Africa

• 25 July 2024
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bouaké Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, until now apostolic administrator of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bouaké, Cote d’Ivoire, as metropolitan archbishop of the ...
• 25 July 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bamako Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bamako, Mali, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Jean Zerbo. The Holy Father has appo ...
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  23 July 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The bishops' appeal for the Sudanese brothers: “Pray and hear the voice of God and the voice of the people” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Although our first responsibility is South Sudan, we cannot distance ourselves from our neighbor Sudan." This is what the bishops of the youngest nation in the world have expressed regarding the o ...
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  22 July 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - A space for reflection, exchange of ideas and experiences intended for the world of youth in a context of tensions Abéché (Agenzia Fides) - This is one of the most significant initiatives of Missionary Animation, in close collaboration with the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) sector of the Comboni missionaries in Ch ...
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  18 July 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church addresses the young people who participated in Mission Day: “Be missionaries wherever you are” Agenzia Fides (Cairo) - More than 100 young people from 11 parishes together with their 30 animators participated, in the main church of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Cairo, in the Mission Day held at the beginning ...
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  16 July 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 'Mobile Journalism': Training course for journalists from the local radio of the Salesian missionaries Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - For five days, journalists from the Radio Don Bosco station participated in a training course on basic photography and video techniques through the practice of 'MoJo' (Mobile Journalism). T ...
• 16 July 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Nekemte Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M., until now spiritual director of the Lazarist School of Addis Ababa and spiritual director of the Daughters of Cha ...
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  15 July 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Pilgrims of Hope": campaign by men and women religious for the protection of the environment Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Consecrated men and women crossed the streets of the main cities of Ghana such as Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast, Takoradi, Sunyani, Damongo, Wa, Koforidua, Donkokrom, Bolgatanga, Konongo, ...
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  13 July 2024
  AFRICA - Alliance of Sahel states: irreversible rupture in the Economic Community of West African States? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The process of polarization in the Sahel between pro-Western "moderate" states and states that demand their independence from neo-colonial logic, but rely on non-African powers such as Russia and C ...
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  12 July 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Bishops and the Islamic Forum of Nigeria contrary to the Samoa Agreement: “A threat to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "A threat to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria". This is how the Bishops of Nigeria defined the Samoa Agreement, agreed on 15 November 2023, in Apia (Samoa Islands) by the European Union and i ...
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  11 July 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Raising awareness for aid and health care: nuns serving in rural areas of the country Kasese (Agenzia Fides) - Due to poverty and the resulting inability to pay for medical services, in rural areas of the country access to health facilities and doctors is very limited and residents end up dying easily tre ...
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  11 July 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan celebrates the anniversary of independence in hope, but the situation remains difficult Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Between light (little) and shadow (a lot), South Sudan celebrated the anniversary of independence on July 9. On the one hand, there are the timid hopes of a peace agreement with the armed groups ...
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  10 July 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Withdrawal of the Blue Helmets from the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Paris and Washington take different positions Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is at the center of the geopolitical interests of the great powers due to its natural resources and its strategic location. On July 8, the UN Securi ...
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  9 July 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Humanitarian ceasefire in North Kivu: opportunity to provide aid or opportunity to rearm? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are two important new developments in the forgotten war in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo: the first is the two-week humanitarian ceasefire that came into for ...
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  9 July 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Mikah Suleiman released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank you for your prayers for my rescue", Father Mikah Suleiman thanked those who prayed for his release. In a video posted on social media, the Nigerian priest kidnapped on June 22 (see Fides ...