Africa

• 12 September 2026
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. León Dorado, O.M.I., until now apostolic prefect of the Western Sahara, as coadjutor archbishop of Rabat, Morocco. Msgr. Mario León Dor ...
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  11 September 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bukavu: at least 27 students killed in a massive fire that destroyed two schools Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – At least two fires broke out yesterday, September 10, in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is currently occupied by M23 rebels backed by Rw ...
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  11 September 2026
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Course for minor and major seminary formators promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Zomba (Fides News Agency) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Malawi, in collaboration with the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of St Peter the Apostle (POSPA), are organizing a formation co ...
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  9 September 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - From water-treatment agent to chemical weapon: chlorine raises the risk of an embargo on an essential substance for civilians Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – A conflict increasingly shaped by external actors is now under suspicion of involving the use of chemical weapons by at least one of the parties. It is Sudan’s largely forgotten interna ...
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  9 September 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops call for clarity over the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – Just over three months have passed since the violent death of Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira. In a statement issued ...
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  8 September 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - Supreme Court controversy: Bishops call for greater caution, not resignation Accra (Fides news Agency) – The Chief Justice of Ghana, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, should exercise greater caution when making public statements, but there are no grounds to call for his resignation. This, in essence, is the ...
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  7 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA — Archbishop Ugorji denounces ‘absolute control’ over missionary and private schools Abuja (Fides News Agency) — “We are compelled to speak out against the increasingly despotic and overreaching directives issued by the Imo State Commissioner of Education in recent times on social media.” With thes ...
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  6 September 2026
  Somalia between security transition and terrorism Mogadishu (Fides News Agency) – Somalia’s National Internal Security Conference was held in Mogadishu on September 1 and 2, bringing together members of the federal government, including the ministers for Internal Se ...
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  4 September 2026
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Government says it foiled coup attempt thanks to Russian help Malabo (Fides News Agency) – Authorities in Equatorial Guinea say they have foiled a coup attempt thanks to information received from Africa Corps, the Russian Defence Ministry-linked force operating in several African ...
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  3 September 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - First parish dedicated to St Matthew Ayariga, the only Ghanaian among the 21 martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya, established in Texas Accra (Fides News Agency) –The first parish dedicated to St Matthew Ayariga, the Ghanaian Catholic who was martyred in Libya on 15 February 2015 together with the 20 Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians killed by jihadi ...
• 2 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGER - Military uprising and accusations against “foreign powers” Niamey (Fides News Agency) – “Truth is the first victim of war.” This well-known aphorism can also apply to situations other than an open conflict, such as coups or military uprisings, like the one that took place ...
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  1 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two religious sisters ambushed in South Sudan Juba (Fides News Agency) – On Sunday, 30 August, two Carmelite religious sisters, identified as Sr Helen and Sr Ansa, were attacked while travelling from Torit to Juba after attending morning Mass. Their vehicle was am ...
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  31 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Kontagora calls for increased security measures at places of worship Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “Protect mosques from jihadist attacks.” This is the appeal issued by Bishop Bulus Yohanna of Kontagora and president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State, one of ...
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  31 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGER - Algeria sends fighter jets to Niger after a failed military coup Niamey (Fides News Agency) – Four Su-30 fighter jets, accompanied by an Il-76 transport aircraft and an Il-78 aerial tanker, have been deployed by Algeria to Air Base 101, adjacent to Diori Hamani International Airport ...
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  28 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Stop the massacres and mass kidnappings,” Bishops say, expressing their condolences to all victims Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “The latest barbaric abduction of more than 60 worshippers from a mosque in Borgu, Niger State, and the horrific massacre of 47 innocent citizens, with another 17 people seriously injured ...