Africa

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  2 January 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Sokoto: "The Christmas massacres aim to destabilize Nigeria" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - " Can we continue to believe that there is no long-term plan to take over the reins of power of the Nigerian state?" asks Matthew Hassan-Kukah, bishop of Sokoto in the aftermath of the massacres t ...
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  22 December 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - Christmas is the night of joy and liberation from slavery: missionaries urge the faithful to build the internal nativity scene Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - "Instead of working only on setting up the physical nativity scene, we insisted on building the interior nativity scene, the nativity scene of our hearts". This is what the parish priest of the G ...
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  22 December 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Voting extended for another day due to organizational difficulties Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 21, voting ended in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Voting operations that were to take place on December 20 were extended by one more day due to delays and interrupti ...
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  21 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Almost 30 years after the end of apartheid, social inequalities threaten the national reconciliation process Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 30 years after the end of apartheid and the establishment of democracy, the process of national reconciliation is threatened by the growth of social inequalities and persistent pover ...
• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Fr. Michel Moura, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed Apostolic Vicar of Rodrigues Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 December, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Sac Michel Moura, of the clergy of the Diocese of Port-Louis, currently Director of the PP.OO.MM. for the territories of the C.E.D.O.I. and E ...
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  20 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The number of victims following the explosion in Conakry is increasing Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims from the explosion following a fire in the Conakry fuel depot has increased. With the death of four hospitalized people, the death toll has increased from 14 to 18, accordi ...
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  20 December 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A world in motion: "Migrate to exist"! Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the history of humanity is a history of migrations. Any social transformation also occurs through migrations. In fact, migration is one of the mirrors of our society." This is the r ...
• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 September 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya of the clergy of Dezda as National Directo ...
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  19 December 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops urge vigilance on the eve of the election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not leave the polling stations until the results are published". This is the appeal that the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENCO) made back in June to the voters who, tomorrow, Decembe ...
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  19 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The church of St. Joseph the Worker destroyed after fuel depot fire Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "The church of St. Joseph the Worker, located 500 meters from the fuel depot that caught fire on the night of December 17 to 18 has been completely destroyed" local Church sources report to Fide ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - At least 8 dead after fuel depot explodes in residential area Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - At least eight people were killed and just over eighty injured and a residential area was completely devastated. This is the sad conclusion of the major fire that broke out on the night of Decem ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ten years of civil war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Victims of sexual violence are the invisible victims of the civil war that broke out in South Sudan 10 years ago in December 2013 (see Fides, 16 and 18 December 2013). Sexual violence is a real wea ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Yei publishes five-year plan: evangelization, social development, economy Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a very important event, both for the faith and for the holistic development of the Church," said the Bishop of Yei, Alex Lodiong Sakor, on the occasion of the presentation of the five-year ...
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  15 December 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Diocesan youth Days: Young people play an important role in the Christian communities of the Diocese of Niamey Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people play an important role in the Christian community of Dosso, as in all communities where there are young people," said the missionary Father Rafael Casamayor to Fides on the occasion ...
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  15 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace Commission publishes election handbook Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizen education is an essential part of any democratic society," says the handbook prepared by the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa ...