Africa

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  19 February 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resumption of jihadist attacks in the north, but with a new "modus operandi" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks by jihadists linked to the ISIS militia "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamma'ah" have increased in the Pemba province, northern Mozambique. In recent days, the small Mozambican fishing village of Q ...
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  19 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: “Economic reforms lead to extreme poverty” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - " As a result of the government’s reform agenda, millions of Nigerians have been reduced to a life of grinding poverty, wanton suffering, and untold hardship as never before in our national hist ...
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  16 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Constitutional Court cancels the postponement of the vote decided by President Sall Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Senegal has lost the title of African champion of football nations, but retains the title of beacon of democracy in Africa", says a headline on the Burkinabe news portal "Wakatsera" on the decisi ...
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  16 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnappings in Nigeria are now out of control: Dicastery for Evangelization expresses solidarity with those affected by Luca Mainoldi Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In these trying times, this Dicastery offers its deepest and heartfelt solidarity to the Nigerian people, who are grappling with a crisis that is expanding in scope and intens ...
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  15 February 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Minister of Finance fired in view of the most challenging electoral campaign in the country's history Accra (Agenzia Fides) - After Senegal (see Fides, 12/2/2024) now also Ghana (the two most stable countries in West Africa) has entered into crisis, albeit with a severity that is currently less worrying than the first. T ...
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  15 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: two South African soldiers die in an attack on a military base Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is deteriorating. Yesterday, February 14, two South African soldiers were killed and three others wounded whe ...
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  14 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An alleged kidnapper of the two Claretian fathers has been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An alleged kidnapper of the two Claretian fathers kidnapped on the night of February 1 in Plateau State, in central Nigeria, and then released on February 8, has been arrested (see Fides, 8/2/2024 ...
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  13 February 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The refugees from the Corrane refugee camp to Cardinal Tagle: we ask the Pope for prayers so that this war ends and we can return home" by Antonella Prenna Nampula (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Eminence, I would like to ask you to tell Pope Francis to pray for us, pray that this war ends and that we can return home". This is the request of a refugee from t ...
• 13 February 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of Nairobi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya: the Reverend Simon Peter Kamomoe, of the clergy of the same archdiocese, ...
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  13 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The advance of the M23 towards Goma triggers waves of protests in the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I have come to reassure you that we are working to bring peace to North Kivu. You must remain calm. Hand in hand, we will drive out the Rwandan M23 rebels who are attacking us", said the milit ...
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  12 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Council of Catholic Laity: "Risks of destabilization". More clashes over the postponement of the vote Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Three dead and over 250 arrested. This is the outcome of the clashes on the sidelines of the protests that took place last weekend in Senegal against the postponement of the presidential elections ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Father has appointed the Reverend Wilbroad Henry Kibozi, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Dodoma, until now vice rector and professor at the Holy Family Major Seminary in ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Morombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean Désiré Razafinirina, of the clergy of the diocese of Toliara, until now rector and professor at the Saint Jean Baptiste Major Seminary of V ...
• 12 February 2024
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Nouakchott Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouakchott, Mauritania, presented by Bishop Martin Happe, M.Afr. The Holy Father has appoi ...
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  9 February 2024
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita: Sisters of the “Talitha Kum” project celebrate World Day Against Human Trafficking Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA) celebrated yesterday, February 8, World Day against Human Trafficking, on the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human ...