Africa

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  7 February 2019
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The electoral mission of the Church for the vote of 24 February begins Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Faithful to its mission to build peace through justice, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace will send its observers to the presidential elections of February 24, 2019", writes Fr. Alph ...
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  6 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Zaria: "Go and vote according to conscience and do not give in to the temptation to sell your vote" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigerian Bishops' appeals have multiplied in order for voters to contribute to ensure that the political and presidential elections of 16 February are regular and not undermined by vote-rigging an ...
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  5 February 2019
  AFRICA/CONGO - The Franciscans: a mission of proximity with street children Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - They offer food and lodging, take care of them, help them to study and learn a trade. Thus, for over 20 years, the Franciscan friars of the Republic of Congo, in their mission of fidelity to ...
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  5 February 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Peace agreement reached on February 2 between the government and 14 armed groups has been signed today Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Today, February 5, the peace agreement reached on February 2 in Khartoum, in the Sudanese capital, by the Government of the Central African Republic and by 14 armed groups that control the majori ...
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  4 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Youth, take an active role in society to change it for the better" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Responding to the Challenges of Youth, Family and Society; The Millennial’s Response". This is the theme of the conference organized by the African Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the ...
• 4 February 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Confirmation of Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa as National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Lilongwe as Natio ...
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  1 February 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church gathers testimonies of victims of human rights violations Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The victims very often come to the church to seek help and visit our hospitals, and we bring those cases to the attention of the government, so they serve as evidence of what is happening", said ...
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  31 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "And now let us work for a new Congo" says one of the members of the lay coordination committee Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - We must have strong institutions, not strong men" says to Agenzia Fides Thierry Nlandu, one of the members of the Comité Laïc de Coordination (CLC), organization of the Catholic laity that le ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - South-South Cooperation, in the name of organic agriculture and Laudato Sì Songea (Agenzia Fides) - A Brazilian ethnic Guarani professor will teach the youth and adults of the area of Songea in Tanzania, the techniques of organic farming, in the spirit of Laudato Sì. Thus a cooperation project ...
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  30 January 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Church wants to mediate in order to restore peace in the Country Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "I wouldn’t want to get into details at this stage, but it was about getting clarification. It is the beginning of a process that I wouldn’t want to pre-empt at the moment. It was simply to g ...
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  29 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops of Kananga greet "the first change as Head of State through the polls" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a new Congo. But this will not happen through a miracle, but from the work carried out by each of us", write the Bishops of the Episcopal Assembly of Kananga (in the south of the Democ ...
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  28 January 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Christians united for truth and justice, to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Christian unity is necessary and precious in order to overcome the climate of sociopolitical tensions in the country and to contribute to the unity and the good of the whole nation: with this s ...
• 28 January 2019
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Bishop of Kenema Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 January 2019 the Pope appointed as Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone) H.E. Msgr. Msgr. Henry Aruna, currently titular Bishop of Nasbinca and auxiliary of Kenema. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/ ...
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  25 January 2019
  AFRICA - World Leprosy Day: the light of the Gospel makes the stigmatization of the sick decrease Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, even if leprosy is still prevalent in some countries such as Madagascar, Nigeria, DR Congo, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, the problems of stigmatization and exclusion are decreasing": says ...
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  25 January 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience" warn the Bishops in view of the February elections Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To sell one’s vote is to sell one’s conscience. As good citizens, we must avoid actions that will reduce the credibility of the elections", says a statement by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastic ...