Africa

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  3 August 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Drone warfare and humanitarian crisis deepen alarm in Darfur and Kordofan El Obeid (Fides News Agency) – El Obeid continues to be one of the main hotbeds of Sudan's conflict. The city continues to come under repeated drone attacks, while residents face severe water shortages, frequent power ...
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  3 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Church attacked during Sunday Mass, two people still held by kidnappers Abuja (Fides News Agency) – St. Joseph's Church in Inoyi, Affa, in Udi district of Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria, was attacked during Sunday Mass on August 2. At least seven armed men stormed the church at around 8 ...
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  3 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in roadside ambush Abuja (Fides news Agency) – A Catholic priest was killed in a roadside ambush in Nigeria. Father Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro was attacked with a machete on Church Road in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, in central Nigeria. The Dioce ...
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  2 August 2026
  TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/4 - One Hundred Years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives. Bishop Berardi’s pilgrimage to the roots of his vocation by Antonella Prenna Cerfroid (Fides News Agency) – From his first encounter with Spanish missionaries to leading the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, Bishop Aldo Berardi reflects on a journey shaped by memory ...
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  1 August 2026
  TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/3 - One hundred years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives: Apostolic ‘tours’, catechists and the construction of facilities at the service of the Gospel by Antonella Prenna Moramanga (Fides News Agency) – After withdrawing from the Benadir Mission in what was then Somalia, the Trinitarians continued their redemptive mission on the island of Madagascar, where they se ...
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  31 July 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Attack on the ancient monastery of Saint Arsema: “Buildings may be destroyed and lives broken, but our faith in Christ remains” Addis Ababa (Fides News Agency) – The ancient monastery of Saint Arsema, in South Wollo, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, was severely damaged in a drone attack on July 22, 2026. Numerous casualties were reported among m ...
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  31 July 2026
  TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/2 - One hundred years of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives: Men without borders by Antonella Prenna Moramanga (Fides News Agency) – As the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives celebrates one hundred years of Trinitarian presence in Madagascar, it renews its awareness of its missi ...
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  31 July 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Controversy over British military presence Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – How can national and international security be reconciled with human rights and the well-being of local communities? These are the issues being debated in Kenya after the Great Britain a ...
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  30 July 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Anglican pastor killed in the Nuba Mountains, where Father Youhanna Al-Amin was murdered in June Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – An Anglican pastor has been killed in the Nuba Mountains, in an area not far from where Catholic priest Father Youhanna Al-Amin, who had served for more than thirty years as parish priest ...
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  30 July 2026
  TRINITARIANS IN MADAGASCAR/1 One hundred years of mission: Faith, proclamation and service alongside the slaves and prisoners of yesterday and today by Antonella Prenna Moramanga (Fides News Agency) – Father Gino Buccarello, Minister General of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (O.SS.T.), is in Madagascar to celebrate the centenary of the tr ...
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  29 July 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops urge Tinubu to reassure Christians and ensure transparent elections in 2027 Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “This, Mr. President, is a time when many Christians have legitimate concerns about their place in Nigeria, especially regarding the departure from the Christian/Muslim presidency, and we ...
• 29 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kabinda Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Eustache Ntamwe Makoyo, of the clergy of the diocese of Kabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, until now rector of the Saint Charles Borro ...
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  29 July 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "The final word belongs not to violence or death, but to God, the Lord of life": Church renews hope while awaiting justice Nampula (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic community continues to keep alive the memory of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of Beira, who was brutally killed at his episcopa ...
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  28 July 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - AMECEA Plenary Assembly concludes: East African Bishops identify young people as pastoral priority for the next four years Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – The 21st Plenary Assembly of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, after bringing together bishops, priests, religious, la ...
• 27 July 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On June 10, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Kizito Ta ...