Africa

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  17 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest from Onitsha diocese kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With sadness, we write to inform of the kidnap of one of our priests, Rev. Fr. Basil Gbuzuo". This is how the diocese of Onitsha, in a press release dated May 16 and signed by its Chancellor, Fat ...
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  16 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Floods: In view of the increasing number of victims, the bishops ask for solidarity with those affected Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The floods that have hit Kenya since March have so far claimed at least 289 lives, according to to figures presented by the authorities in Nairobi on May 14. Rains could continue as a result of ...
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  16 May 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Father Giovanni Benetti: Mission means "being fascinated by Jesus Christ" Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission means being fascinated by Jesus Christ and trying to be a mirror of his goodness, wherever the breath of his Spirit leads us," says the Italian missionary Father Giovanni Benetti, a prie ...
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  15 May 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Attack on Macomia: food supplies looted Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - New details have emerged about the attack on Macomia, capital of the district of the same name in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado (see Fides 10/5/2024). The economy in Macomia wa ...
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  14 May 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - When the death of the poor does not appear in the news by Mauro Armanino Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - They were killed on Monday May 6th. They made the mistake of trusting the military and the "Volunteers of the Fatherland" who accompanied them. They thought their ID ca ...
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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 ...