Africa

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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Peace and immigration at the center of the attention of the Bishops of West Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - There are two main themes at the center of the third Plenary Assembly of the bishops of West Africa (RECOWA-CERAO), recently concluded in Ouagadougou (see Fides, 13/5/2019): "On the one hand ...
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  22 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Congolese priest who ran the institute for the blind was killed in Beira Beira (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the death of our brother Landry Ibil Ikwel, in the hospital of Beira (Mozambique) following a brutal attack in the community house in Beira, we join our hearts to those of our brot ...
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  21 May 2019
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The "nameless war" between Banyindu and Banyamulenge has already caused hundreds of deaths Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A creeping conflict, far from the eyes of the international media, is underway in South Kivu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From May 9th, armed groups formed by the B ...
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  21 May 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi elections: outgoing President Peter Mutharika running for a second term Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an important appointment", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Montfortian, a missionary in Malawi since the seventies, where today, May 21st, we vote. Voters are called to choose the President ...
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  20 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic media promoters of the Gospel Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - "In our role as communicators of Catholic media we must ask three key questions: what does our Catholic communication consist of; what are the results; what challenges do Christian and Catholic m ...
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  20 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After elections; the Bishops: "Now we have to face the challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "In the next five years, the mending of the social contract will therefore depend on the extent to which the ruling party, working with the oversight functions of the 6th Parliament, have m ...
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  18 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A Spanish Salesian killed in Bobo Dioulasso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – A Spanish priest, Father Fernando Fernández, was stabbed to death, and another injured on Friday evening, 17 May in Don Bosco center of Bobo-Dioulasso in the Southwest of Burkina Faso,. ...
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  18 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Pierluigi Maccalli "untaani": the man who creates unity in the name of God Bomoanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In the entire region of Tillaberi, it is no longer possible to travel by motorbike due to a ministerial decree that clearly states that terrorists arrive by motorbike and therefore it is bette ...
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  17 May 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - Fr. Maccalli kidnapped eight months ago: mission in Kolowarè in constant prayer Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "Together with all our people, here in Togo, we accompany our dear brother Gigi Maccalli, in the hands of the kidnappers for eight months, with our prayer, friendship, memory and an intense pl ...
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  17 May 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Ramadan, Coptic businessman offers "fast break" meals to Muslims Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - Ramzi Ajaybi is a Christian business man. He is a trader of poultry and frozen foods. The daily banquet offered by the Coptic Orthodox entrepreneur is prepared by chefs who work in the hotels of L ...
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  17 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Disarmament, first step to resolve cross-border pastoral conflicts Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will no longer remain silent. We will no longer remain indecisive and we will no longer be fearful. We are committed in highlighting the suffering caused by small arms in the daily lives of ...
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  16 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "We will defeat terrorism, working together for peace" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is together and in synergy that we will overcome violence. The Lord is here with us and we will win", said Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou and President of the Bi ...
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  15 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops of Kenya ask: "What sort of role models are we?" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Our young people are increasingly descending into depression out of frustration in their lives, either from lack of gainful employment or poor guidance from their families, close friends and co ...
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  15 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Archbishop Rugambwa: "The Church, family of God, excludes all ethnocentrism and promotes reconciliation" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy See is grateful for the many commendable common initiatives you have undertaken and continue to pursue for the promotion of holistic evangelization in the West African Region", sai ...
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  14 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Another attack against Catholics: 4 faithful killed at the end of a procession; statue of the Virgin destroyed Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - New attack against Catholics in Burkina Faso. On May 13, four faithful who were bringing the statue of the Virgin back to church after participating in a Marian procession were killed in Sin ...