Africa

• 13 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Security forces thwart rebel offensive against the capital Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African security forces thwarted an attempted attack on Bangui "in the early hours of the morning", the responsible authorities of the Central African Republic reported on January 13t ...
• 13 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference: review of the 2020 activities and prospects for 2021 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is well known that in 2020 the health crisis of Covid-19 had repercussions on the practice of faith and on pastoral care. From this point of view, the planned activities were not carried out ...
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  13 January 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - St. Martin Deaf Ministry: Missionaries support the deaf Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The "St. Martin Deaf ministry" is the new missionary initiative promoted by the Society for African Missions (SMA) in the archdiocese of Accra, in favor of deaf people. The initiative was presente ...
• 12 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Two Bishops denounce: "Distressing situation for migrants at the South African border due to Covid controls" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the past few days the distressing situation at the border posts in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe has made headlines. This occurred at the beginning and at the end of ...
• 12 January 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 October 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Father Claude Bernard Wakouzou, of the Comboni missionaries, MCCJ ...
• 12 January 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - After the release of the Italian missionary: "Attacks on Christians continue" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The feast for the liberation of Father Pierluigi Maccalli, last October, after two years of imprisonment in the desert, was short-lived", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, brother of F ...
• 11 January 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Elections, the Bishops: "No to police violence, yes to dialogue and national reconciliation" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the abuse of the authorities and police violence against innocent citizens and legitimate opposition representatives" warn the Bishops of Uganda, in their pastoral letter for the presiden ...
• 11 January 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - The number of displaced people is increasing after the massacres of January 2 Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The terror sown by the twin attacks on two villages in Niger on 2 January (see Fides 4/1/2021), have caused the flight of over 10,000 inhabitants in the region of Tillaberi, in the west. Accor ...
• 9 January 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appeal of the Episcopate for the impartiality of the police in the face of an incandescent political and social crisis Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We hereby condemn in the strongest terms possible the killing of two citizens by the police who acted against their key mandate of safeguarding the lives of Zambians, irrespective of their polit ...
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  9 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Testimony of a missionary: "In times of pandemic, the first evangelization remains our starting point" Ebimpé (Agenzia Fides) - "The first evangelization always remains our starting point. We are also particularly involved in matters relating to justice and peace". Thus reports, in an interview with Agenzia Fides, Fath ...
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  8 January 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Refusal of the word persecution to qualify the situation in Egypt on the part of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "When I meet the leaders of the world, they always ask me questions about the persecution that is affecting us in Egypt, and I answer that there is no persecution, clearly rejecting this expressio ...
• 8 January 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 44 people killed between New Year and the first days of January in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A real carnage was carried out between 19 and 21, local time, on Monday 4 January 2021. It caused the massacre of at least 22 civilians, including 6 members of the same family, not to mention ...
• 8 January 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Cardinal Souraphiel asks for respect for life and aid for the displaced Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "The government should guarantee people's right to life, respect for the supremacy of the Constitution and ensure that peace reigns", urges His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraph ...
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  7 January 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Catholic Church ends 125th anniversary: "We must move on to a new dynamic of faith" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "January 24, 2021 marks the solemn closing of the celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the evangelization of our country and the closing of the 117th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishop ...
• 7 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The South African Church hit hard by Covid-19; Christian leaders: "Do not delay vaccines" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to Government to pull out all the stops to ensure urgent rollout of the vaccine, which is a public good" say the Christian leaders of South Africa, in a note from the South Afric ...