Africa

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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in a church in Komanda. Survivors flee Bunia (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of Catholic faithful were killed with rifles and machetes while participating in a prayer vigil at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite. The massacre occurred during the night of Saturday, July ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Despite the damage suffered by the war, the Sudanese military industry participates in the important Turkish arms fair Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The participation of the Sudanese Defense Industries System (SDIS) in the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2025), which concluded yesterday, Sunday, July 27, in Istanbul, Turkey, is ...
• 25 July 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Bishop of Quelimane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2025, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Osório Cîtora Afonso, IMC, as Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane (Mozambique), currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera and other epidemics, "side effects" of an endless war by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to the war, Sudan is suffering from the spread of diseases that are worsening the humanitarian crisis, with a health alert for the spread of cholera. Accordi ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops express concern over the suspension of the President of the Supreme Court Accra (Agenzia Fides) – "The suspension of the President of the Supreme Court is a matter of great national importance." This is how the Ghanaian Bishops' Conference (CBC) has expressed its concern regarding the suspen ...
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  23 July 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Not just an "event," but a precious opportunity for communion. Young Egyptian Greek-Melkites and the upcoming WYD in Rome Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – At least 225 young Egyptian Catholics are currently preparing to travel to Rome to take part in the World Youth Day (WYD) in the Eternal City, celebrated this year during the Holy Year dedicated ...
• 23 July 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL AND MAURITANIA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 23, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Fr. Raphaël Nd ...
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  23 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A church desecrated by an armed group allied with the army Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church of Saint John of Capistrano, in Lopa, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was desecrated in a new episode of violence affecting the region. ...
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  22 July 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Afina, kidnapped on June 1, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Father Alphonsus Afina, who was kidnapped on June 1 (see Fides, 5/6/2025), has been released thanks to an operation by security forces. The priest was rescued yesterday, July 21, along with te ...
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  21 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A declaration of principles was signed in Doha between the Congolese government and the M23 to end the war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23/Congo River Alliance (AFC) guerrillas signed a declaration of principles on July 19 in Doha, Qatar, to end the war in the ea ...
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  21 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Gaza: Southern African bishops reaffirm their support for the South African government's genocide complaint Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Southern African bishops re-affirmed their full support of South Africa’s legal case against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICJ), which accuses Israel of genocide again ...
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  19 July 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - School, vegetable gardens, and livestock farming: the Consolata Missionaries teach a trade to young girls in difficult situations Iringa (Agenzia Fides) - Learning to care for animals on a farm to create a livestock farm and cultivate vegetable gardens to sell the produce at the market. This is the new objective of the "House of Joy," a facility ru ...
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  18 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The fires of war will not kill learning for young Sudanese Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Prolonged conflict and mass displacement have denied young Sudanese even the most basic tools for self-development. The criticality also emerged on the occasion of the recently celebrated W ...
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  15 July 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped seminarians: Bishop of Auchi confirms contact from kidnappers Auchi (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the armed attack on the "Immaculate Conception" diocesan minor seminary in Ivhianokpodi, in Edo State, Nigeria (see Fides, 12/7/2025), the attackers who kidnapped three young semi ...
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  15 July 2025
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - In the footsteps of Bishop Brésillac Monasao (Agenzia Fides) - "When I was preparing to go to Africa, I was warned of the difficulties I would encounter… Not only due to the problems of adaptation: climate, food, or other minor issues, but also due to ...