their home. The necessary funds, 80 million CFA Francs, were ...
• 14 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN evacuates 25 seminarians of the Seminary of Kananga assaulted in February Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-five seminarians were evacuated by the Blue Helmets of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The seminarians evacuated in Mbuji-Mayi were part of the group that w ...
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  14 March 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "Since the end of Nigeria’s tragic civil war our citizenship has been subjected to more strain" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the end of Nigeria’s tragic civil war (1967-1970), at no other time in the history of our dear country has the issue of our common citizenship been subjected to more strain", say the Cath ...
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  9 March 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Serious loss for the Ethiopian Church: a tragic accident killed four religious sisters Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Ethiopia is mourning the deaths of four religious sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Anne who died in a car accident, a fifth is in a coma and two were critica ...
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  9 March 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - English-speaking areas without the Internet for 50 days to try to block the protest for bilingualism Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - English-speaking regions of Cameroon (in the north-west and south-west of the country), have now been without the internet for 50 days which is causing serious inconvenience to the local popula ...
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  8 March 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - The consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: a blessing for the Ghanaian nation Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "I bring the Pope’s greetings, his Apostolic Blessing and his fervent wish that your nation continues to move forward in peace and stability, on a path of development that may become a model of ...
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  7 March 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Still obstacles regarding the implementation of the San Silvestro agreement; for the Bishops "one must be patient" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not the task of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) to meddle in the internal affairs of political platforms", said His Exc. Mgr. Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Mbandaka- ...