Africa

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  26 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Still no news of the kidnappings at St. Mary's School; the Bishops say "the situation is truly worrisome but it is not genocide" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Unfortunately, there is no new information about the fate of the hostages,” Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora told Fides. In his diocese, 315 students and staff members of St. Mary’ ...
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  25 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New mass kidnappings in Kwara State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Mass kidnappings in Nigeria continue unabated. Late in the afternoon of November 24, a group of at least 20 armed men attacked the village of Isapa in the Ekiti district of Kwara State, kidnappi ...
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  25 November 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro to all students in the country: May no child be left behind in the light of knowledge and hope Tombura Yambio – (Agenzia Fides) – “Reject any form of examination malpractice; cheating, stealing answers, taking shortcuts, or any behavior that dishonors your integrity is a betrayal not only of your future, but ...
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  25 November 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Despite ongoing peace talks, massacres of civilians continue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – On the night between November 23 and 24, 2025, at least twelve men between the ages of 20 and 40 were arrested in Irhambi Katana, South Kivu Province (in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) ...
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  24 November 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: “If Father John is not released by November 26, the churches in the deanery will be closed” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – “If by November 26, the captors have not released Father John, I request all the priests, religious personnel from all Catholic institutions in Ndop deanery will be closed. Priests will be ...
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  24 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 265 pupils kidnapped from St. Mary's School are still in the hands of kidnappers; Bishop tells Fides: “This is the work of criminals” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “The kidnappers are almost certainly criminals seeking illicit gain by demanding a ransom for the release of the young people they have captured,” Msgr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora, the ...
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  23 November 2025
  VATICAN - Leo XIV: “great pain” and “deeply saddened” to learn of the kidnapping of priests, faithful, and students in Nigeria and Cameroon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I was deeply saddened to learn of the kidnapping of priests, faithful, and students in Nigeria and Cameroon. I feel great pain, above all for the many young men and women who have been ...
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  21 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian Crisis: Millions displaced without food, drinking water, sanitation, and shelter El Fasher (Agenzia Fides) – With the intensification of fighting that led to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) taking control of El Fasher and the withdrawal of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Joint Operations Com ...
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  21 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - About a hundred students kidnapped in the attack on a Catholic school Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic school in Nigeria was attacked, and around 100 students were kidnapped. In the early hours of November 21, an armed group on 60 motorcycles and in cars stormed St. Mary’s Catholic P ...
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  20 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Father Paschal is alive”: Archdiocese of Kaduna denies rumors of the murder of the priest kidnapped on November 17 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “It is not true that Father Bobbo Paschal was killed,” reads a statement from the Archdiocese of Kaduna, sent to Fides, refuting rumors circulating on various social media platforms that the ...
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  19 November 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan Council of Churches appeals to Kenyan President for efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “South Sudan is at a delicate and challenging stage,” members of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), which unites the main Christian denominations in South Sudan, including the Cat ...
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  19 November 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Dozens dead in illegal mine. Bishops propose state of emergency to combat the phenomenon Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Three illegal miners have died of asphyxiation after being trapped in a tunnel in Ghana. The three men were part of a group of “galamseyers” (a term that refers both to the illegal mining of ...
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  18 November 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Violence continues in Nampula province Nampula (Agenzia Fides) - Houses and a school burned, properties looted, and civilians killed, wounded, or kidnapped. This is the scene of the escalating violence that continues to plague the districts of Memba and Erati ...
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  18 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped in Kaduna State. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Bobbo Paschal, parish priest of St. Stephen's Parish Church in the Kushe Gudgu Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State ( ...
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  17 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Several schoolgirls kidnapped in attack on school in northeastern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – An unknown number of girls were kidnapped by armed men who attacked a girls' school in northwestern Nigeria overnight. The gang members attacked the Maga Government Girls' Comprehensive Secondar ...