Africa

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  9 August 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Is South Africa a financial center for ISIS in Africa? Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The presence in South Africa of people linked to the Islamic State (IS) does not seem to worry the government. This was stated by the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Con ...
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  8 August 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops: “The ceasefire signed in Luanda for eastern DRC must be implemented” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire agreement must be fully implemented," the Congolese Bishops' Conference demands of the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. In a statement published on Aug ...
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  7 August 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Only 24 hours after his arrest: Father Madou is free N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Madou is fine, although he says he was mistreated during his arrest," an source from the local Church in the Chadian capital N'Djamena told Fides. The source, who requested anonymity, ...
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  6 August 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Priest arrested: "The prosecutor has not yet commented" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not know where Father Madou is after his arrest yesterday. The prosecutor has not yet commented and therefore there is no formal charge against him," report local ecclesiastical sources ...
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  6 August 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The population traumatized after the attack on the beach in Mogadishu by Gianluca Frinchillucci Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Mogadishu and the whole of Somalia were shaken by a tragic act of terrorism last Friday, August 2, when members of the Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab attacke ...
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  5 August 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Tinzaouaten massacre: military government breaks off diplomatic relations with Ukraine Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We immediately break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine," said the military junta of Mali yesterday, August 4, in view of the alleged involvement of the Ukrainian military intelligence in the ...
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  3 August 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack on the Russian Wagner group by Tuaregs and jihadists shows the complexity of the situation in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - On July 27, a mixed convoy of soldiers of the Malian army and mercenaries of the Russian private military company "Wagner Group" was the victim of a series of deadly attacks in north-western Mali ...
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  2 August 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The first day of protests against the government's economic policies leaves more than a dozen dead Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least a dozen dead in various areas of Nigeria is the result of the first day of protests called yesterday, August 1 (see Fides, 1/8/2024), against the economic policies of President Bola Ahmed ...
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  2 August 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No to peace talks, while half of the Sudanese suffer from hunger Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - " We will not retreat, we will not give up, and we will not negotiate with any entity," with these words General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces and President of the ...
• 1 August 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Erection of the Diocese of Ganda and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the Diocese of Ganda (Angola), with territory taken from the Diocese of Benguela, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo. The Holy Fathe ...
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  1 August 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Demonstrations against the President's economic reforms begin Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Ten days of demonstrations are planned in Nigeria against the high cost of living and unemployment that affect a large part of the population. The protests, which begin today, August 1, are suppor ...
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  1 August 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Solidarity campaign of Sudanese women in Kampala: "We must not close our eyes to the famine in Sudan" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We must raise our voices to alert the world so that it does not forget the Sudanese crisis," is the urgent appeal of the executive director of the Sudanese organization "The Female Guardians" i ...
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  31 July 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Failed assassination attempt on the head of the transitional government, General Burhan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – On the same day that the news of the assassination in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was released, another high-impact news story risks going unnoticed: the attempted assassination (al ...
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  31 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop Gong: Young people of “Generation Z” deserve trust Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya have sided with the young people who in recent weeks have taken to the streets in highly political demonstrations that go far beyond protesting against tax increases. The Ar ...
• 31 July 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Fr Benoit Mbainada of the clergy of Mondou as National Director of the Pon ...