Africa

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  19 September 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Are the Hutu in Congo the Palestinians of Central Africa? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Following the advance of the M23/AFC, around one and a half million displaced people camped around Goma, relying solely on the help of people of goodwill. This is what hundreds of inhabitant ...
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  19 September 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Twelve million displaced: One of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Direct attacks on civilians, mass displacement, sexual assaults, deterioration of health care, and the collapse of basic services continue to characterize a Sudan rocked by serious human righ ...
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  18 September 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic priest attacked during robbery at a training school Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A priest in Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has once again been attacked. On the night of September 15-16, several gang members armed with hammers, knives, crowbars, a ...
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  16 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped: Father Wilfred Ezemba Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. According to information sent to Fides, Wilfred Ezemba, parish priest of St. Paul's Parish in Agaliga-Efabo, in the Olamaboro Local Governm ...
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  16 September 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Father Bonazzetti: 'banknote repairer' Terreiro (Agenzia Fides) – "We are still in the middle of the dry season, even though we are waiting for the first rain, and we want to use the rain to fill the large cistern in Terreiro. We won't let the first rain en ...
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  16 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "Government must regulate IVF clinics" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "The government must take measures to regulate IVF clinics," urged Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), in his opening rem ...
• 16 September 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Sebastien Bidiare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 30, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Rev. Sebastien Bi ...
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  15 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Do not stop those who want to peacefully change the Country, otherwise violent changes will be inevitable" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizens' confidence in the electoral process was seriously undermined during the last parliamentary elections by unfair practices, fraud, and alleged electoral errors," said the President of the ...
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  12 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop N'Dali: "Jihadists have announced further attacks" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – "The jihadists have announced further attacks. The population is very worried," says His Exc MSgr. Martin Adjou Moumouni, Bishop of N'Dali, the diocese in Benin, whose territory includes the v ...
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  11 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop after jihadist attack on a village on the border with Nigeria: "A constant threat to our pastoral activities" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Jihadists attacked the police station, looted houses, stole motorcycles and cars, and then fled with at least six civilians," reports His Exc. Msgr. Martin Adjou Moumouni Martin Adjou Moumouni, ...
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  10 September 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - High-ranking military officer forced to leave Uvira due to popular protests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – General Olivier Gasita, the deputy commander of the 33rd Military Region, in charge of operations and intelligence, was forced to leave Uvira due to protests against him. He left the city in ...
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  9 September 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Civil society in South Kivu is asking how far are the peace negotiations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "What is happening in the ongoing talks in Doha on the future of our region?" asks the South Kivu Civil Society Coordination Office in a statement sent to Fides. After almost two weeks of ta ...
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  8 September 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Jihadist attack in the far north. At least 4 dead and severe damage to a parish church Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – At least four people were killed and several others injured in an attack carried out by Boko Haram jihadists on the night of September 6-7 in the villages of Ouzal, Mandoussa, and Modoko in t ...
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  5 September 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Tombura-Yambio: "Youth violence is a sign of a deep crisis in the soul of the country" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – "The recent wave of violence in Juba is a national cry of protest," explains Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in his message entitled "Healing our wounded sons and daughter ...
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  5 September 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Quelimane: "We must be humble in social service, in the work, and in the responsibilities we assume in the Church" Quelimane (Agenzia Fides) – "Our task is to walk together, to be together as brothers and sisters," said Bishop Osório Citora Afonso (IMC) in his first address to the community of his new diocese of Quelimane, in the ...