Africa

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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 ...
• 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 ...