Africa

• 24 June 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, the Reverend John Baptist Attakruh, of the clergy of Sekondi-Takoradi, until now apostolic administrator s ...
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  24 June 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Hostages of Ségué parish released, including parish priest Fr. Dougnon Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Léon Dougnon, parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ségué, kidnapped on June 21 on the road that connects Ségué to San, in the Mopti region, in central Mali (see Fides, 23/6/2021) ha ...
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  24 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence and destruction in Tombura County: : the local Church's call for peace Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Nobody knows what the real reasons are for the clashes that are taking place in our County of Tombura and Ri-Yubu", reports to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Eduardo Hijboro Kussala, bishop of the d ...
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  23 June 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - "The parish priest and the faithful perhaps kidnapped to be used as human shields" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Perhaps the priest and the faithful who accompanied him were kidnapped, at least initially, to serve as human shields by an armed group chased by the army and fleeing towards the border with Bur ...
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  22 June 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Churches participate in the subscriptions for the celebrations of Eid al Adha, the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Daily coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities in Countries with an Islamic majority is often marked by problems and accidents, but it is also strewn with gestures of mutual generosity ...
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  22 June 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Let us strengthen national unity by fighting against the negative values that threaten it", exhort the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are positive signs of strengthening national unity, but alongside these there are others that threaten the cohesion of the Country, say the Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in ...
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  22 June 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A missionary: "Alongside the people in a local Church that is taking its first steps" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - In many countries of the African continent young people have few prospects and often live by expedients. In Foya, in a remote corner of Liberia, the situation is no different. "The environment is d ...
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  21 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Do not leave refugees behind in Covid-19 vaccinations, none of us are safe until we are all safe" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Exclusion of refugees from COVID-19 responses and vaccinations, show that we still have not fully appreciated or understood the wisdom in the saying "none of us are safe until we are all sa ...
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  21 June 2021
  AFRICA/ERITREA - "No to the closure or nationalization of the remaining Catholic schools" denounce the Bishops Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened and hurt by the measures that the government is adopting by force, or has already done so, taking away from us the educational and health institutions that legitimately be ...
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  19 June 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - After almost twenty years, the Catechetical Formation Center for families-catechists from the rural world reopens Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, after years of closure, the “Blessed Isidoro Bakanja” Catechetical Formation Center finally reopened its doors, with a ceremony presided over by Bishop José Lampra Cá, Apostolic ...
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  19 June 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - An important moment for the country in an attempt at democratic, free and fair elections Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, Ethiopia will hold parliamentary and regional elections and a referendum for the creation of an eleventh regional state. The vote was originally supposed to take place on June 5 ...
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  18 June 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The return of former President Gbagbo arouses the enthusiasm of his supporters; tensions with the police Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The return of former President Laurent Gbagbo to Ivory Coast after ten years has aroused emotion among his supporters. For several days, in the headquarters of the FIP, the Front Populaire Ivoir ...
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  18 June 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catastrophic humanitarian situation in Tigray: appeal to missionaries from the European coordinator for Eritrean Catholics Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Continue to gather information on what is happening in Tigray, inform public opinion with your means of communication. Urge the Holy See to put pressure on the international community thanks to ...
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  17 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Safe delivery for mothers and well-assisted children in the new maternal wing of St. Theresa hospital, in Nzara Nzara (Agenzia Fides) - "A relief for expectant mothers who can now be assured of safe delivery in a hospital where both the child and the mother will be well taken care of", these are the words of the bishop of Tombura ...
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  17 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Do not repress the demands of young people for justice and democracy", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not repress young people with their reasonable requests". This is the appeal launched by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja, in his homily on Sunday, June 13, in which he ...