AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria
Abuja (Fides Agency) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Fr. Ibrahim Amos, pastor of St. Gerald Quasi Parish in Kurmin Risga, in the local government area of Kauru, Kaduna State, in nor ...
17 April 2025
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Fr. Marek Ochlak, O.M.I., currently Provincial Superior of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Poland, as Bishop of the Diocese of Fenoarivo Ats ...
AFRICA/SUDAN - The Sudanese conflict enters its third year
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – With tens of thousands of dead, 14 million internally displaced people, and more than three and a half million refugees in neighboring countries, Sudan is entering the third year of a devasta ...
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Molegbe
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Mopepe Ngongo, doctoral candidate in theology at the Université Catholique du Congo, as bishop of the diocese of Molegbe, Democratic Repu ...
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A journey of hope in the East of Bale
Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "It all began when in Robe we saw how many people were fleeing the persistent drought in eastern Bale. Interested and concerned, we set out to find out what was happening there. We found an area wh ...
AFRICA/SUDAN - General al-Burhan launches full-scale diplomatic offensive
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – As the war in Sudan continues, the diplomatic activism of the government headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), is intensifying. This April 10, the ...