Africa

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  5 May 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: appeal for mercy and the sanctity of the lives of 200 Ethiopians sentenced to death Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – "As the Shepherd of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat, I lift my voice not only as a religious leader, but as a witness to the profound value of every human soul, created in the image and li ...
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  5 May 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tensions with Ethiopia, Sudan recalls its ambassador to Addis Ababa Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Following mutual accusations between Sudan and Ethiopia, Sudan recalled its ambassador from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The Sudanese government in Khartoum, on behalf of the Sud ...
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  5 May 2026
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Funeral Mass for Vicar General of Malabo, whose death was remembered by Pope Leo XIV, to be held on May 7 Malabo (Fides News Agency) – The funeral Mass for Father Fortunato Nsue Esono, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Malabo, will be held on May 7. The priest was found dead on April 17 in the parish of Our Lady of Bisil ...
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  5 May 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A week of prayers of reparation following the desecration of the Adoration Chapel in a parish in Owerri Abuja (Fides News Agency) – At least one person suspected of desecrating the adoration chapel of St. Mulumba Parish in the Archdiocese of Owerri, in southeastern Nigeria, has been identified, according to Nigerian pres ...
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  4 May 2026
  AFRICA/MALI - A possible “Syrian scenario” for Mali? Bamako (Fides News Agency) – Is a scenario similar to Syria emerging in Mali? That is, the action of a jihadist actor capable of uniting other opposition groups around him to replace the current military junta. The que ...
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  4 May 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop Osório Citora: “Solidarity with the people, the bishop, and the missionaries of the Diocese of Pemba” Beira (Fides News Agency) – “The Diocese of Quelimane learned with profound sadness the news of the attack and arson that affected the parish of St. Louis de Montfort in Meza on Thursday, April 30. The situation is v ...
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  29 April 2026
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Drought, piracy, and political tensions: people need immediate assistance Mogadishu (Fides News Agency) – The situation in Somalia remains fragile, with increased piracy, a worsening humanitarian crisis, and political tensions as the main current challenges. More than six million Somalis ar ...
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  28 April 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 23 Children kidnapped from an orphanage at Dahallukitab Group of Schools complex in Lokoja Lokoja (Fides News Agency) – No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack on a Nigerian orphanage in which a group of gunmen kidnapped 23 children. The gang took the children late on Sunday, April 26, from an ...
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  28 April 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: “The disappearance of Father Luke Yugue and his driver, Michael Gbeko, is a wound that refuses to heal” Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The “painful and unresolved disappearance of Father Luke Yugue and his driver, Michael Gbeko, on April 27, 2024, is a wound that refuses to heal.” This is how Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop ...
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  27 April 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Tombura Yambio: "Thank you, Pope Leo XIV! The true fruit of the visit will be seen in what we will become" Tombura Yambio (Fides News Agency) – From the heart of South Sudan, a nation still searching for the fullness of peace, the President of the Commission for the Promotion of Integral Human Development of the Catholic Bi ...
• 25 April 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bangui Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Joseph Samedi, S.J., until now director of the Pope Francis School Complex and superior of the Society of Jesus in Bangui, as coadjutor ...
• 25 April 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Berbérati and appointment of metropolitan archdiocese Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Berbérati, with the suffragan dioceses of Bouar, Mbaïki, and Bossangoa, and has appointed Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M ...
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  24 April 2026
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Sister Idalina Mareco: Leo XIV's visit, a sign of God's closeness Luanda (Fides News Agency) – “These were intense days full of joy, faith, and enthusiasm for all of us,” writes Sister Idalina Mareco of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) to Fides from Luanda, at the e ...
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  23 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - The Pope at the end of his long African journey: carry on the mission of Jesus’ first disciples with joy Malabo (Fides News Agency) – “As in the early centuries of the Church, Africa today is called to make a decisive contribution to the holiness and the missionary character of the Christian people.” These final words ...
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  22 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - Salesian missionary Giusy Becchero: in the Pope's words, a delicate balance between prophecy and diplomacy, in closeness to the most vulnerable Malabo (Fides News Agency) – Yesterday, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Pope Leo XIV began the final leg of his apostolic journey to Africa with his arrival in Equatorial Guinea. “After 44 years, the Successor of Peter is a ...