Africa

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  25 April 2025
  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 ...
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  16 April 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The London conference ends without a final declaration; the RSF proclaim the formation of an alternative government Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The London conference organized exactly two years after the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war on 15 April 2023, to try to put an end to the conflict, ended without a final declaration. The c ...
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  16 April 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Eldoret: "We are completely destroying our country through corruption" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are left wondering where will the poor go and who will stand for them. What we are doing is wrong and we are completely destroying our country through corruption", Msgr. Dominic Kimengich, B ...
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  15 April 2025
  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 ...
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  15 April 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Maniema province is also suffering the consequences of the war in neighboring North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Calm has returned to Lubutu, in Maniema province, following clashes between two factions of Wazalendo militiamen sparked by a leadership dispute. Reconciliation was achieved last weekend duri ...
• 15 April 2025
  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 ...
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  14 April 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Assault on the Zamzam camp hosting more than 500,000 displaced people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – “We have taken control of Zamzam to protect civilians and medical personnel and we are ready to receive convoys of humanitarian aid,” the militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said ...
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  14 April 2025
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Medical support for people with disabilities or in situations of extreme poverty Foya (Agenzia Fides) - For some years now, the parish of St. John Vianney in Foya, a remote strip of land in Liberia, with the formation of a charitable group, has begun to support the medical expenses of those who are u ...
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  14 April 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - In war-torn Kivu the Bishop of Butembo-Beni urges the faithful not to lose faith Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “We must never lose faith, whatever happens to us. Even when everything seems dark, God never abandons us,” urged Msgr. Melchisédech Sikuli Paluku, Bishop of Butembo-Beni, during Palm Su ...
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  12 April 2025
  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 ...
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  11 April 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - First hearing before the International Criminal Court on allegations of genocide in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The government of the United Arab Emirates described as a "campaign of lies and slander" the accusations made yesterday, April 10, by the Sudanese government at the first hearing before the I ...
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  10 April 2025
  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 ...
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  10 April 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Vicar of Harar: "We have no news of Father Habtewold, who was kidnapped on March 23, and my priests and I are very worried" Harar (Agenzia Fides) - "None of the kidnappers ever contacted me or my priests, and as far as I know from what my priests have told me, the kidnappers contacted the family the day after the kidnapping," Bishop Angelo Pa ...
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  9 April 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionaries in the Terreiro community: "We must break existing patterns" Bengo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been without electricity for a month. ...The generator only works for a few hours in the evening," says Father Martino Bonazzetti of the Society of African Missions. "But even amidst ...