Africa

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  27 February 2025
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Ethiopian Prime Minister visits Mogadishu Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Mogadishu today, February 27, where he was received at the airport by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed. This is an important step towards ...
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  26 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 rebels loot 10 tons of strategic minerals from a plant in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10 tons of strategic minerals were taken by M23 militiamen from a plant in the Congolese province of South Kivu. This is what was reported by the "Thematic Working Group on Mining and ...
• 26 February 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Tabora Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Josaphat Jackson Bududu, of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania, until now vicar for consecrated life and parish priest of Saint Jose ...
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  26 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - War in Sudan continues: use of the air force, including drones, is becoming increasingly important Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest information from the authorities, 46 people were killed in the crash of a military transport plane in Omdurman, the "sister city" of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Among ...
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  25 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Missionaries appeal for ceasefire, humanitarian aid and arms embargo in the ongoing war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve million displaced people and tens of thousands of victims have been reported since the conflict broke out in April 2022 between the army on the one hand and the paramilitaries on the oth ...
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  25 February 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "May the abolition of the death penalty be a first step towards promoting the culture of life in prisons" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - With the abolition of the death penalty, Zimbabwe has taken a fundamental step towards aligning its laws with the fundamental Christian principle of "love your neighbour as yourself" (Mark 12:31) ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are grateful that we are still alive”: Witnesses report from Bukavu one week after the conquest by the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to be alive", this is the prevailing mood in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was taken by th ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sudanese and South Sudanese gathered for the anniversary of the founding of the Arbaa wNus centre in Cairo, dedicated to Saint Bakhita Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - This year the parish of Sakakini in Cairo has reason to celebrate: it is celebrating the centenary of its foundation (until the 1980s the parish was entrusted to the Society of African Missions) a ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two Catholic priests kidnapped in the north-east of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two priests were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday, February 22. Father Matthew David Dutsemi, of the diocese of Yola, and Father Abraham Saummam, of the diocese of Jalingo, were captured b ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGER - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maradi Maradi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maradi, Niger, presented by Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Ignat ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Dakar Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, presented by Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye. The Holy Father has appointed Bisho ...
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  21 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Beheaded bodies of 70 people found in a Protestant church Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 70 bodies, including women, children and the elderly, were discovered on February 14 in a church of the Evangelical and Baptist Center of Congo and Africa (CEBCEA) in Kasanga, near th ...
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  21 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rwandan soldiers and M23 militiamen disguised as Congolese soldiers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The riots that precede the capture of the cities by the M23 are a constant", explains a local source in Bukavu to Fides, referring to what happened to Bishop Sébastien Joseph Muyengo Mulombe ...
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  21 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Uvira robbed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Uvira was robbed yesterday, February 20, according to a statement issued by the diocese of the city in South Kivu currently being conquered by the M23. "Together with Bishop Séb ...
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  20 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Chaplain and nuns prevent Bukavu prison from burning down completely Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is thanks to the chaplain and some nuns that the prison was not completely burned down," reports a source from the local Church in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kiv ...