Africa

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  9 February 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Catholic Association of Friends meets in the spirit of the encyclical 'Fratelli tutti' Foya (Agenzia Fides) - Three hundred Catholic women from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recently met in the parish of St. John Vianney in Foya, in the light of 'the mystery of the Visitation'. "The international experi ...
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  8 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Religious abducted in Plateau State are free Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two Claretians who were kidnapped on the night of February 1 in the central Nigerian state of Plateau have been released. Fr. Ken Kanwa C.M.F, parish priest of St. Vincent De Paul Fier Church, ...
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  8 February 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - The “sabbatical year” of Father Ha-Jo in the hands of the kidnappers: “They asked me for forgiveness, and I had already forgiven them" by Antonella Prenna Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Germany is waging war against us, has soldiers in Gao (Mali) and, together with the European Union, is training the Malian army in Kulikoro, on the banks of the Niger river ...
• 7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Juvenal Nzohabonayo of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Gitega ...
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  7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Seminar on violent extremism and the proliferation of weapons in West Africa Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Prevention of violent extremism, radicalization and the proliferation of small arms in the Sahel and coastal countries of West Africa". These are the objectives of the training course launched ...
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  6 February 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cardinal Czerny: "We are close to the people of South Sudan" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Free and credible elections were promised by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, on the occasion ...
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  5 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Archbishop of Dakar: “Like many of our fellow citizens, I am disturbed by what is happening” Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Like many of our fellow citizens I am disturbed by what is happening", Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, told the press after President Macky Sall announced ...
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  5 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two religious kidnapped in Plateau State: in Nigeria questions are being asked about the complicity in the banking sector for the payment of ransoms Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two Claretian missionaries (Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) were kidnapped by armed men on the night of February 1 in Plateau state, central Nigeria: Father Ken Kanwa C.M.F., parish ...
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  3 February 2024
  AFRICA - Beginning of a new era: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger leave the Economic Community of West African States Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the announcement last January 28 of the withdrawal of the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the integration process ...
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  2 February 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - President of the Bishop's Conference: "Everyone must respect the rule of law" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been advising Kenyans to respect the law. Even before the elections in 2022 we called on Kenyans to remain peaceful and where they were not happy with the outcome of the election, they ...
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  1 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 32 people die in a series of attacks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A series of attacks on villages in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), that began on January 27 and continued until yesterday, January 31, left at least 32 civili ...
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  1 February 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Camillian presence makes the faith journey of the entire community grow Masaka (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of the 25th anniversary of the arrival of the Camillians in Uganda (2024-2025), the Order of Ministers of the Sick, rooted in the charism of the Order's founder and Saint Camillus of ...
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  31 January 2024
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Bishops of the Great Lakes: "Saddened by the closure of the border between Burundi and Rwanda" Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent decision to close the land border between Burundi and Rwanda has deeply saddened us given the impact it has on the lives of vulnerable people". This is how the bishops who are members ...
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  30 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Kaaryan ma dumi: light to live, grow, love and prepare for the future Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "There are more and more, almost a hundred in Gaya and Dosso, with ever better prospects for their education and ophthalmological care," writes Father Rafael Casamayor, who works as a missionary i ...
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  30 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Massacres and kidnappings: Civil society alliance calls for a state of emergency to be declared Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The declaration of a state of emergency to combat growing insecurity in the country is the appeal launched on January 29 by a coalition of 48 civil society organizations to the President of Nige ...