Africa

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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Fifty years after independence, education remains a decisive challenge Nampula (Fides News Agency) – Fifty years after independence, Mozambique has made significant progress in expanding access to education, extending its school network to rural and peri-urban areas. However, serious chal ...
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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “There are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics in the Church” Yaoundé (Fides News Agency) – “As St Paul said, ‘There is neither Greek nor Jew’; likewise, in the Church in Cameroon, there are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics.” This was ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Eva Gretzmacher and Claudia Abbt released after nearly two years in captivity Benghazi (Fides News Agency) – Austrian national Eva Gretzmacher and Swiss national Claudia Abbt, who were abducted separately in Agadez, Niger, in 2025, have been released. The Nigerien news agency Air Info reported t ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/TOGO - Comboni Missionaries hold training course on digital communication and artificial intelligence Lomé (Fides News Agency) – “Promoting the effective use of digital technologies to proclaim the Gospel, share missionary experiences and strengthen collaboration.” This is the aim of a training course on multimedi ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Peace and reconciliation: the Church focuses on young people and families Bujumbura (Fides News Agency) – “One of our priorities as a Church is peace and reconciliation.” This was stated by Msgr. Salvator Niciteretse, Bishop of Bururi and coordinator of the International Forum of Catholi ...
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  21 October 2026
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Reconciliation also depends on the reintegration of former prisoners Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Reconciliation is an ongoing process,” says Bishop Papias Musengamana of Byumba, who is responsible for the apostolate within the Episcopal Commission for the Laity, in an interview with ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 2027 Elections: Bishops announce national prayer and fasting program “As Nigeria approaches the 2027 elections, we are called to intensify our prayers so that the elections may be free, fair, credible and peaceful.” The Nigerian Bishops made the appeal as they announced a national pra ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/EGYPT - From Cairo, a daily mission alongside the most vulnerable Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “I arrived safely and, in the blink of an eye, I was immersed once again in this beautiful and demanding Arab life.” Two weeks after returning to Cairo, Deacon Anselmo Fabiano, of the Societ ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Father Diouf: “Dialogue between Christians and Muslims is a daily reality” Rome (Fides News Agency) – “We are probably an exception in the world, because we live in a Muslim-majority country, with a small Catholic community alongside other religious denominations,” says Father Augustin S� ...
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  19 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped last week released Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Father John Inalegwu Otache, the priest abducted on 13 October along the Otobi Amejo–Ajegbe road, in the local government area of Ohimini in Benue State, north-central Nigeria, has been re ...
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  18 October 2026
  100th WORLD MISSION DAY: Being "united in mission" amidst a predominantly Muslim population
  Ghinnir (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the 100th World Mission Day, missionaries from the Villaregia Missionary Community, who are serving in a new mission in Ghinnir, ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Mission continues, always! Methods, pastoral approaches and available resources change… but the Spirit that inspired the pioneers 100 Years ago remains the same” by Father Dario Dozio* Korhogo (Fides News Agency) – 1 October, the feast of Saint Therese: the perfect day to arrive in the mission. It has been ten years since I left Ivory Coast. It is a pleasure to find again it ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest from the Diocese of Otukpo kidnapped Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Father John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St Margaret’s Parish in Ajegbe Awume. According to a statement issued by ...
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  15 October 2026
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO — A war within a war: the clash between JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel Ouagadougou (Fides News Agency) — A war within a war is being fought in the sands of the Sahara, in the tri-border area where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. Here, the two main jihadist groups operating in the regio ...
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  14 October 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Renewed conflict in Tigray raises fears of a new humanitarian emergency Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – Nearly a month has passed since fighting resumed in Ethiopia, where an alliance of rebel groups led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has launched a new offensive, reignitin ...