Africa

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  1 December 2023
  AFRICA - Similarities and differences: analysis of the 3 coups in the Sahel Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 2-3 years, military coups in the Sahel present similarities and differences compared to those that occurred in the 70s-80s. This was stated by the bishops of the Permanent Committee of ...
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  30 November 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Ten years after the outbreak of the civil war: victims of sexual violence are left to fend for themselves Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - They are probably the least known and most hidden victims of war: women and girls (but sometimes men and boys) who are subjected to sexual violence by members of the various fighting groups. One ...
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  29 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Concern about the possible reactivation of human trafficking in Agadez after the repeal of the law that classifies it as a crime Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After the fall of Gaddafi, who had significant financial means to control the situation in the Sahel, Niger had become a key point of Western action in the region. However, after the fall of Pre ...
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  28 November 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Clashes in Freetown: attempted coup or protest? Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Is this an attempted military coup or a simple "protest" by a fringe military group? This is the question being asked in Sierra Leone after clashes broke out at dawn in the capital, Freetown, o ...
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  27 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan: "We must address the psychological suffering of Nigerians" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "People are facing difficulties, and there are many problems in our country now, so beyond spiritual support, we need to provide psychological support for the people", emphasizes Cardinal John Ol ...
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  27 November 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - One year after his kidnapping in Bamako: The German missionary Hans-Joachim Lohre is free" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The German Father Hans Joachim Lohre of the “White Fathers” (African Missionaries), who was kidnapped in Mali on Sunday, November 20, 2022 (see Fides 22/11/2022), is free. A year after his ab ...
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  25 November 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Change at the top: The challenges that await the new President Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The Republic of Liberia has had a new President for a few days. He is 78-year-old Joseph Nyuma Boakai, former vice president, who, after a second round of voting - which was necessary because t ...
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  24 November 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: “Here too, families are in crisis and children are left to their fate as 'street children'” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "2023 was a very intense year for the Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo," says the President of the Congolese Episcopal Conference and Archbishop of Kisangan, Marcel Utembi Tapa. "In 2 ...
• 23 November 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Resignation of vicar apostolic of Soddo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Soddo, Ethiopia, presented by Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara. (Agenzia Fides, 23/11/2023) ...
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  23 November 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Bishops on post-election climate: “Promoting peace and reducing tensions have been lost” Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "Depriving people of their voice is a form of violence that should be condemned by all people of integrity, by all loving and peaceful citizens", emphasize the Bishops of Zimbabwe in their pastor ...
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  21 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Forgotten War”: The situation in Sudan and the Darfur region is getting worse Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The forgotten war in Sudan is worsening after two armed groups in Darfur, which until now remained neutral, declared that they have sided with the army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). O ...
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  21 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Children with visual impairment: Educational programs are designed to promote self-esteem Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Working with blind children, entering their world, understanding their silence and discretion, their fears, the isolation in which they live... has deeply shaped us, and dedicating ourselves to t ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: "To climb the social ladder, you must join Freemasonry" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are poor people living in a rich country," says the President of the Episcopal Conference of the Republic of Congo and Archbishop of Brazzaville, Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, in an i ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New Archbishop of Tabora, Rugambwa, thanks and honors outgoing Pastor in special ceremony Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the good God for His Providence and ask Him to keep us strong and faithful to the mission entrusted to us. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and enlighten us in everything we plan t ...
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  18 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Missionary Congress calls for the canonization of those killed in odium fidei" and protection strategies from the violence affecting the ecclesial community Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful from the nine Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Nigerian Church took part in the V National Missionary Congress (NAMICON V) organized by t ...