Africa

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  2 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Arrest of the alleged murderers of the seminarian burned alive Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The alleged murderers of Stephen Na'aman, the seminarian burned alive during the September 7 attack on the St. Raphael parish in Fadan Kamantan, in the diocese of Kafanchan, in the state of Kaduna ...
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  30 September 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of Bishops on the tragedies of emigration: our young people are dying at sea because they cannot benefit from the Country's riches Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The first missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) arrived in Ivory Coast in 1895. We are therefore a relatively young Church", declared to Fides Msgr Marcelin Yao Kouadio, Bishop ...
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  29 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ugandan troops invade South Sudanese territory: “Border dispute with Uganda should be resolved through diplomatic channels” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The border dispute between Uganda and South Sudan should be resolved through diplomatic negotiations. This was stated by South Sudanese army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang, saying the matte ...
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  28 September 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest and several teachers wounded by Anglophone separatists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the Missionary Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill (MHM) was wounded in an attack on the parish of St. Martin of Tour in Kembong, in the diocese of Mamfe, in southwest Cameroon. Acco ...
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  27 September 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad is the fifth country in the world for the number of refugees per capita compared to the population N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad hosts almost a million refugees, of which about 75% are Sudanese, 21% come from the Central African Republic and 4% from Nigeria a ...
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  27 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Government takes action against Al Shabab militias: “The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the Somali people” Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the entire Somali people". In a statement, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recalled that the al-Shabab militias do not shy away from destroying ...
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  26 September 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Refugees: "Staying or emigrating is no longer a choice" says the Bishop of Koudougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we see that staying or emigrating is often no longer a choice, especially leaving has become a necessity," says Msgr. Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo, Bishop of Koudougou, President o ...
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  26 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "It is God who sends you to us": grassroots communities help families in need Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the uncertainty in which the country lives after the coup of July 26, we continue to work. Harvests throughout the Sahel are poor and the closure of the borders, especially those of Benin ...
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  25 September 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - The death of 35 people in a fire due to a fuel depot blast raises the issue of fuel smuggling Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 35 people (including two children) died in the explosion of a clandestine fuel smuggling depot, which occurred on September 23 in Sèmè-Kraké, a town located on the border between ...
• 22 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., until now official at the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular ...
• 22 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Zaria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kaduna, until now rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, as bishop o ...
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  22 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped Catholic priest regains freedom Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Last Sunday, September 17, Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who serves as a parish priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Amofia-Agu Affa, Udi Local Government Area, was abducted alongside six ...
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  21 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New measures against criminal sects that threaten Ogun State in the south-west of the country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Ogun State, in the south-west of Nigeria, will set up a special court to judge cases related to so-called confraternities or sects. A joint anti-cult security task force will als ...
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  20 September 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - Second Forum for Catholic Education: “We want to improve the quality of education” Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The first challenge is to improve the training of our teachers and then to review our teaching programs so that the education offered to students is adapted to the reality of our country", says ...
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  20 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - 'Never again' in the Sahara desert by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - On September 24, 2023, the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated. World Migrant and Refugee Day was established by the Catholic Church in 1914 and tak ...