Africa

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  13 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The war continues: US appears prepared to impose sanctions on Rapid Support Forces Khartoum (Fides) – The Sudanese army announced it had repelled a drone attack on the Merowe Dam and the town of the same name, including its airport. The 19th Infantry Division of the SAF (Sudan Armed Forces) explained ...
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  13 November 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The “Pan-African Missionary Conference” begins, under the motto “Ecclesia in Africa” and “Evangelii Nuntiandi”
  Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “Ecclesia in Africa and the proclamation of Christ in times of synodality” is the theme of the Pan-African Missionary Conference, which opened this mo ...
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  12 November 2025
  Rome, Manila, Nairobi: Nilda Castro's "long march" between diplomacy and mission by Victor Gaetan* Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The classic image of a Catholic missionary is a devout religious person who leaves home for a remote location, then never, or infrequently, goes home, becoming thoroughly d ...
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  12 November 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Annual marian pilgrimage cancelled for security reasons Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Mali announced that it has decided to cancel the 54th National Marian Pilgrimage to Kita due to transportation difficulties and fuel shortages caused by the blockade ...
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  11 November 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: “Environmental destruction is a form of violence against the weak and creation” Accra (Agenzia Fides) – “Environmental destruction is a silent form of violence against the weak and a sin against creation,” said Bishop Matthew Gyamfi of Sunyani, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Confer ...
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  10 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Emmanuel Alabi, the seminarian kidnapped in Nigeria on July 10 (see Fides, 12/7/2025), is reported to have died of starvation and injuries sustained during his abduction. This was reported by t ...
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  7 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The fall of El-Fasher marks a turning point: Egypt and Turkey strengthen their commitment to stop the RSF Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The fall of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, in the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias marks a turning point for the powers supporting the Sudanese government of General ...
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  7 November 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “The situation is out of control, and if you talk, they will kill you Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) – Cyclones, floods, droughts, destroyed livelihoods, ever-increasing food prices, and a lack of basic services. This is the dramatic scenario in northern Mozambique, and also in the rest of ...
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  6 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The conflict moves to Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – At least 40 people died in a drone attack on a funeral in the city of El Obeid, the capital of the Sudanese region of North Kordofan. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humani ...
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  6 November 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Moramanga: Corruption and personal interest at the expense of the common good. The role of the Church as a mother who welcomes and educates her children Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church is the only refuge, the only safe haven where people come. When they need medical care, when they cannot afford to study or have nothing to eat, when there is famine, it is always t ...
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  5 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian dies at the hands of kidnappers, another freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – One of the three seminarians, aged 15 to 16, who were kidnapped on July 10 in an attack on the Minor Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Ivianokpodi, in the Diocese of Auchi, Edo State (sou ...
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  4 November 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Calm returns, but there is a war of numbers over the victims of recent clashes Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation is calming down, and internet connections have been restored since yesterday,” local sources in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, told Fides following the violen ...
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  3 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Concern for thousands of civilians missing in El Fasher Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Tens of thousands of civilians who fled El Fasher are currently considered missing. Humanitarian organizations operating in the Tawila refugee camp, about 50 km from the city, which was captu ...
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  2 November 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV: Let us pray for Sudan and Tanzania. “Indiscriminate violence” in El Fasher Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “With great sorrow I am following the tragic news coming from Sudan, especially from the city of El Fasher in the war-torn region of North Darfur.” With these words, spoken after the ...
• 1 November 2025
  AFRICA - October was a difficult election month in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Recent elections in Africa have triggered a series of protests in the countries where they were held. In two cases, outgoing leaders, both over eighty years old, were re-elected amid allegations ...