Africa

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  13 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Did the "hawks" trigger the clashes in the capital? Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "What has happened in recent days indicates an absence of unity of command, a very serious thing for an army because it means disorder. On July 11, President Salva Kiir ordered the military to retu ...
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  13 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church is mobilizing against illiteracy Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church is mobilizing against illiteracy, affecting sectors of the Egyptian population belonging to different generations. The pilot experiment of the new campaign for literacy ...
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  13 July 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bro Argese, "water missionary", publicly thanked the Diocese of Meru Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the Consolata missionaries for giving us Bro Argese to work in Meru for all these years. They gave us education, water, hospitals and they put up the diocese and supported us so that t ...
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  12 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cuamm launches an appeal to the local institutions: "cease fire as soon as possible" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after NGO Doctors with Africa Cuamm had remembered the fifth anniversary of the independence of the youngest State in the world, (see Fides 08/07/2016) violent clashes in Juba between th ...
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  12 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Thousands of displaced people in churches, humanitarian emergency in Juba after the end of the fighting Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned to Juba, capital of South Sudan, devastated by days of fighting (see Fides 11/07/2016), after President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar declared ceasefire last nig ...
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  12 July 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The leader of the protest movement, Baptist pastor Evan Mawarire has been arrested Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The leader of popular protests in Zimbabwe has been charged with inciting public disorder as authorities move to break up a wave of opposition in the unstable southern African state. Evan Mawarir ...
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  11 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "There is a risk of genocide! The international community must intervene immediately to stop": alarm from Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a risk of genocide in South Sudan. Write it in large letters, so that someone from the international community intervenes before it is too late". This is the appeal launched through Agenz ...
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  11 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Archbishop: sectarian attacks increase, one every ten days Minya (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to ask the police to enforce the law protecting citizens from any sectarian discrimination was launched yesterday by Anba Makarius, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Minya, after the series ...
• 11 July 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops concerned for radio attacks against judges Accra (Agenzia Fides) - " We have received media reports on the threat of attack on members of the Judiciary allegedly made by two panelists during a radio discussion on an Accra-based Muntie FM with a lot of worry and a ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei: "the judiciary should not delay the results of the investigations into the death of Sister Veronika" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The judiciary should not delay the results of the investigations, and the culprits must be brought to justice" said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in southern Sudan, launching a ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Students in Darfur call for major security in Sudanese universities Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Darfur Students Association in Sudanese universities has rejected the death penalty for a student who is accused of murdering a student. According to what was reported by Radio Dabanga loca ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Coptic Orthodox nun killed by stray bullets Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It was not a targeted attack, but a tragic accident that caused the death of Sister Athanasia, the Coptic Orthodox nun killed yesterday, Tuesday, July 5, while she was traveling on board of a car, ...
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  6 July 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Justice and Peace: "MPs who skip parliament session betray the people who gave them the mandate to represent them" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Members of Parliament become leaders because people vote for them to represent them in parliament. By choosing to skip parliament session without genuine valid reasons, they betray the people ...
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  5 July 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops' appeal: Over six million people at risk of hunger Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hospitals are already reporting higher rates of malnutrition cases with the situation feared to worsen as we approach what we normally call the lean period" warn the Bishops of Malawi, in ...
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  5 July 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacres and tensions in North Kivu: perhaps to empty resource-rich territories? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seven reception centers for displaced persons have been closed and, for at least six of them, the reason is ...