Africa

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  21 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Assault on Bambari; even the Church is not spared Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is devastated, houses burned and looted. The bodies of the victims lie on the ground", says Fr. Firmin Gbagoua, Vicar General of Bambari, the city of the Central African Republic, ...
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  18 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops recommend: "Beware of the upcoming deadlines of the electoral calendar in view of the December vote" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 15 people were killed during public demonstrations held from December 2017 to March 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to data collected by the Episcopal Commission fo ...
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  18 May 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Humanitarian crisis in the English-speaking area of the country: Bishops exhort to dialogue Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Cameroon denounce "gruesome violence" while 160 thousand people are forced to flee to Cameroon and another 26 thousand to Nigeria. Caritas Cameroon reports "areas of conflict per ...
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  17 May 2018
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi votes in referendum on President Nkurunziza's power Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - 4.8 million voters are called to vote in Burundi today, for the referendum on the controversial constitutional review aimed at allowing the President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in power for a ...
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  16 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The diocese of Nakuru launches a collection of aid for the victims of the Solai dam Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "I personally went there and saw the destruction caused by the dam where many people lost their lives and properties destroyed. I appeal to you all to give a special contribution from 13th, May ...
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  16 May 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - High taxes: Catholic radios risk closing Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The National Communications Authority has imposed very high annual taxes for the registration of local radio stations. This is a major challenge for all stations belonging to the Catholic Radio Net ...
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  15 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Protest demonstration promoted by the Bishops against massacres of Christians committed by the Fulani Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A mass demonstration in Nigeria is being organized for May 22 by the nation’s Catholic Bishops in Nigeria to protest the continued killing of Christians by Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Since the beg ...
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  15 May 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The mortal remains of the "Coptic Martyrs of Libya" return to Egypt Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Monday, May 14 church bells and monasteries rang throughout Egypt to celebrate the return to Egypt of the mortal remains of the 21 Coptic Christians, "martyrs of the faith", be ...
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  15 May 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - The Muslim Christian population calls for peace and justice Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - While violence continues in the Central African Republic, in particular in Bangui (see Fides 7/5/2018) and the peace process is inevitably interrupted, most people want only justice and peace: "T ...
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  14 May 2018
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops' appeal to the Countries in the north of the world: "Help us to recover money unfairly stolen from our development" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, poor management of oil revenues, lack of dialogue between majority and opposition, an unjust international system of economic exchanges and debt financing: these are the causes o ...
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  14 May 2018
  AFRICA - The Church in Africa lives and works for the salvation of every man, with the proclamation of the Good News Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian faith and Pan-Africanism are not two incompatible realities", says African theologian Fr. Donald Zagore, noting that most of those who unconditionally adhere to the various Pan-African m ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Dam bursts due to heavy rains, at least 45 dead; the solidarity of the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the loss of human lives, injured people and the enormous material damage that has occurred throughout the Country, the worst and most shocking tragedy was the collapse ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Flood emergency: people with disabilities among the most vulnerable Kabarnet (Agenzia Fides) - The violent floods that have been devastating large areas of Kenya since March, where the previous drought led to soil erosion, continue. The toll, according to the Red Cross, speaks of at leas ...
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  12 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese NGO: "Virunga Park, a World Heritage Site, under-threat" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least two British tourists were taken hostage in Virunga natural park in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides by CEPADHO (Center for Studies on ...
• 11 May 2018
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Cape Coast and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias Kobena Nketsiah. The Holy Fa ...