Africa

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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 ...
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  14 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Diocese of Gboko closes four facilities in Ihugh for security reasons Abuja (Fides News Agency) – St Winifred Secondary School, also known as St Winifred Girls’ Secondary School; St Winifred Nursery and Primary School; St Thomas Hospital, which includes the Salus Mind Care Centre and t ...
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  14 October 2026
  Mission beyond the illusions of efficiency: following in the footsteps of Venerable Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus Algiers (Fides News Agency) – “The Lord took me by the hand and I followed him blindly.” With these words, which capture the essence of a life entirely devoted to the Gospel, Diego Sarrió Cucarella, Bishop of Lagh ...
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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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  13 October 2026
  WORLD MISSION SUNDAY - Father James Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries: “It is God’s Love, not us, that saves the world” by Paolo Affatato Rome (Fides News Agency) – This year, Father James Bhola Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries, will celebrate World Mission Sunday (WMS) in a place of profound symbolic value: E ...
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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 ...