Africa

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  30 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bandits attack rectory and kidnap parish priest in north-east Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) -Kidnappings of priests in Nigeria do not stop. The priest, Rev. Fr. Thaddeus Tarhembe, was abducted from his parish in Ibi Local Council of Taraba State (north-eastern Nigeria) in the early hours o ...
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  28 October 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - "The catastrophic security situation in Libya opens the door to terrorism in the Sahel region" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The increasing spread of armed groups that are causing fear and terror throughout the Sahel region is a consequence of the catastrophic security situation in Libya. And the label 'jihadists' sh ...
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  27 October 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Caritas Freetown calls for “immediate action” against the spread of synthetic marijuana Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Immediate action" against the spread of Kush, a synthetic marijuana that has dangerous health effects among young people. This is what Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone is asking for. “The wi ...
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  26 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Brother Eze was killed to scare the other two hostages" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "Brother Godwin Eze was killed to scare the two postulants who were kidnapped with him," say the Benedictines of the Eruku monastery in Kwara state, northern Nigeria to Fides. On the night of Oc ...
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  25 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the three Benedictines killed after the kidnapping on October 17; the other two set free Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Godwin Eze, one of the three Benedictine monks kidnapped by an armed gang on the night of 17 October in Eruku monastery in Kwara State, in central-northern Nigeria, was brutally killed (se ...
• 23 October 2023
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of Bishop of Oran Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, October 22, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Fr. Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E., until now vicar general of Alger, as bishop of Oran, Algeria. Msgr. Davide Carraro ...
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  23 October 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of the Great Lakes region call for an end to violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Everything must be done to put an end to the suffering of the people of the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)", say the members of the Association of Bishops' Conferences of Centr ...
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  23 October 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eparch of Adigrat: "Our world order seems to be in need of a serious transformation": we do not want Tigray to remain forgotten Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Our world order seems to be in need of a serious transformation, otherwise the consequences will continue affecting more and more, of course the weaker ones being first loosers", writes to Fide ...
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  21 October 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Media representative of the Bishops' Conference: “Our listeners ask us above all for prayers” The Catholic media in Côte d'Ivoire has undergone a profound evolution in recent years. A process intertwined with the journey of the entire ecclesial community, as Don Hervé Djezou secrétariat exécutif national des ...
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  20 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Three monks kidnapped in a Benedictine monastery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A novice and two postulants of the Benedictine order were kidnapped from a monastery in the Nigerian state of Kwara. At one o'clock on the night of October 17, an armed group, believed to be Ful ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Njombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Eusebio Samwel Kyando, of the clergy of Njombe, until now member of the Finance and Development Committee and representative of t ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Rev. Jovitus Francis Mwijage as Bishop of Bukoba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Jovitus Francis Mwijage, of the clergy of Bukoba, until now National Executive Director of UMAWATA and member of the Regional Cou ...
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  19 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "We are under embargo", trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom Dosso (Agenzia Fides) – "We are under embargo, in my opinion constantly; trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom..." writes Father Rafael Casamayor, missionary in the small commu ...
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  19 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The 3 kidnapped nuns together with the seminarian and their driver have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With gratitude to our great God, the superior general, and the entire members of the Missionary Daughters of Mater Ecclesiae, joyfully announce the safe release of our three kidnapped nuns, a sem ...
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  18 October 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - SABC on the conflict in the Holy Land: Bishops appeal for ceasefire Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal for a ceasefire and that a humane way of dealing with the present situation be found to eliminate further suffering and deaths", says the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Confe ...