Africa

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  25 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abandoned children accused of being witches Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Redeem children abandoned in the streets by their families and accused of being sorcerers: is the goal of the NGO African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation. We are talking about ...
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  24 February 2016
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Catholic women of Southern Africa for the promotion of migrants' rights Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - The inter regional meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa through its Social Department recently organised a Human Rights Centred Migration Management capacity building workshop to promote the obs ...
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  24 February 2016
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A new report highlights the plight of Nigerian Christians Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Between 9,000 to 11,500 Christians killed; Since 2000 at least 1.3 million Christians are now internally displaced or forced to move elsewhere; 13,000 churches have been destroyed or forced to clo ...
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  24 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Grand Imam of al-Azhar: What will the heads of Churches in the US that accept gay marriage say to Jesus? Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The West is spreading homosexuality, and "unfortunately some Heads of Churches in the United States accept same-sex marriages. I wonder what is left of the Bible in those Churches. And what will ...
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  23 February 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "The victory of Museveni is to be contested in Ugandan courts before turning to international ones", says an eminent jurist Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Even a stolen election is not an excuse for violence": is the appeal launched by Julia Sebutinde, a judge of the International Court of Justice, after outgoing President Yoweri Museveni was dec ...
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  23 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza promises Ban Ki-moon an "inclusive dialogue" with the opposition Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We will see if the visit of the UN Secretary General will lead to a positive change in the political crisis", say local sources from Bujumbura to Agenzia Fides, where UN Secretary General Ban ...
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  19 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros celebrates the funeral of Boutros Ghali, "defender of peace" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Boutros Boutros Ghali was "a faithful man to his nation" who "defended peace in all the roles he carried out". This is how Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II paid tribute to the figure of the E ...
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  19 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Massacre in the UN camp: governmental military accused Juba (Agenzia Fides) - 18 people died and forty were injured in the massacre in the IDP camp in Malakal, located in the base of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UMISS, see Fides 18/02/2016). "The toll was reported by Méde ...
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  19 February 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Presidential elections: tension for the arrest of Ugandan opposition candidate Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Ugandan’s main opposition candidate, Kizza Besigye, was arrested by the police this morning, February 19, along with Mugisha Muntu and Wasswa Biriggwa, two senior leaders of his party, the For ...
• 18 February 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Assault against the camp for displaced people in the UN base in Malakal Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "From the first information we have the massacre in the UN camp in Malakal is due to tribal tensions", say to Agenzia Fides local sources from South Sudan, where on the night of 18 February an arme ...
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  18 February 2016
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Presidential elections - the Bishops: "attention to dictatorial tendencies" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The polls open today, 18 February, in Uganda for the presidential and parliamentary elections. President Yoweri Museveni, in power for 30 years, is given as favorite. The Ugandan Bishops in t ...
• 18 February 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Wa and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 February 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Wa (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Bemile, in accordance with can. 401 § 1 of ...
• 18 February 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of the Bishop of Chinhoyi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 February 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.I., in accordance ...
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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop's warning: "The “drumbeats of war” are becoming louder as the country heads to the general elections" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The inciting comments by politicians is a common phenomenon that occurs before tribal clashes erupt, we must stop that", said His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Korir, Bishop of Eldoret and President of t ...
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  17 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Grand Imam al Tayyeb invited to the Vatican to relaunch dialogue between the University of Al Azhar and the Holy See Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, received an invitation to visit the Vatican to officially sanction the resumption of bilateral dialogue between the Holy See and the most ...