Africa

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  8 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Opposition and civil society in Brussels to discuss how to "avert chaos" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred delegates of the opposition and civil society of the Democratic Republic of Congo are meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 June, at the invitation of Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the UPSD ...
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  7 June 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - Christian leaders: "Young people stay in Africa: Europe does not automatically guarantee comfort and pleasure" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are saddened by the news about the many migrant deaths in the deserts of North Africa and in the waters of the Mediterranean and we appeal to States and African governments to take measures to ...
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  6 June 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We need leaders who think about the welfare of all Kenyans", says the Bishop of Malindi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We really want national leaders, it is not enough to say 'sisi watu wa Kenya' ( 'we people of Kenya', in Swahili) while their actions say otherwise", said His Exc. Mgr. Emmanuel Barbara, Bisho ...
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  6 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Clashes, few resources and heat do not prevent CUAMM to continue its work Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank the good Lord for the 'good' that I encountered these days in South Sudan, despite the recent insecurity, scarce resources, many people's hardships and sufferings". This is what Don Dante ...
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  3 June 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Catholic Women for women’s human development and dignity Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Locally known as “Entrepreneurs for the Kingdom of God”, women members of the Damas Salesianas association are now active in Angola. According to information sent to Fides by ANS, this � ...
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  3 June 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Millions suffer hunger due to devastating El Nino impact Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) – Almost half the population of l Malawi is battling against severe famine due to scarce or no harvests because of the effects of El Nino which last year affected most of the country’s southe ...
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  2 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The difficult conditions of refugees in South Africa at the center of the concerns of the Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees in South Africa have to face injustice and inhumanity" said His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Buti Thlagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg, in his opening speech at the roundtable organized b ...
• 2 June 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei consoles missionary priests and sisters to remain strong in their faith after the painful death of Sister Veronika Rackova Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in your faith" said Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, during a ceremony in memory of Sister Teresia Veronika Rackova, the missionary of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of ...
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  1 June 2016
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops denounce: "Politicians do not keep their promises to end violence" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Zambia are disappointed with politicians who have continued to perpetuate political clashes despite committing themselves to end political violence at the meeting that wa ...
• 1 June 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest denounces the fact of having received death threats Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Egide Safari, treasurer of the parish of Mambasa, in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has denounced the fact of having received death threats with leaflets left i ...
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  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Moïse Katumbi now in South Africa still an adversary for President Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “If President Joseph Kabila wanted to rid himself of Moïse Katumbi he has succeeded, at least temporarily. Far from Congo, Katumbi, in a sort of exile, is politically out of the game ” F ...
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  31 May 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Continual bombing in Nuba Mountains area, a Catholic school damaged” Bishop Gassis reports Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The diocese denounces continual indiscriminate aerial bombing which kills and maims and instils a culture of fear and death among the people” says Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Emeritus bishop ...
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  30 May 2016
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Drought and precarious sanitation exacerbate child malnutrition Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought which last year hit southern Angola continues to threaten the health of mothers and children. In 2015 in the only hospital in Chiulo, 19% of pediatric hospitalizations regarded ...
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  30 May 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders: "Urgent political solutions to avoid the country plunging into violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The leading role of the two major political parties, especially the dispute around the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), is a threat to national peace, cohesion and unity ...
• 30 May 2016
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of the Bishop of Mutare, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 May 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Mutare (Zimbabwe), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, in accordance w ...