Africa
29 August 2023
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" interdiocesan Seminary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 16, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev Sac. Justin Georges Ebengue as Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" i ...
29 August 2023
AFRICA/KENYA - Putting social justice first" say the Bishops recalling Father Kaiser, missionary killed in circumstances never clarified
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Kaiser fought all his life to defend the rights of the oppressed, the poor and all those who suffer from injustice", reaffirmed the bishops who took part in the suffrage ceremony of Fath ...
28 August 2023
AFRICA/GABON - Tensions after the August 26 vote: curfew imposed and Internet connections interrupted
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - A curfew was introduced and Internet connections were interrupted in Gabon from August 26, shortly before the end of the presidential elections between outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba an ...
25 August 2023
AFRICA/GHANA - "The diplomatic path must be pursued" Ghanaian bishops also oppose military intervention in Niger
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "No to military intervention under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)". The Bishops of Ghana also express their opposition to a possible military interventi ...
25 August 2023
AFRICA/NIGER - After the coup: "Large parts of the population support the putschists"
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The current fifth coup d'état seems unique, also because of the creative way in which it is being carried out", explains Father Mauro Armanino of the Society of African Missions (SMA) to Fides, ...
24 August 2023
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest and Seminarian kidnapped in early August have been released
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Paul Sanogo and Seminarian Melkiori Dominick Mahinini, kidnapped on August 3 in the assault on the parish of St. Luke Gyedna (diocese of Minna) in the local government area of Paikoro in the S ...
24 August 2023
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Voting extended in several polling stations
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabweans are called to vote today, August 24, in 40 polling stations due to delays in the presidential and administrative elections held yesterday, August 23 (see Fides, 17/8/2023). The vote i ...
23 August 2023
AFRICA/MALI - The departure of the Blue Helmets and the risks of the resurgence of the Tuareg rebellion as jihadists continue to strike
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - While international attention is focused on Niger, in Mali the process of withdrawal of the Blue Helmets of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) ...
22 August 2023
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Justice and Peace" launches collective action in favor of miners affected by diseases linked to coal extraction
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Very often workers do not have the means to seek legal recourse from large companies which have huge resources at their disposal", says Cardinal-elect Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape T ...
22 August 2023
AFRICA/NIGER - Diplomatic stalemate continues as African bishops reiterate their 'no' to military intervention
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO/ECOWAS), has rejected the proposal of the Niger military junta to hold elections within three years. Thus, the tug of war continues between t ...
21 August 2023
AFRICA/NIGER - "Niger is a mirror of the international community"
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Even a military coup still in progress can highlight, as in a mirror, the roles and characters of the drama taking place in Niamey and elsewhere", writes to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary ...
19 August 2023
AFRICA - The rush for African lithium: an opportunity for the continent?
Rome (Fides News Agency) - Africa holds 30-75% of the world's reserves of lithium, phosphate, copper, chromium, manganese, gold, platinum, diamonds and aluminum.
Some of these are minerals, such as lithium, which are i ...
17 August 2023
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Inhambane
Inhambane (Fides News Agency) - On the 11th of August 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed H.E. Mons. Hilário Da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. - the Bishop of Quelimane until now - Auxiliary Bishop of Inhambane, assigning hi ...
17 August 2023
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Presidential elections, the country heading to polls amid tensions and social emergencies
Harare (Fides News Agency) - Zimbabwe is approaching the August 23rd presidential elections amid fears and socio-economic crisis. The southern African country, liberated in 2017 from President-Master Robert Mugabe, who, ...
12 August 2023
AFRICA/CHAD - Erection of the Diocese of Koumra and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father Francis has erected the new Diocese of Koumra, with territory taken from the Diocese of Sarh, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djaména.
The ...
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