Africa

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  14 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Assault on the village where the first local Catholic communities were born: at least 5 dead and the desecration of the church Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In Niger, the celebration of the conclusion of Ramadan, Aid el Fitr, was celebrated yesterday. In the capital, Niamey, everything took place in the calm and serenity of this day of prayer and fa ...
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  14 May 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Covid-19, ebola and typhoid fever: the mission of Foya becomes a church-field hospital Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of Foya is always at the forefront", writes Fr. Lorenzo Snider, priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA) in the north-west of Liberia. The missionary talks about the activities ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Child abuse: the Church's initiative to combat the phenomenon Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Government, civil society organizations, schools, public institutions have launched initiatives for the protection of minors in Tanzania, given the high rate of child abuse that has drawn ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Being a catechist is "an inspiration from God", says Guillaume Gnagne, a catechist for more than 50 years Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "If the Pope cares about catechists today, it is a joy for me", says Guillaume Gnagne, catechist since 1966 in the local Adjoukrou language (a population of the south of the country) on the occ ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Doctors and hospitals on strike: imminent health disaster Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an impending health disaster. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five d ...
• 12 May 2021
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Hajjar Mangomo Nanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Hajjar Mangomo Nanga, of the clergy of the diocese of Francevi ...
• 11 May 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - State of emergency in the east: doubts and perplexities of academics and representatives of civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Doubts and perplexities have been expressed by representatives of civil society on the application of the state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the east of the Democratic R ...
• 11 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Catechists: main actors of evangelization in Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Catechists in Africa have been the cornerstones of evangelization, they have carried out an extraordinary job. They were not mere collaborators of the missionary fathers, but important actors i ...
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  10 May 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Death sentence carried out against the murderer of Bishop Epiphanios Damanhur (Agenzia Fides) - In Damanhur Prison, the death penalty was carried out against Wael Saad Tawadros, the former Coptic Orthodox monk convicted of murdering Bishop Epiphanios. He was found dead on 29 July 2018 in ...
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  10 May 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - After the attack on Palma: the displaced are lacking essentials Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack on the city of Palma on March 24 (see Fides 27/4/2021), the already grave humanitarian situation in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique has worsened. Before the a ...
• 10 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Bishop of Dedza, Mgr. Peter Chifukwa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 8, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Peter Chifukwa, of the clergy of Dedza, currently Judicial Vicar and Rector of the St. Kizito minor Seminary as Bishop of the Diocese of Dedza (Mala ...
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  10 May 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Sisters of Shire call for attention to be kept high on the serious humanitarian situation Shire (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of refugees from neighboring areas have fled the fury of the fighting in recent months. They gather in the city's state schools, where they are monitored and assisted by some internation ...
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  8 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "A national conference immediately to address the ungovernability of the Country" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be united in the fight for our common destiny as a people. It must be clearly stated to the Federal Government that if they continue to ignore the constructive criticisms and recommendati ...
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  8 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "I am recovering, in a few days I'll be back on track!" says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the missionary wounded by a mine Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am recovering, I think that in a few days I will be ready to go back to work", says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the Betharramite missionary (as the members of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of J ...
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  8 May 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Una parrocchia diventa centro di accoglienza per gli sfollati interni AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A parish becomes a reception center for internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of the internally displaced persons in the parish of Bourzanga is of absolute emergen ...