Africa

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  15 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: two South African soldiers die in an attack on a military base Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is deteriorating. Yesterday, February 14, two South African soldiers were killed and three others wounded whe ...
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  14 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An alleged kidnapper of the two Claretian fathers has been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An alleged kidnapper of the two Claretian fathers kidnapped on the night of February 1 in Plateau State, in central Nigeria, and then released on February 8, has been arrested (see Fides, 8/2/2024 ...
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  13 February 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The refugees from the Corrane refugee camp to Cardinal Tagle: we ask the Pope for prayers so that this war ends and we can return home" by Antonella Prenna Nampula (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Eminence, I would like to ask you to tell Pope Francis to pray for us, pray that this war ends and that we can return home". This is the request of a refugee from t ...
• 13 February 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of Nairobi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya: the Reverend Simon Peter Kamomoe, of the clergy of the same archdiocese, ...
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  13 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The advance of the M23 towards Goma triggers waves of protests in the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I have come to reassure you that we are working to bring peace to North Kivu. You must remain calm. Hand in hand, we will drive out the Rwandan M23 rebels who are attacking us", said the milit ...
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  12 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Council of Catholic Laity: "Risks of destabilization". More clashes over the postponement of the vote Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Three dead and over 250 arrested. This is the outcome of the clashes on the sidelines of the protests that took place last weekend in Senegal against the postponement of the presidential elections ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Father has appointed the Reverend Wilbroad Henry Kibozi, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Dodoma, until now vice rector and professor at the Holy Family Major Seminary in ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Morombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean Désiré Razafinirina, of the clergy of the diocese of Toliara, until now rector and professor at the Saint Jean Baptiste Major Seminary of V ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Nouakchott Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouakchott, Mauritania, presented by Bishop Martin Happe, M.Afr. The Holy Father has appoi ...
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  9 February 2024
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita: Sisters of the “Talitha Kum” project celebrate World Day Against Human Trafficking Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA) celebrated yesterday, February 8, World Day against Human Trafficking, on the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human ...
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  9 February 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Catholic Association of Friends meets in the spirit of the encyclical 'Fratelli tutti' Foya (Agenzia Fides) - Three hundred Catholic women from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recently met in the parish of St. John Vianney in Foya, in the light of 'the mystery of the Visitation'. "The international experi ...
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  8 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Religious abducted in Plateau State are free Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two Claretians who were kidnapped on the night of February 1 in the central Nigerian state of Plateau have been released. Fr. Ken Kanwa C.M.F, parish priest of St. Vincent De Paul Fier Church, ...
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  8 February 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - The “sabbatical year” of Father Ha-Jo in the hands of the kidnappers: “They asked me for forgiveness, and I had already forgiven them" by Antonella Prenna Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Germany is waging war against us, has soldiers in Gao (Mali) and, together with the European Union, is training the Malian army in Kulikoro, on the banks of the Niger river ...
• 7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Juvenal Nzohabonayo of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Gitega ...
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  7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Seminar on violent extremism and the proliferation of weapons in West Africa Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Prevention of violent extremism, radicalization and the proliferation of small arms in the Sahel and coastal countries of West Africa". These are the objectives of the training course launched ...