Africa

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  6 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian crisis and education system on the verge of collapse: a permanent ceasefire is urgently needed Port Sudan (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the groups supporting them against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is causing a further increase in the flow of re ...
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  5 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - North Darfur: conflict takes on an ethnic dimension Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has taken on an ethnic dimension, especially in Darfur, where militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity. The latest ...
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  5 June 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Salesian oratory of Ankililoaka, a point of reference for 800 young Malagasy people from difficult backgrounds Ankililoaka (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Ankililoaka, in the Archdiocese of Toliara, is located in the south-west of Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, where 75% of the population lives in slums. To ...
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  4 June 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Commemoration of the Ugandan Martyrs: about four million faithful participate in the celebrations Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - About 4 million faithful participated yesterday, June 3, in the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Basilica in Namugongo, in the celebrations in memory of the Ugandan Martyrs. The shrine is about 20 ...
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  4 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - An endless exile: a life in Niamey and the deafening silence of the world By Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Henri lives in Niamey and is now twice as old as the day he left his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most unfortunately rich regions of his country. T ...
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  3 June 2024
  AFRICA/TOGO - A WEB TV created by missionaries to communicate with the Togolese and African faithful Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - The words of the founder of the Society of African Missions, Melchior de Marion Brésillac: "...seek every opportunity to proclaim the Good News" inspired the African missionaries when they create ...
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  3 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - ANC loses absolute majority: "South Africa enters uncharted territories" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for "Justice and Peace" of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa (which brings together the bishops of South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini) confirms that the ge ...
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  31 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After Father Basil Gbuzuo, Father Oliver Buba has also been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Oliver Buba, kidnapped on May 21 in the Nigerian state of Adamawa (see Fides, 22/5/2024), is free. This was announced by the Bishop of Yola, Stephen Dami Mamza, in whose diocese Father Bub ...
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  31 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 2024 parliamentary elections: African National Congress loses absolute majority Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The African National Congress (ANC) is in the lead in the counting of the partial results of the parliamentary elections of May 29, but has not achieved an absolute majority. According to t ...
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  30 May 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga: “A small elite is trying to appropriate all goods while a people lives in poverty” by Luca Attanasio Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In the various areas of the Central African Republic, the proportion of Christians varies between 75% and 85% of the total population. This percentage makes the country one o ...
• 29 May 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 11, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father Tarcisio Becoba Tobasi of the clergy of Malabo as National Director ...
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  29 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference rejects any suggestion of alleged involvement in the failed coup Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The nature of the alleged coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains uncertain. The coup occurred on the night of May 19 (see Fides, 20/5/2024), carried out by a command of a few do ...
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  28 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Negotiations in Nairobi: Hope for peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Good governance, more justice and security and economic development. These issues are at the heart of ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, between the government of South Sudan and the groups tha ...
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  27 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Basil Gbuzuo kidnapped on May 15 has been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With a heart full of joy and gratitude to God, we announce the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo," says a statement from the Diocese of Onitsha on the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo, who was kidnapp ...
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  25 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - A country marked by unemployment, crime and xenophobia is preparing for the elections Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - High unemployment is weighing on many South Africans in the run-up to the general elections next May 29. The problem was described as a “time bomb” by the UN as early as 2022. With 25 m ...