Africa

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  14 September 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "20 years after the agreements that put an end to the civil war, Liberians must remember the value of peace as they prepare to vote" Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is one of the components we need in this country", said Rev. Fr. Dennis Cephas Nimene, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) regarding the presidentia ...
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  14 September 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: "let us remain firm in our faith, in the grace and mercy of God" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the peace agreement, signed in Pretoria, South Africa, in November 2022, media access to Tigray remains limited and it is impossible to verify the situation on the ground. On the occasio ...
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  13 September 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A seminar to promote the role of girls organized by young Catholics Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to promote the contribution of women in African society and in the Church of Jesus Christ in Africa", emphasizes Msgr. Gabriel Sayaogo, Archbishop of Koupéla, President of the C ...
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  12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "There is no need to understand an earthquake, there is a need to live": the great lesson of the victims of the earthquake Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided to write these lines to report what has happened and is happening these days after the earthquake in Morocco. I know it doesn't sound easy and it isn't! It is not easy to report fr ...
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  12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Taratra project: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference to promote responsible mining exploitation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The Taratra project, an initiative of the Conference of Bishops of the Catholic Church of Madagascar, aims at the socio-economic improvement of mining projects in the Atsimo-Andrefana regio ...
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  11 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Solidarity of the Catholic community with the victims of the earthquake Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Morocco-diocese of Rabat wishes to express its compassion for all the victims, in particular for the Moroccan families who are in mourning or who have injured among their m ...
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  11 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Nigeria continues to hang in the balance and democracy stands on the edge of a precipice" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "As this case moves to the next level, the fate of the country continues to hang in the balance and the future of democracy in our land stands on the edge of a precipice", warns Msgr. Lucius Iweju ...
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  8 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attack on a rectory in Kaduna state: seminarian burned alive Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A seminarian named Na'aman Danlami was burned alive when bandits attacked and vandalized the parish of St. Raphael in Fadan Kamantan, in the diocese of Kafanchan, in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria ...
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  8 September 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - New jihadist attack after the two yesterday Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Today, September 8, there was an attack against an army camp near Gao airport, in the northeast of Mali. At the moment, the toll of the attack is unknown, in which several vehicles, including car ...
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  8 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Two human rights lawyers arrested and released; the concern of the association of Catholic jurists Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the episodes of violence and arrests against lawyers who were doing their duty to assist their clients", states the Association of Catholic Lawyers in Zimbabwe afte ...
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  8 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - The suffering of the poor and the transition in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "From July 26 until today, the first ten days of September, here in Niger an unannounced and well-defined regime transition is in force". Father Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of Afri ...
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  7 September 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflicts continue in the Tigray region: demonstrations and arrests on the eve of the Ethiopian New Year Mekele (Agenzia Fides) - Some members of the opposition were arrested in Tigray on the eve of a demonstration scheduled for today, 7 September 2023, in Mekele, against the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), the rulin ...
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  7 September 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Beware of individuals who pretend to be bishops and priests from West Africa" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has warned its followers in various dioceses within the Kampala province on the presence of individuals falsely representing themselves as Bishops and a priest from West Afri ...
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  6 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Eucharistic Congress and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the local Church in Sudan and the Hierarchy of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have agreed to celebrate the Eucharistic Congress at the same time as the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the local Church in Sudan and of the Hierarchy of Southern Sudan", announced B ...
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  5 September 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - After coup: General Olingui sworn in as interim President Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm. The population seems to be happy about the change and has high hopes for the new institutions that have made many promises and arouse many expectations. We will see if ...