Africa

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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Anglophone crisis: Bishops from all over the world ask President Biya to participate in peace talks Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - " We, the undersigned Roman Catholic bishops from across the globe, write to respectfully urge your government to participate in proposed Swiss-led peace talks aimed at ending the violence in C ...
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  21 February 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - The population in prayer for a peaceful outcome of the presidential election Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) – May tomorrow’s elections, February 22, have a peaceful outcome, and take place in transparency, according to the search for the common good of the nation: with this intention, the Christia ...
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  20 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A catechist killed in the north of the Country. Out of 6 parishes in the diocese of Dori, 3 are closed due to terrorism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of the jihadist attack committed on Sunday, February 16 in the village of Pansi, not far from Sebba, in the province of Yahgha, in northern Burkina Faso were not protestant fa ...
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  20 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops discuss national reconciliation with the Head of State ahead of the presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The discussions focused on the theme of national reconciliation in the Ivory Coast. The Bishops met with the President of the Republic to discuss the state of progress of the Country, in partic ...
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  19 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Oboh, Nigerian priest kidnapped last week, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Nicholas Oboh, Nigerian priest kidnapped last week in the south-western region of Nigeria, was released yesterday evening, February 18 (see Fides, 15/2/2020). "I am pleased to inform you that ...
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  19 February 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The diocese of Yopougon engages its priests to combat violence and sexual abuse against minors and vulnerable people Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – To engage one’s priests in the struggle of the universal Church against sexual abuse and in favor of the protection of minors and vulnerable people. This is the objective set by His Exc. Mgr ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Church of Congo in the hurricane of History Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the results produced by the three peaceful marches organized by the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC), from December 2017 to February 2018, "it seems to me that the most lasting and useful ...
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  18 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria" denounces the Bishop of Awka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Human beings are being slaughtered regularly by terrorists who are suspected to have targeted the Christians. Security of life and property can no longer be guaranteed in Nigeria", said His Exc. ...
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  17 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 24 dead in the attack against an evangelical church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Unidentified armed individuals attacked the Evangelical church in the village of Pansi, located not far from Sebba, in the province of Yahgha, in northern Burkina Faso, yesterday, Sunday 16 ...
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  17 February 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Ballot boxes almost completely deserted by voters", report observers of "Justice and Peace" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Peaceful elections but almost entirely deserted by voters. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Abraham Kome, Bishop of Bafang, Apostolic Administrator of Bafia and President of the National Episcopal Co ...
• 15 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation of the Bishop of Bururi and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bururi, Burundi, presented by Bishop Venant Bacinoni. The Pope has appointed as bishop of the same dio ...
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  15 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are sure that he is alive, and since the incident, steps have been taken to ensure that Rev. Fr. Nicholas Oboh is released without any harm", said Fr. Osi Odenore, Chancellor of the Diocese of ...
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  15 February 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccali: the thorns and flowers of a kidnapping Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "No information, no sign that will help us give a real name to what has happened and to glimpse the path to follow", writes Father Ceferino Cainelli, Provincial Superior of the Society for Africa ...
• 14 February 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saints Peter and Paul" philosophical seminary in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 April 2019 Card. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the "Saints Peter and Paul" inter-diocesan major philosophical Sem ...
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  14 February 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Massacres continue in general indifference in Ituri, in the province of North Kivu, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attributed to the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces). Acco ...