Africa

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  1 August 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Calm has returned, but union demands remain unanswered Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation has returned to calm, but there is great dismay at the lives lost in recent days,” a Church source in Luanda, the capital of Angola, told Fides, following the violent protest ...
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  31 July 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Negotiations between Addis Ababa and Somalia over sea access stalled by Cosimo Graziani Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - According to diplomatic sources familiar with the matter, diplomatic negotiations between Ethiopia and Somalia to resolve the issue of Addis Ababa's access to the sea a ...
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  31 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas Bunia: “In July alone, more than 100 people died in Ituri despite the state of siege in place for four years” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “In our province alone, in July, more than 100 people, including women and children, were brutally murdered in attacks of unspeakable brutality.” This was revealed by the diocesan Caritas ...
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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - National Martyrs' Day: Bishop Hiiboro Kussala calls for peace in the country Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – “As a bishop, I pledge to speak out until the truth is heard. To walk with the victims and wounded families. To offer the Church as a space for reconciliation and dialogue. To pray un ...
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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - 1,400 children and adolescents, "missionaries of hope," will attend a congress with their leaders from all the country's dioceses Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - 1,400 children and adolescents, aged between 8 and 14, accompanied by 200 leaders from the country's eight dioceses, are expected to arrive in Lilongwe today. They will be the protagonists of t ...
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  29 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in the Church of Blessed Anuarite; Bishops: "It is paradoxical that in Ituri, where a state of siege has been in effect since 2021, massacres continue to occur" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A call to the faithful not to give in to panic and a strong exhortation to state authorities to assume their responsibility in protecting the population. This is how the National Episcopal Co ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in a church in Komanda. Survivors flee Bunia (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of Catholic faithful were killed with rifles and machetes while participating in a prayer vigil at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite. The massacre occurred during the night of Saturday, July ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Despite the damage suffered by the war, the Sudanese military industry participates in the important Turkish arms fair Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The participation of the Sudanese Defense Industries System (SDIS) in the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2025), which concluded yesterday, Sunday, July 27, in Istanbul, Turkey, is ...
• 25 July 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Bishop of Quelimane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2025, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Osório Cîtora Afonso, IMC, as Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane (Mozambique), currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera and other epidemics, "side effects" of an endless war by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to the war, Sudan is suffering from the spread of diseases that are worsening the humanitarian crisis, with a health alert for the spread of cholera. Accordi ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops express concern over the suspension of the President of the Supreme Court Accra (Agenzia Fides) – "The suspension of the President of the Supreme Court is a matter of great national importance." This is how the Ghanaian Bishops' Conference (CBC) has expressed its concern regarding the suspen ...
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  23 July 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Not just an "event," but a precious opportunity for communion. Young Egyptian Greek-Melkites and the upcoming WYD in Rome Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – At least 225 young Egyptian Catholics are currently preparing to travel to Rome to take part in the World Youth Day (WYD) in the Eternal City, celebrated this year during the Holy Year dedicated ...
• 23 July 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL AND MAURITANIA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 23, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Fr. Raphaël Nd ...
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  23 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A church desecrated by an armed group allied with the army Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church of Saint John of Capistrano, in Lopa, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was desecrated in a new episode of violence affecting the region. ...
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  22 July 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Afina, kidnapped on June 1, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Father Alphonsus Afina, who was kidnapped on June 1 (see Fides, 5/6/2025), has been released thanks to an operation by security forces. The priest was rescued yesterday, July 21, along with te ...