Africa

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  13 October 2026
  AFRICA - African Churches express closeness to Pope Leo XIV: Prayers and best wishes for his surgery Rome (Fides News Agency) – The Churches of Africa express closeness to Pope Leo XIV as he prepares to undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule. On behalf of the African bishops, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of ...
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  13 October 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Joseph Kabila at the helm of the new political-military movement, FRN Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – Former President Joseph Kabila is at the helm of a new political-military movement announced on 12 October in Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic o ...
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  12 October 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur: War Worsens Humanitarian and Health Crisis El Fasher (Fides News Agency) – Darfur remains one of the main epicentres of the war that has ravaged Sudan since 2023, pitting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). More than three ye ...
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  11 October 2026
  Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia meet to discuss tensions and unresolved issues in the Horn of Africa El Alamein (Fides News Agency) – As geopolitical tensions and internal conflicts continue to shake the Horn of Africa, the presidents of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, together with the head of Sudan’s Transitional Coun ...
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  9 October 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro Kussala ahead of the General Elections: “Contest the election, but protect the family. Serve the people, but do not destroy one another” Tombura Yambio (Fides News Agency) – “Contest the election, but protect the family. Serve the people, but do not destroy one another.” This is the appeal made by Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura Yambio ahe ...
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  7 October 2026
  In Malawi, a whole stadium celebrates 100 years of World Mission Sunday: “United in Christ, united in mission” Mzuzu (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Malawi celebrated the centenary of World Mission Sunday on Saturday, October 3, at Mzuzu Stadium. Established in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, World Mission Sunday is an occas ...
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  4 October 2026
  Sudan’s war and the arms trade that supplies both sides by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Even in wartime, the laws of the market often prevail over geopolitical alignments and ideological affinities. The arms flows in the war that has ravaged Sudan since ...
• 2 October 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed His Exc. Msgr. Juan José Agu ...
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  2 October 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - African Bishops express concern over the arrest of Archbishop Banda Lusaka (Fides News Agency) – “On behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), we wish to express our fraternal solidarity and prayerful closeness to the Zambia Conference of Cath ...
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  1 October 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray, the Eparch of Adigrat raises alarm: “We are completely isolated; humanitarian access is urgently needed” Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – “It is extremely urgent to facilitate humanitarian access, dialogue for peace and every form of dialogue. We are completely isolated, communications are blocked, and we have no contact w ...
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  30 September 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tensions return to Tigray: fears of a new civil war Mekelle (Fides News Agency) – Fears of a new escalation in Ethiopia are growing following the resumption of fighting in the north of the country and an offensive by Tigrayan fighters in the neighboring regions of Afar ...
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  30 September 2026
  AFRICA/BENIN - Families forming missionary seminarians: small, concrete steps to overcome conflict and build peace Calavi (Fides News Agency) – On Thursday, 1 October, the international year of spirituality for 42 seminarians of the Society of African Missions (SMA) will begin at the Brésillac Centre in Abomey-Calavi, in the Archd ...
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  29 September 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “How can we be Church where there is not yet a Church?” New missionary presence in Ghinnir, in East Bale Ghinnir (Fides News Agency) – After seven years of presence in Robe, the fraternity of the Villaregia Missionary Community has taken a new step in its missionary journey by moving to Ghinnir, in the heart of East Bale. ...
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  27 September 2026
  United States lifts sanctions on Eritrea by Cosimo Graziani Asmara (Fides News Agency) – The Trump administration has decided to lift sanctions against Eritrea, five years after they were imposed by President Biden. The decision, announced on Friday, 18 Se ...
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  25 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGER - Canadians, Australians and Americans relaunch Niger’s uranium industry Niamey (Fides News Agency) – Niger’s military junta is seeking to relaunch the country’s uranium mining industry with the signing of an agreement with Australian company Atomic Eagle, through which the State of Nig ...