Africa

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  7 May 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - First round of presidential elections completed N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President ...
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  7 May 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Tensions in the Middle East: mass wine is becoming scarce Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The geopolitical tensions linked to the Gaza war also have unexpected consequences, such as the rationing of mass wine destined for Catholic churches in Uganda. According to Ugandan media report ...
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  6 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International community remains silent: further atrocities in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on May 3 in two displaced persons camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, capital of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic R ...
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  6 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Artificial intelligence should be made to service humanity and not replace humanity” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Artificial Intelligence systems are very good in themselves. They can help us do a lot, but if we do not care for them, they will take over humanity", says Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor, Bishop ...
• 6 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda. Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau ...
• 3 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Ahiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., until now titular bishop of Rusgunie and auxiliary of the apostolic administrator sede vacante of Ahiara, as bishop of the ...
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  3 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Pay, convert or flee: the dilemma of Christian communities by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - It happens about a hundred kilometers from the capital Niamey. They come with some motorcycles, armed, and offer to choose between the following options: either pay a tax of ...
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  3 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Funeral of the murdered Stigmatine missionary on May 11th: Confrere provides details of the crime Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The funeral of Father Paul Tatu Mothobi will take place on May 11th at our mission in Pretoria," confirms Father Gianni Piccolboni to Fides on the death of the missionary from Lesotho of t ...
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  2 May 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Archbishop of Addis Ababa: "peace is the only way out of the problems for the Ethiopian people" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Behold, the King of the world has risen, let us welcome him, honor and praise him as an instrument of peace for our country and our people in the light of his Resurrection". With these word ...
• 2 May 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S., until now parish priest of the district of Antsalova and vicar delegate of the apostolic administrator o ...
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  2 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Flood disaster: Catholic Church collects donations for those affected Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 188 people have died in the floods that have hit various areas of Kenya since March, according to official figures presented by the government in Nairobi. Another 125 people were injure ...
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  30 April 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Father Paul Tatu, Stigmatine religious of Lesotho, murdered Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - Father Paul Tatu of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Stigmatine) from the Province of the Most Holy Redeemer was murdered on April 27 in Pretoria. "We have no ...
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  27 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The "patriots" of the Wazalendo militias become a danger to the population Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the more than 100 different armed groups active in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (including mercenaries from Eastern Europe), the "Wazalendo" have acquired a special import ...
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  26 April 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Catechist murdered in the east of the Country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The catechist Edouard Zoetyenga Yougbare was kidnapped and killed near Saatenga, in the diocese of Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to a diocesan priest quoted by the Aci Af ...
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  25 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The M23 rebel movement takes up arms again: Congolese fear “balkanization” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Balkanization". The Congolese use this term to describe the attempt by neighboring countries to divide the Democratic Republic of Congo by dividing it into numerous territories controlled by d ...