Africa

• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of the Bishop of Hoima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Vincent Kirabo, professor at St. Mary's National Major Seminary Ggaba, Kampala as Bishop of Hoima (Uganda). Rev. Vincent Kirabo was born ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré elected Head of State in the first round Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was elected President of Burkina Faso in the first round of the presidential elections which were held on November 29 (see Fides 30/11/2015). Kaboré obtained 53. ...
• 1 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Pope Francis' visit will leave a deep mark in the hearts of Central Africans" says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a very nice atmosphere, something we hadn’t experienced for years". This is the impression Pope Francis left thanks to his visit to the Central African Republic, on 29 and 30 November, ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Waiting for yesterday’s election results Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso is waiting for the results of the first round of presidential and legislative elections which took place yesterday, 29 November. The elections are the first since the former Pre ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishop of Bangassou:"Pope Francis managed to leave all Central Africans with a smile" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Seeing the Pope's smile at the time of his departure for Rome filled us with joy", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou commenting on the Holy Fathe ...
• 30 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 30 dead in a new attack of jihadists of the ADF in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 people have died and several wounded: is the provisional toll of the clashes between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the guerrillas of the group of Ugandan ...
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  27 November 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "Stop shedding the blood of the Congolese" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We must stop shedding the blood of the Congolese" write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in their message issued at the end of the Permanent Committee of the Conférence Episcop ...
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  27 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The greetings of a resident in Kibera to Pope Francis: "I am proud to live in an informal settlement" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "I am proud to live in an informal settlement that I call home", said Pamella Akwede, a resident in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, in her speech in front of Pope Francis, during a meeting held in ...
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  25 November 2015
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - New techniques to encourage fishermen and reduce poverty Mongu (Agenzia Fides) - A group of researchers, with the support of the Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) Fund, an initiative jointly funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the Australian ...
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  25 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops of Kenya: "everything is ready to welcome Pope Francis" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ready to welcome Pope Francis in Kenya", say the Bishops of Kenya in their message dedicated to the Holy Father's visit. "For the past few weeks, many of you have joined us in making pre ...
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  25 November 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The Director of the PMS:"Let's stop talking about religious war, yesterday’s victims are all Muslims" Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Tunis has awakened with much sadness and disappointment" says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tunisia, after yesterday’s suicid ...
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  24 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishop of Maralal: "May Pope Francis' message of reconciliation help us to overcome tribal violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are waiting for the message that the Pope will give us, especially on peace and reconciliation", said His Exc. Mgr. Virgilio Pante, Bishop of Maralal in northern Kenya in an interview with W ...
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  24 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Nairobi: conference on Land grabbing and just governance organized by African Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – In view of Pope Francis’ arrival in Africa, a conferance on Land Grabbimg and Just governance in Africa is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, and organized by SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conf ...
• 23 November 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - The African Bishops: "No to terrorism and wars that have bloodied the world and Africa in particular" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly denounce the terrorist attacks, in Nigeria, Kenya, Libya, Burkina Faso, Mali, Lebanon, France and other parts of the world, which have claimed numerous innocent lives and brought sorr ...
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  21 November 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The children of Holy Childhood will meet the Pope Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In a few days the Pope will arrive in Africa, and everything is ready to welcome him. The organizers are working hard to ensure that the historic visit will occur smoothly. In the slums of Kiba ...