Africa

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  5 March 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “US sanctions against the Rwandan army confirm its presence in eastern DRC” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “This is a significant sanction that confirms Rwanda’s presence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,” local sources in South Kivu told Fides, following the sanctions imposed on Marc ...
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  4 March 2026
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Awaiting the apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV: "Mission is a vibrant part of the community" Malabo (Agenzia Fides) – The visit of Pope Leo XIV to Central Africa, scheduled for April 21-23, is eagerly anticipated. Pope John Paul II visited Equatorial Guinea in 1982 and met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, ...
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  4 March 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops after the recent massacres: "Let's avoid the culture of deadly revenge because this is not justice" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – "A fresh descent into the abyss of human depravity, where the sanctity of life, a sacred gift from God, is trampled upon with alarming impunity," is how the Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan descr ...
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  3 March 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A total of 169 people were killed in attacks on Sunday, March 1st in Abiemnhom County Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A series of attacks on Sunday, March 1, left a total of 169 people dead in Abiemnhom County, in the Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, including 79 soldiers. According to eyewitness accou ...
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  3 March 2026
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Food insecurity rises amid drought alarm and the specter of famine Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The United Nations has issued a new warning regarding the humanitarian crisis in Somalia. According to the latest statistics from the UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...
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  2 March 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ogoja visits church set on fire on February 26 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Those who perpetrated the atrocious act of setting fire to the church will not go unpunished.” With these words, Donatus Edet Akpan, Bishop of Ogoja, addressed the faithful of St. Mary’s ...
• 28 February 2026
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Conakry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Conakry, Guinea, presented by Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly. He is succeeded by Archbis ...
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  27 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic Church in Southeast Nigeria set on fire Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church of St. Mary in Katchuan Irruan, in the local government area of Boki, in northern Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria, was attacked and set on fire. The attack occurred ...
• 27 February 2026
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of bishop of Agboville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Assandé Darius Ekou, until now rector of the parish-sanctuary Saint Famille de Nazareth and director of the Saint Kizito d’Abengourou diocesan C ...
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  26 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops on American military aid: “The security and fate of our nation lies in our hands” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “We support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s measures to address the security crisis, but more needs to be done,” the Nigerian bishops declared in a joint concluding document presented at the ...
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  25 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A sixth man suspected of participating in the Pentecost massacre has been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A sixth man suspected of involvement in the attack on St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo (Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria) on Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022 (see Fides, 6/6/2022), has been arres ...
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  24 February 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fighting for the strategic coltan mine in Rubaya Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A fierce battle is raging in the Masisi region of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for control of the strategically important coltan mine in Rubaya. This mining are ...
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  23 February 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Dignity, respect, action: open letter from Mozambican women to the country's First Lady Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – “We don't want capulanas, we demand dignity and respect for the rights of all.” On the occasion of Mozambican Women's Day, to be celebrated on April 7, a group of women from the country add ...
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  23 February 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Five years after the assassination of Ambassador Attanasio, the situation in the east of the country has worsened Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – On the fifth anniversary of the assassination of the Italian ambassador to Kinshasa, Luca Attanasio, Carabinieri officer Vittorio Iacovacci, and Mustafa Milabo, a driver for the World Food Pr ...
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  22 February 2026
  Working together for the good of the peoples: renewal of the memorandum of cooperation between the African Union and the Symposium of Bishops' Conferences of Africa and Madagascar by Cosimo Graziani Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - On February 13, the Symposium of Bishops' Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SCEAM) and the African Union (AU) renewed their memorandum of intent, originally ...