Africa

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  30 September 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Synod, the Bishop of Leena: "The problems of the West are not ours" by Fabio Beretta Leena (Agenzia Fides) - Low levels of education, lack of services, leprosy, the spread of aggressive sects: these are just some of the problems that the Catholic community in Angola faces on a daily b ...
• 28 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Isiolo, Kenya, presented by Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. He is succeeded by Bishop Peter Munguti ...
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  28 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ahiara: “If there is a lesson we can learn from the past, it is that it is important to listen to one another” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a lesson we can learn from this, it is that it is important to listen to one another, as in a family,” says the Bishop of Ahiara in Nigeria, Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, to Fides. “Bet ...
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  27 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Further protests against the government's economic policies announced Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Various civil society groups in Nigeria have declared a "National Day for Survival" for October 1. The date has a high symbolic value as it coincides with the 64th anniversary of Nigeria's indepen ...
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  26 September 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El Fasher: humanitarian situation out of control Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Five months of siege and fighting have worn down the population of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The city is considered the last remaining stronghold of the Sudanese armed forces in a ...
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  25 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ituri Province: two churches closed after desecration by rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the diocese of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two churches desecrated by a rebel group have been closed. This was announced by the B ...
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  24 September 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tensions over recent supplies of arms to Somalia and Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There is an intense verbal exchange between Somalia, Somaliland and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa over the recent arms shipments to the region. On September 20, the government in Mogadishu c ...
• 23 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Isiro-Niangara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi as bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo, transferring him from the pastoral care of the diocese of Isan ...
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  23 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The commitment of religious denominations for peace in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An interreligious meeting for peace held on September 21 in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu, one of the three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued for dec ...
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  20 September 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako have secular and religious backgrounds Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist attacks carried out on September 17 in the Malian capital Bamako (see Fides, 18/9/2024) have various backgrounds, as local observers suspect. The attacks, which were claimed by the I ...
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  20 September 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Violence and social disintegration: young people determined to stay and preserve the presence of coexistence in Bossemptélé Bossemptélé (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African Republic (CAR) is still suffering the consequences of the civil war that began in 2013, which has caused deep social disintegration. According to UN reports, violence c ...
• 19 September 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Father La ...
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  19 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Kitui: "The hope is that new leaders will emerge from the young generation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The young people are taking to the streets to protest because they are disappointed by the unfulfilled promises of politicians," said the Bishop of Kitui, Joseph Maluki Mwongela, head of the la ...
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  18 September 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako: a signal to the military juntas of Niger and Burkina? Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Local observers describe as "an unprecedented event" the double attack carried out yesterday, September 17, in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on the airport and a nearby gendarmerie base. The att ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Middle East Council of Churches celebrates 50th anniversary of its foundation: Pope Tawadros calls for overcoming schisms Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “May the schisms in the Church cease”. Referring to a prayer from the Coptic liturgy, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros called for overcoming schisms on the occasion of the celebration of ...