Africa

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  23 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Italian ambassador killed in kidnapping attempt: "He was very close to the missionaries" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, assassinated yesterday, February 22nd "was close to the missionary world working in the east of the country". ...
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  23 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Testimony of a lay missionary about her vocation Bondoukou (Agenzia Fides) - "The vocation to be a lay missionary must be seen as a grace to be shared not only in words but through concrete, material and spiritual acts, with joy, sacrifice, conviction and a lot of pass ...
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  22 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic church in northern Nigeria burned and destroyed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, was set on fire. According to the authorities, the perpetrators are members of an "armed gang". The armed men entered the ...
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  22 February 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Missionaries' warning: young people risk losing their faith due to the pandemic Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately, the pandemic almost killed the faith of the youth of the Parish. Few are now those who participate in the life of the Church and in the sacraments". Father Ulrich Houenahin Kossiv ...
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  20 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Promotion of a project to promote the social integration of young pygmies by Comboni Missionaries Mungbere (Agenzia Fides) - "This project is a springboard so that the pygmies begin to be active subjects of the society in which they live. To date, we have built a college where students can stay for extended periods. ...
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  20 February 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The prophetic voice of the Bishops, a warning for the population affected by the Coronavirus pandemic Mbeya (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important that all of us accept the reality of Covid-19 and live by following the indications provided by the experts and by those who know how to contain the disease". This is the appeal m ...
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  20 February 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Donation from the Montfort Missionaries for the benefit of patients affected by Covid-19 in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "As Church, we could not leave government alone but join hands to help especially those suffering from Covid-19", he says. Mgr. Boniface Tamanimì, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Blantyre, ...
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  19 February 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "We need to tackle the issue of internally displaced people to avoid new tensions" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation remains worrying in various areas, despite a relative calm" the Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger affirm in the final communiqué of their second Plenary Assembly for ...
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  19 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Not only anti Covid-19 prevention: polio vaccination campaigns launched for over 29,000 children Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago, the South Sudanese Ministry of Health confirmed the increase in corona infections (see Fides 17/2/2021) in various states of the country. But the country's health sector is also fac ...
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  18 February 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros's "family catechesis": let's free sons and daughters from false needs Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt too, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it impossible to participate in person in important gatherings and pushes many families to spend more time together at their homes. This de facto situatio ...
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  18 February 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Violence and protests: seven countries declare a state of emergency El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - Seven Sudanese states have declared a state of emergency. They are Sennar, South Darfur, West Darfur, North Darfur and East Darfur, as well as the states of North Kordofan and West Kordofan, ...
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  18 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 29 years ago: commemoration of the March of Hope Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We did not understand that the blood of so many victims which impregnates the Congolese soil is a seed that will one day bear fruit for a better Congo", said Mgr. Vincent Tshomba, one of the a ...
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  17 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ban on gatherings after the rise in new infections: "We also clarify the hygiene rules at church services" Bor (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing public gatherings, including Sunday services, required the intervention of the police in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state in eastern South Sudan. Due to non-compliance with preventive m ...
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  17 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Covid-19 pandemic: Burundian migrants blocked in South Kivu after border closure Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the restriction in the fight against Covid-19, the borders are currently closed in the village of Katogota. Therefore, it is impossible for Burundian immigrants who live in our village ...
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  16 February 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - New Ebola infections in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - On February 14, the government of the Republic of Guinea officially confirmed a new Ebola epidemic, while some cases of hemorrhagic fever were also reported from the Democratic Republic of the C ...