Africa

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  14 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapping of students: over 1,680 kidnappings in the last 10 years Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nine students are still in the hands of the kidnappers who on May 9 attacked the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi state, northern Nigeria. An unknown number ...
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  14 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Peace negotiations in Kenya: Not everyone is convinced of the initiative Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A new round of peace negotiations between the South Sudanese government and the Non-Signatory Opposition Group (NSOG) began on May 3 in Nairobi (Kenya). Since the civil war in South Sudan erupted i ...
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  14 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North and South Kivu: More clashes between army and M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two people died yesterday, May 13, in the bombing of the village of Minova, in the Kalehe region, in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According ...
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  13 May 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In the north of the Country: Two jihadist attacks within two days Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadists fighters linked to the Islamic State carried out two major attacks within two days in the Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. The attack on Macomia (capital of the district of t ...
• 13 May 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop with special faculties of Conakry Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend François Sylla, of the clergy of Conakry, Guinea, until now rector of the Benoit XVI Major Seminary of Kendoumayah, as coadjutor archbisho ...
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  13 May 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Catholic community in Katchari: Faith, joy, resilience and courage despite violence and hunger Kantchari (Agenzia Fides) - The two Redemptorist missionaries, Father Maxime and Father Clément, live and work in the Burkinabe town of Kantchari, on the border with Niger, which has been hit by terrorist attacks that h ...
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  10 May 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After elections on May 6th: President Deby declared winner N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebrations lasted late into the night, with the military firing into the air," report local sources from N'Djamena, capital of Chad, where yesterday interim President Mahamat Deby Itno ...
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  10 May 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Jihadist attack at dawn in the Macomia district; the population flees into the forest Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Since the early hours of today, May 10, an attack carried out by jihadists linked to the Islamic State has been underway in the district of Macomia, in the province of Cabo Delgado, north of Moza ...
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  8 May 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Bishop Fikre: “Healing our social and spiritual fractures through prayer, love and justice” Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "By remaining neutral, free from ethnic sectarianism and political influence, religious leaders can play an important role as mediators and in building a culture of peace and reconciliation, ...
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  8 May 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop of Koforidua: “Environmental issues must be a political priority” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal mining, which pollutes rivers and groundwater, and plastic waste are the two main environmental problems in Ghana. A problem to which an answer is also being sought at the academic level w ...
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  7 May 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - First round of presidential elections completed N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President ...
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  7 May 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Tensions in the Middle East: mass wine is becoming scarce Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The geopolitical tensions linked to the Gaza war also have unexpected consequences, such as the rationing of mass wine destined for Catholic churches in Uganda. According to Ugandan media report ...
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  6 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International community remains silent: further atrocities in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on May 3 in two displaced persons camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, capital of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic R ...
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  6 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Artificial intelligence should be made to service humanity and not replace humanity” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Artificial Intelligence systems are very good in themselves. They can help us do a lot, but if we do not care for them, they will take over humanity", says Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor, Bishop ...
• 6 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda. Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau ...