Africa

• 10 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya and appointment of the first bishop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has created the new diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya, with territory taken from the diocese of Eldoret, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. The Hol ...
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  10 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Goma: Relics of Blessed Floribert transferred to the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a month after the beatification ceremony at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, the mortal remains of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi were transferred from the city cemete ...
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  10 July 2025
  AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the Un ...
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  9 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiboro Kussala: Happy birthday to You, Republic of South Sudan! Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - " Empowered by Grace, Equipped for Mission, United in Hope," thus begins the message from the bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Eduardo Hiboro Kussala, on the occasion of the 14th ...
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  9 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - 'Saba Saba Day': Violence, destruction, corruption, death toll increase Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, July 8, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) recorded a total of 31 deaths and 107 injuries in the demonstrations that took place on July 7 on the anniversary of "Saba Sa ...
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  5 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We Women of Bukavu": A mother of four reports from the city occupied by the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a mother of four children whom I send to school. I collect empty plastic bottles; after washing them, I fill them with water or fruit juice from a powdered preparation, put them in the fr ...
• 5 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Wote Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Wote, Kenya. Bishop Simon Peter Kamomo ...
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  3 July 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Training seminar" for judges and prosecutors canceled Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from legal experts, lawyers, and members of civil society, an order requiring Zimbabwean judges to participate in a series of training courses at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideo ...
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  2 July 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "disproportionate" violence Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the unacceptable and disproportionate violence, regardless of its origin, perpetrators, or justification," the bishops of Togo issued a joint statement ...
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  1 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Insecurity and lack of services worsen the situation in the capital: teachers disagree in the reopening of schools Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Most areas of Khartoum are without electricity and water, exacerbating the country's already precarious security situation and the lack of other services such as internet and telecommunications ...
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  1 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace agreement between the Democratic Party and Rwanda: another mockery Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The impression created by the people of Bukavu, exhausted by more than four months of occupation, is one of perplexity and the feeling of being deceived again and again, even if they do not gi ...
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  30 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Let us continue the dialogue with young people instead of blaming the bishops" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to ask everybody — the government, the leaders, and the political spheres — to look at the fact that we are taking care of the dignity of the young people,” said Archbishop Ph ...
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  30 June 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - New Bishop of Bafatà: Listening, dialogue, and walking with the people are among his priorities Bafatà (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to be a pastor present in the villages, in our most remote communities, in our wounded hearts," said Victor Luís Quematcha (OFM) in his homily at the first Holy Mass he celebrated as th ...
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  27 June 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Washington Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to be signed today, June 27, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. ...
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  26 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Deaths and injuries during a demonstration commemorating the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police in Kenya yesterday, June 25. This figure was released this morning by Amnesty Kenya, which stated that most of the victi ...