Africa

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  24 September 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Places of worship reopened after closure due to the second wave of Covid-19 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced the imminent reopening of places of worship after an interruption of over a year. In June 2020 all churches in the country were closed due to ...
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  23 September 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Covid does not choose who to hit: bishops offer training for people with special needs Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid does not choose, it affects everyone and that is why we must all walk together without allowing anyone to be left behind", said the Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Tanzania ...
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  22 September 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In the north, several areas reconquered from the jihadists; "But as long as security is precarious, it will be difficult for the activities of the Church to resume" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Security is still precarious. The first thing we really need to do is ensure that people can return safely to resume their lives with confidence. But I think we still need time", says His Exc. M ...
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  22 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Wau encourages the population to get vaccinated against Covid-19 Wau (Agenzia Fides) - "The coronavirus vaccine is not dangerous. To date, I have personally seen no negative effects since I received the first dose", said Msgr. Mathew Remijo Adam Gbitiku, bishop of the diocese of Wau, ...
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  21 September 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "An important and timely gift" says the Director of the hospital to which Pope Francis has donated equipment for COVID-19 patients Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "The medical supplies donated by Pope Francis were very important to the hospital and timely. His example is not just one of words but with actions that should be emulated by other leaders", sa ...
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  21 September 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appeal by the Archdiocese of Nairobi for humanitarian aid to vulnerable families severely affected by Covid-19 and drought Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted nolmacy globally and locally, exposing families to extreme pressures and straining their capacity to sustain themselves" declared the Apostolic Administrator ...
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  20 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Mgr. Tlhagale: "too much mixing between Catholicism and traditional faith: we need to focus on catechism for adults" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, racism and the influence of ancestral cults are among the greatest challenges to evangelization in South Africa. This is what the Archbishop of Johannesburg, His Exc. Mgr. Buti Tlh ...
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  18 September 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholic University donates medical devices to the Nguludi Mission Hospital Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA) we have always had a good relationship of collaboration with the St. Joseph-Nguludi Mission Hospital, since the beginning in 2006", said CUNIMA chance ...
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  17 September 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A documentary on the friendship between Cardinal Nzapalainga and Imam Layama Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Sìrìrì (peace in the Sango language), the cardinal et l’imam". This is the title of the documentary made by Franco-Swiss director Manuel von Stürler, on the deep bond between Cardinal Dieud ...
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  17 September 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Renewing the common home: the bishops inaugurate the time of Creation 2021 Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many people who do not have food or water due to the damage to the environment. Urgent action is needed to renew our common home", said Father Gabriel Mapulanga in the course of his ho ...
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  16 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped on September 13 released after 24 hours Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Barely 24 hours after his kidnap, our beloved brother priest was released by his abductors". Thus Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu, Chancellor of the diocese of Kafanchan, announced the release of Fr. Luk ...
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  16 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Suffering is God's accomplice": a small church is born inside the hospital of Naandi Naandi (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary Church wants to be witness to the love of the Heart of Christ for all the inhabitants of this remote village, people who suffer so much, are wonderful, sensitive, who pray so much ...
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  15 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The split within the Vice President's movement weakens the peace agreement Juba (Agenzia Fides) - At least 20 soldiers were killed on September 13 during new clashes between rival factions of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Opposition Movement (SPLM-IO), the main opposition group in South ...
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  14 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped from a village in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Luka Benson Yakusak, parish priest of St. Matthew parish in Anchuna, in Ikulu Chiefdom, in the local government area of Zangon Kataf of the State of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria was kidnapped b ...
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  14 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - "A whole generation grows up amid death and destruction" due to the violence of the jihadists Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Tillabéri region of Niger, an entire generation is growing up in the midst of death and destruction", denounces Amnesty International's deputy director for emergency relief, Matt Wells. ...