Africa

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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Minister of religious endowements: defending churches against the assaults is part of the doctrine of Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks on Christians and their property are "attacks on all of us". Attacks on churches are comparable to "attacks on mosques", and the defense of Christians and their churches "is part of th ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 10,000 displaced persons have returned home Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "All refugees have returned home!" The news was reported by Fr. Federico Trinchero, Discalced Carmelite missionary who works in the Notre Dame du Mont Carmel convent in Bangui, capital of the Cen ...
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  6 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Auxiliary of Juba: "No to National Prayer called by the President whose troops are responsible for the tragedy that afflicts us" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should I go to pray where there is no holiness, where there is no forgiveness? It is a joke to hear the President of the Country calling prayers while at the moment, the soldiers are hunting p ...
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  4 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Red Crescent provides assistance to the Copts fleeing from northern Sinai Ismailia (Agenzia Fides) - Local volunteers of the Red Crescent are among the groups engaged in offering aid and reception to Coptic Egyptians who fled from al Arish and northern Sinai, following a series of killings in ...
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  3 March 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Lenten Campaign: "Tribalism and corruption threaten the Country; The Beatitudes are the way to a better Country" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Tribalism and corruption undermine the peace and stability of the Kenyan nation", warned His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Korir, Bishop of Eldoret and President of the Bishops' Commission for Justice an ...
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  3 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian President al Sisi meets the Chaldean and Maronite Patriarchs: let us establish the principle of citizenship in all Arab countries Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders, in the current historical phase, have a key role in spreading in all Arab countries, the principle of citizenship, and reject false interpretations of Holy Books and religious t ...
• 2 March 2017
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Peter" Regional Seminary in Cape Coast Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Robert Charles Snyper, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The "Declaration of Al Azhar" relaunches the "principle of citizenship" also for the Islamic world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of speeches and debates, hosted by the Conference of "freedom, citizenship, diversity and integration", organized in Cairo by the Sunni University of Al Azhar and the Council of Mus ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 31,000 South Sudanese have left the country because of famine Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Half of the expected number of refugees from South Sudan have already arrived in Sudan in the first two months of the year. The statement comes from the Office of the United Nations High Commis ...
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  2 March 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Are there economic interests of "strong men" behind the assaults of Peuls shepherds? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Bocaranga, 120 km north of Bozoum, in the northwest of the Central African Republic remains very tense after the attack on February 2 carried out by armed groups of Peuls shepher ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New cases of cholera reported in some areas of the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in eastern Sudan have reported the onset of new cases of cholera in different areas of the State. According to local sources, the epidemic is under control, civil society organiz ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "We are not for or against anyone, but we are for the good of all" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not against the government", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in south Sudan, who reiterated the commitment of Catholic Bishops in providing support to the gove ...
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  1 March 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar: even Judaism and Christianity have a history marked by violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Even "Judaism and Christianity have a history of violence", and all religions have been complicite in acts of violence and murder. This is how Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, wan ...
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  27 February 2017
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops denounce: "Violence in Kasai fruit of political manipulation" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since July 2016 the conflict between traditional Chief Jean-Prince Kamwina-Nsapu Pandi and the authorities of central Kasai province has taken a tragic dimension that goes far beyond its origi ...
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  27 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Salafists of Al Nur condemn the 7 targeted killings of Copts in North Sinai Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - The announced series of murders against Coptic Christians in northern Sinai in recent weeks, has caused the flight of more than 100 Christian families, who moved from the capital al Arish to th ...