Africa

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  13 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 40 days of fasting and prayer for the unity of the country Abuja (Fides News Agency) - "One of the things that caused tension during the last election period was the fact that many Christians in Nigeria were frightened by the idea that a President and a Vice-President, both Musl ...
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  13 October 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Amid dancing and sharing, the new pastoral year begins in the Bayaca Pygmy community Monasao (Fides News Agency) - "For the beginning of the catechesis for catechumens, young people and adults who, accompanied by our catechists, are preparing for the sacraments - in Monasao there are about 200, in the ot ...
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  12 October 2023
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The prayer of the Rosary, a privileged way to prepare for World Mission Day Algiers (Fides News Agency) - The prayer of the Rosary is at the heart of the initiatives of preparation launched, among others, in the framework of a Week of World Mission (16 October - 22 October) by the Pontifical Mis ...
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  12 October 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - After landslide in Mbankolo: Archbishop of Yaoundé mourns victims Yaoundé (Fides News Agency ) - "We decided to come here to comfort these people and let them know that together we are in the same situation. We will give them more help, spiritually and socially. We will come back to l ...
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  11 October 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The plight of Malawi's 15,000 children who live on the streets Lilongwe (Fides News Agency) - There are 15,000 children living on the streets in Malawi. A tragedy caused by poverty, family breakdown or HIV/AIDS. It is estimated that there are 1.2 million AIDS orphans in the country ...
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  11 October 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - University as a place of peace: enrollment open for new "Laudato Sì" University in the diocese of Bururi Bururi (Fides News Agency) - After two years of opening the University of the Diocese of Bururi, the official state approval of the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research has taken place in these days. The name of ...
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  10 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Concern over rising fuel prices caused by war in Middle East Abuja (Fides News Agency) - The fear of a possible fuel shortage spread yesterday, 9 October, in the Federal District of Abuja, where motorists made panic purchases when they learned that some gas stations were not dispe ...
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  9 October 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA -Young people celebrate anniversary of independence from British colonialism Terego (Fides News Agency) - "We are in the district of Terego, in northern Uganda, and it is a day of great celebration. The people are celebrating their independence from British colonialism that took place 62 years ag ...
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  9 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We have no information about our kidnapped sisters" Abuja ( Fides News Agency) - Three nuns and a seminarian were kidnapped along with their driver in Imo State, southern Nigeria. According to a memo from their congregation, the nuns belong to the Missionary Daughters of ...
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  7 October 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD -Archbishop Djitangar: Impatience growing against foreign military presence in our country N'Djamena (Fides News Agency) - We are the youngest Church in Africa, so much so that we will be the last African Church in 2029 to celebrate 100 years since the first evangelization" says Archbishop of N'Djamena, Goetb ...
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  6 October 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO- Caritas and "Justice and Peace" project to prevent conflict on the Togo-Benin border Lomé (Fides News agency) - The cross-border project "Nuwaki Togo-Benin", implemented by the Episcopal Council for Justice and Peace of the Togolese Diocese of Dapaong in collaboration with Caritas Natitingou (Benin), h ...
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  6 October 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Pre-Election Clashes in Foya Foya (Fides News Agency) - Twenty years ago with the peace agreements signed in Accra, Ghana, one of the bloodiest pages of African history came to an end: the dual Liberian civil war. "The memory of the conflict, of the ...
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  5 October 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan delegation presents expectations and hopes of Kenyan Catholics at synod Nairobi ( Fides News Agency) - The expectations and hopes of Kenyan Catholics are being brought to the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops by the Kenyan delegation, represented by the President of the Kenya Conference of Ca ...
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  5 October 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Annalena Tonelli: Somali Church remembers the martyr on the 20th anniversary of her murder Djibouti ( Fides News Agency) - "I chose to be for others: the poor, the suffering, the abandoned, the unloved, which I was as a child and so I have been and I trust to continue until the end of my life. I wanted to foll ...
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  4 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 5 female students kidnapped from a university hostel in the north of the country Abuja (Fides News Agency ) - At least five female students were abducted by an armed group that attacked a hostel at the Federal University of Dutsin-Ma, in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. Reports indicate that the ass ...