Africa

• 29 January 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 27, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Method Kilaini, titular of Tamalluma. (EG) (Agen ...
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  29 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Congolese, Rwandan and Burundian bishops united in calling for an end to the war in eastern DRC Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "When we speak of the violence of insecurity in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Rwanda and Burundi, we speak of 5 to 12 million victims," said the Bishop of Idiofa, President of th ...
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  26 January 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Tensions between Algeria and Mali: Military junta wants to end agreement signed in Algiers in 2015 Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – There is a lot of tension between Mali and Algeria. The military junta, which took power in Bamako in 2020, released a communiqué yesterday, January 25, in which it stated that it "recognized ...
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  25 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Despite the curfew: the chain of violence continues Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks on communities in Plateau state, in northern Nigeria, continue. Between December 23 and 26, more than 200 people died in a series of attacks by armed gangs of Fulani herdsmen (see Fides, 2 ...
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  24 January 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Refuge and home for displaced people: aid programs for refugees and returnees Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African Republic is both a country that welcomes refugees and an area from which its inhabitants flee to seek their fortune in neighboring countries. This is because several Central A ...
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  23 January 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - 360° policy: Russian mercenaries, Rwandan soldiers and perhaps American "contractors" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "President Faustin-Archange Touadera is implementing a 360° policy so as not to tie himself too closely to an international actor", a local source from the Central African Republic tells Fides. ...
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  19 January 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More and more civilians are caught up in the “war between the generals” Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has now transformed from a clash between the regular army (SAF) led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Mohamed Hamdan Da ...
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  18 January 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “No matter how hard and long the struggle, the time of reconciliation will come” Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The texts of the meditations, prayers and celebrations to be used by Christians around the world during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 (January 18-25, 2024) were published this ...
• 17 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Wamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete. The Holy Father ha ...
• 17 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Désiré Lenge Mukwenye as bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Msgr. Désiré Lenge Mukwenye has hitherto served as diocesa ...
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  17 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - On the shores of Lake Chad: Dozens dead in fighting between Boko Haram and the Islamic State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes broke out between Boko Haram and militants from the Islamic State - West Africa Province (ISWAP) on the shores of Lake Chad, on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. The fightin ...
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  16 January 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Suicide bombing in Mogadishu near the Cathedral Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Three people were killed and two injured in a suicide attack carried out this morning, January 16, 2024, in front of the mayor's office in Mogadishu. Authorities report that the explosion caus ...
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  16 January 2024
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Assembly of the Bishops of North Africa comes to an end Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Regional Episcopal Conference dealt with the synodal process, a theological reflection on the life of the Churches of the Maghreb and the reception and implementation of the Dec ...
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  16 January 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA: Farewell to Father Jorge Luis Rodríguez CM: he led the Vincentian mission in Angola Lombe (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jorge Luis Rodríguez Baquero CM, Colombian (from Medellin), of the Congregation of the Mission, founded by Saint Vincent de Paul in 1625, died in a car accident at the age of 57. The accid ...
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  15 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Episcopal Conference: "Corruption is now out of control" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is a worrisome vice in our public life. It has gone beyond scale and measure", said the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorj ...