Africa

• 25 July 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Bishop of Kaolack Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed the rev. Fr. Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S., currently Vicar General of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament as Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal). Martin B ...
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  25 July 2018
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - No big changes are expected from the elections, and the economy is on the verge of collapsing Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The generals have everything under control. The candidates that belong to the majority and the opposition are however in some way controlled by them. To be honest, I do not think the elections w ...
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  24 July 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP - We must break the vicious cycle of violence, for believers faith is the driving force of this change Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – There is no more fighting in Bangui, but tension is very high. This is what don Dante Carraro, director of CUAMM, an association that has been taking care of medical interventions in Africa for ...
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  23 July 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest killed in the English-speaking area, scene of clashes with separatists Buea (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Alexandre Sob Nougi, 42, pastor of the parish of the Sacred Heart in Bomaka, in the Cameroonian diocese of Buea, was killed on 20 July for reasons not yet clarified. The serious incident occu ...
• 20 July 2018
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Cosme Adjomale Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Cosme Adjomale, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Parakou ...
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  20 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - There is no longer a border between Eritrea and Ethiopia because a bridge of love has destroyed it Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday 8 July 2018 was a historic date for the peace process between the two countries Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, visited Eritrea’s Prime Minister Isa ...
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  19 July 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - UN Alarm: "Violence between farmers and herders risks turning into forms of terrorism" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence between farmers and herders is increasingly a major security threat in the region and risks morphing into the terrorist attacks that have defined the security landscape", said Mohamed Ib ...
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  18 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Religious extremism is a threat to development" says Fr. Devine of the Shalom Center Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are attentive to the Religionization of politics and the Politicization of religion", warned Fr. Patrick Devine (SMA), founder and president of the Shalom Center in Nairobi, Kenya, in hi ...
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  18 July 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - We need to strengthen our faith in God to recover from corruption Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - After the denunciation of the African Union (see Fides 4/7/2018) and that of the bishops of Kenya (see Fides 7/7/2018), the President of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia (ZCCB), Mgr. George Lun ...
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  17 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The story of the Association indicates the path for the future", says the Secretary General of AMECEA Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us think more of what we have in common and what we can do together in building a strong Church within the region", says Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, Secretary General of the Association of ...
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  17 July 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - First perpetual professions in Dioulasso for the Pianzoline 'mission animators' Dioulasso (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso, like the neighboring States of the Sahel area without natural resources, is among the poorest countries in the world. The population lives on the little agriculture that the land ...
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  16 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Evangelization is the essential mission of the Church" says Archbishop Rugambwa to the Bishops of AMECEA Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain anchored in the proper mission of the Church". This is the exhortation delivered by the Most Rev. Protase Rugambwa, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, t ...
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  16 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Joy because the opening of the Plenary Assembly of AMECEA coincided with the historic visit of the Eritrean President Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that this historic moment is happening exactly at the same time as our plenary Assembly meeting, is really surprising and indeed we are grateful to God", said His Eminence Cardinal ...
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  14 July 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Families forced to live in cemeteries, "a sign of human and political decadence" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The violent rains that have struck the country and caused the death of dozens of people (see Fides 21/6/2018) have fueled the deterioration of the health conditions of the affected populations. ...
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  14 July 2018
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Ethiopia-Eritrea Agreement: the Church hopes for "a season of freedom and peace" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Prudence is the word circulating in the environments of the Eritrean Catholic Church regarding the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. "As a Church - says Fr. Mussie Zerai, priest of th ...