Africa

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  17 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of Bukavu Ecclesiastical Province: “Insecurity is endemic and the state is absent” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Insecurity has become endemic" say the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu (comprising the dioceses of Bukavu, Butembo-Beni, Goma, Kasongo, Kindu and Uvira) at the end of their me ...
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  16 April 2024
  AFRICA/TOGO - Constitutional reform: situation tense after vote in parliament Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Togo remains tense. Opposition parties have joined forces to protest against the new Constitution adopted by the National Assembly on March 25, the text of which was drafted in se ...
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  15 April 2024
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A man arrested for the attack on a Catholic nun; bishops "no to religious intolerance" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - A man with psychiatric problems was arrested by the Blantyre police in relation to the violence committed against a Catholic nun in Zomba. According to the police, the arrested person is a pati ...
• 15 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Bishop of Buta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A., until now regional vicar of the Order of Saint Augustine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as bishop of ...
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  15 April 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The civil war began a year ago and does not seem to want to end Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Around 16,000 dead and over 8 million displaced and refugees: the worst displacement crisis in the world. These figures illustrate the humanitarian tragedy of Sudan's forgotten war, which broke ...
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  15 April 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Floods in Rufiji: Hundreds displaced, crops destroyed, population at risk of epidemics and malnutrition Muhoro (Agenzia Fides) - The Rufiji region in western Tanzania is facing enormous difficulties and the district is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises. Thousands of people need immediate humanitarian assistance i ...
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  12 April 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religion is an instrument of peace and not of war: the conclusions of the seminar in Nairobi promoted by the Dicastery for interreligious dialogue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Religion must not be exploited to fuel conflicts which are instead determined by political, strategic and economic factors. This is the meaning of the message published at the conclusion of the ...
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  11 April 2024
  AFRICA/TOGO - University academics are asking to stop the process of adopting the new Constitution Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - In Togo, where the Gnassingbé family has been in power for over 50 years, there will be no future presidential elections after Togolese deputies approved a new constitution between March 25 and 2 ...
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  11 April 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Scholarships for disadvantaged students awarded to children of the elite: "This must stop" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "When you sit on the money for the poor, they will cry and God will hear them", warns John Bonaventure Kwofie, archbishop of Accra, commenting on the misappropriation of funds for scholarships int ...
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  10 April 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria questions the role of the military after the massacre of 17 soldiers in a village in Delta State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - What role does the military play in the life of the country? This is the question being asked in Nigeria after the massacre carried out on March 14th of 17 soldiers, including 4 officers, by the y ...
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  9 April 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Nine months after the coup: an analysis by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Nine months have passed from the end of July last year to April this year, the period of pregnancy. The military coup was relatively unexpected and was particularly surprisi ...
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  8 April 2024
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The President declares a national emergency on drug abuse; Caritas had raised the alarm some time ago Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my solemn duty as President... to declare a national emergency on drug abuse". Thus the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio addressed the population to announce the creation of an ...
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  5 April 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Moramanga: "The population is materially poor but spiritually rich" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese of Moramanga is a relatively new diocese and the challenges that the Church faces here concern, above all, the creation of new structures and the training of pastoral workers, ...
• 5 April 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kwito-Bié Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Vicente Sanombo, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Huambo, until now vicar general and parish priest of the Cathedral, as bishop of the ...
• 4 April 2024
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Tunis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Tunis, Tunisia, presented by Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Ni ...