Africa

• 31 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of bishop of Morogoro, His Exc. Mgr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, SDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania, the Reverend Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., until now apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum San ...
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  31 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - After a bloodless coup, "people want a return to normality", notes a local priest Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "On the evening of May 28, the Constitutional Court of Mali ruled that the presidency of the Republic is vacant and appointed Colonel Goita, the leader of the coup leaders, president of the Trans ...
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  29 May 2021
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary: “The population wants democratic change” N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "In the center-north of Chad tension is decreasing and the situation is calmer. There is currently no fighting. The border crossings to Sudan are open", confirms Fr. Franco Martellozzo, an Ita ...
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  29 May 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The State of siege to stop violence risks being a failure" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - " Can the militarization of civil administrations and intensification of armed pressure be enough to end the spiral of violence that has plagued the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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  28 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Laudato Sì Week: Environmental protection requires a change of heart Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not enough to plant trees if there is no change in mentality", said Archbishop Philip Arnold Anyolo, Archbishop of the diocese of Kisumu and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference o ...
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  28 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Military coup: Bishops condemn “illegal” takeover of power Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishops of Mali are aware of the need for a strong executive and a reconciled and strengthened army and strongly condemn the recent seizure of power outside the rule of law", said the Cathol ...
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  27 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Escalation of violence by young rebels, despite appeals for peace Pibor (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 1,736 homes have been attacked, of which about 700 have ended up reduced to ashes, nearly 44,962 head of cattle looted, 112 women and 84 children kidnapped, 128 men and 28 women kill ...
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  27 May 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Burundian government and opposition armed groups are fighting each other on Congolese soil, denounces a local NGO Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Burundian armed groups of opposite tendency are fighting in the plain of Ruzizi, in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This was stated in a note sent to Agenzia ...
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  26 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "A transparent process for the October 2022 vote immediately" ask the religious leaders of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) continues to suffer from a serious case of leadership and credibility crisis", says the Dialogue Reference Group of the main religious ...
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  26 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Coup within the coup: old practices that starve African peoples Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - What happened yesterday, May 25, 2021, has been described as a "coup within the coup" by the military against the leaders of the transitional executive as well as the colonels who carried out th ...
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  25 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Protests in Abuja against kidnappings; the Bishops: "Citizens are losing faith in the State" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria yesterday, May 24, blocking a highway, to protest against the increasing cases of kidnappings for ransom, which ...
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  25 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Catholic Girls Arise": girls from the diocese of Mangochi committed to living Christian charity Mangochi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of about 200 young women from all over Malawi have chosen to live their lives reaching out to others, in response to the Catholic faith and oriented to change the world. They are the yo ...
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  24 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic lawyers call for "a summit to address insecurity in the country"; no news of the kidnapped priest" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately convene a summit on security in Nigeria". This is what the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) is asking in the face of the increasing ac ...
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  24 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Xenophobia is the denial of the teachings of the Gospel and the Koran Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, acts of xenophobia have been unleashed by the Ivorian population against Nigerians residing in Ivory Coast following a fake video spread on social media. "Xenophobia is the denial o ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the national "Holy Family" major Seminary and appointment of the Rector Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the national "Holy Family" major Seminary in the district of Mwe ...