Africa

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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 ...
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  4 September 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian dam on the Nile River is defined as a "threat" by Egypt and Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – “The Ethiopian dam on the Nile is a continuing threat to stability in the eastern Nile basin,” states a joint statement from Egypt and Sudan issued yesterday, September 3, at the concl ...
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  4 September 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Sudanese conflict risks prolonging Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The creation of an opposition government in the regions controlled by the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) risks realizing the possibility of a new partition of Sudan, following the secession in 20 ...
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  3 September 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Landslide in Tarasin is not only a natural disaster but a tragedy caused by war and the world's indifference towards Sudan" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – "I share the grief, but also the courage and desire for justice, dignity, and healing for the survivors," wrote Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan in his condolen ...
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  2 September 2025
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Church in Kenema murdered in his home Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – The parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Church in Kenema (Sierra Leone) has been murdered. Father Augustine Dauda Amadu was robbed in his home in the Burma 3 neighborhood on the outski ...
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  1 September 2025
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops: "Environmental damage caused by the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral wealth is a social injustice" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – "We are deeply concerned about pollution and environmental degradation, which cause suffering to vulnerable populations due to the predominance of political and economic interests that do not p ...
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  31 August 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda's immigrant integration model confronts US administration plans by Cosimo Graziani Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Uganda announced in recent days that it has reached an agreement with the United States to accept refugees who are denied asylum in the US. The measure is aimed at those ...
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  29 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two rival governments threaten to prolong the Sudanese civil war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – At the first meeting of the Sudanese transitional government in the capital Khartoum, two months after its recapture by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of General Abdel Fattah ...
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  28 August 2025
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Tensions with Burkina Faso rise after attack on a border village and kidnapping of six Ivorian officials Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Who attacked the village of Difita in the far north of Ivory Coast on the night of August 24-25? This is the question facing the West African country, where tensions with neighboring Burkina F ...
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  27 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Is the M23, together with the Twirwaneho militia, aiming to advance into Katanga? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "The goal of the M23 is to advance from the Ruzizi plains to then conquer Katanga and thus gain complete control of the main Congolese mines," missionary sources in South Jivu province, in th ...