Africa
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24 February 2011
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - The Bishop of Nouakchott asks for missionaries of the community of Guinea Bissau
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Martin Albert Happe of Nouakchott in Mauritania, asked the Bishops of Guinea Bissau to send missionaries from the Guinean community. Mauritania is a country with an Islamic majority and ...
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24 February 2011
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AFRICA - Lessons under the trees for Ouande school students in Linguiri village
Linguiri (Agenzia Fides) – Decades of political violence in the north of the Central African Republic have caused destruction on a vast scale and massive numbers of displaced persons. Even the education sector has been ...
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23 February 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “The centre of Tripoli is calm, clashes are on the outskirts and in the east of the Country,” the Apostolic Vicar tells Fides
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is somewhat calm because in the morning because there are no particular movements. Clashes usually occur at night when you hear the echoes of gunfire from a distance,” Archbis ...
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23 February 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Reported new clashes in Abidjan while waiting for indications from African mediators
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The tension seems to be rising in Côte d'Ivoire, meanwhile the mediation mission from the African Union is leaving the Country. According to local sources, yesterday, 22 February, there were ...
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22 February 2011
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Bishops of Southern Africa concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – “We address a very particular plea to the political leaders of the SADC region (South African Development Community) at a critical time in the life of the Zimbabwean Nation,” write the Bish ...
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22 February 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - Fr Rybinski killed for a thousand Euro; police arrest the alleged murderer
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – Police authorities in Tunis arrested the alleged murderer of Fr Marek Rybinski, the Polish Salesian missionary killed on 18 February in Manouba (see Fides 19/2/2011). They arrested Chokri Ben ...
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22 February 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Infant mortality reduced to 10% thanks to the work of San Gaspare Hospital in Itigi
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “San Gaspare” Hospital in Itigi, situated in one of the poorest zones in the region, offers assistance to people who live there but also to people from further away, without distinction for r ...
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22 February 2011
AFRICA/BENIN - Marian Sanctuary of Allada entrusted to Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – With a solemn Mass on Sunday, 13 February, Bishop Antoine Ganye, new Archbishop of Cotonou, entrusted the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Mercy in Allada to the pastoral care of the Franciscan ...
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21 February 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “The Catholic community was not involved in the clashes,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “From where I am, I can't see anything. The city is quiet and still. There is nothing that makes you think about the fighting, although I have heard that riots and looting are occurring during ...
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21 February 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - African religious leaders visit Côte d'Ivoire to promote a peaceful solution to the crisis
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The Ivorian crisis is a challenge for Africa. So some of the more prominent religious organisations in Africa sent a delegation to Côte d'Ivoire from 17 to 19 February. The delegation was mad ...
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21 February 2011
AFRICA - Commitment to health by Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Senegal and Ghana
Roma (Agenzia Fides) – The sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) are very active throughout the world. Part of their work which involves health care for the most disadvantaged people in Africa is particu ...
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19 February 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives”: Bishop of Tunis' testimony to Fides about the murdered Salesian missionary
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives,” stated Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham of Tunis to Fides, defining the murder of Father Marek Rybinsk, the Polish Salesian missionary who ...
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19 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - The various positions on article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In the debate on reform of the Egyptian Constitution, there are various positions on keeping or deleting Article 2, which establishes that the Sharia (Islamic law) is the main source of the law. ...
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18 February 2011
AFRICA/SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE - Following the pilgrim visit of Our Lady of Fatima, we expect “a renewal of Christian life of our diocese,” Bishop Santos tells Fides
São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) – From 30 April to 4 June, the Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe will welcome the visit of the pilgrim image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. “We intend to show our devotion to the Moth ...
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18 February 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - New welcome and recovery centre officially opens for girls on the street
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The new “Anuarite Centre” for the recovery of the girls on the street will be officially inaugurated in Kinshasa, in the district of Tshangu. Already in operation since the beginning of t ...
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