Africa

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  13 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Fourteen unarmed widows challenge armed groups and win by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Their husbands and even some of their children have been killed by armed groups who are terrorizing and emptying the villages in the Three Borders area, which includes Burki ...
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  12 November 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Post-election protests continue and the number of dead rises Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims of clashes between demonstrators and police in Mozambique has risen to 30 since protests broke out three weeks ago over alleged fraud in the October 9 elections (see Fides, ...
• 12 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian priest Emmanuel Azubuike is free Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian priest Emmanuel Azubuike, kidnapped on November 5 (see Fides, 6/11/2024), is free. According to the Diocese of Okigwe, Father Azubuike was "released in the early hours of November 11 ...
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  11 November 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Arson attack on the church in Mapeera Kigungu, built on the spot where the first evangelizing missionaries of the country landed Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The historic Catholic church of Mapeera Kigungu has suffered damage as a result of an arson attack. The attack dates back to November 7, when some unknown persons entered the church at 10 p.m. a ...
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  11 November 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The beauty of the mission is like the colored tiles of a mosaic that together form a masterpiece” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “The first blue tile is the rain that a few days ago soaked the dusty streets of Cairo for about five minutes. It practically never rains here; since I arrived three months ago, not a drop ha ...
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  8 November 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Protests continue: border crossing with South Africa closed Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have the feeling that there is a revolutionary climate that shows that we are on the eve of an unparalleled historical transition," says Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane about th ...
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  7 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Rector of the minor Seminary is free: he had offered himself as a hostage in exchange for two students Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the minor seminary in Agenegabode in the Etsako East district of Edo State in southern Nigeria, who was kidnapped on Sunday 27 October, is free. After eleven day ...
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  6 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Imo State, southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. He is Fr Emmanuel Azubuike. The priest, who works in the parish of St. Theresa, Obollo, Isiala Mbano, in the southern state of Imo, was kidnapped on ...
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  5 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Four soldiers sentenced to death for looting a parish Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Four Congolese soldiers were sentenced to death on October 31 by a military court in Butembo, North Kivu (east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The four soldiers are accused of looting the ...
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  5 November 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Post-election tensions rise: opposition leader denounces assassination attempt Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Post-election tensions have risen in Mozambique following the controversial victory of FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front), in power since 1975, in the elections of October 9 (see Fides, 24/10/ ...
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  4 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Mobile Journalism" project of the Salesian missionaries continues with profit Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mobile Journalism" project of the Salasians missionaries continues. In fact, there are numerous French-speaking Salesians in the Province of Central Africa who are active as missionaries ...
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  4 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference: "The explosion of crimes in Nigeria is related to the spread of drugs among young people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Our young people are excessive consumers of hard drugs and do all kinds of unimaginable things. They arm themselves, steal and kidnap fellow citizens. How can we explain that today people are ...
• 31 October 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar, presented by Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. The Holy Father has appointed B ...
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  31 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two people arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Edo State have announced the arrest of two people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode, head of the Imaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivanokpodi. ...
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  30 October 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After 40 soldiers died in a jihadist attack, the Chadian government promises a harsh response N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Three days of national mourning in Chad in memory of the victims of the jihadist attack on a military base near Lake Chad were declared by Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby, who personall ...