Africa

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  27 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary to Fides: Coup d'état - "In Niamey the situation is calm at the moment" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the announcement of the "coup" during the night, everything is calm in the streets. Some wounded have been transferred to the national hospital, probably as a result of the shots fired ...
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  27 July 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - There is a lack of financial resources to welcome the many candidates for priestly life Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - On August 15, the Catholic Church in Burundi will celebrate the final events of the Jubilee for 125 years of Evangelization, which began on October 1, 2022 (see Fides, 17/3/2023). Despite th ...
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  26 July 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "You choose the future": 50 years of the Association of Catholic Women in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "You have to choose the Malawi you want. Currently, things are not okay and we cannot continue with the way things are. You have that responsibility and power to choose the future", exhorted Ms ...
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  26 July 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The family is the main formation center for young people: Bishop Wanok urges unity in the fight against corruption Lira (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the diocese of Lira, Sanctus Lino Wanok said "corruption in the current world is becoming a setback to human progress and is destroying the society and its values". The bishop implore ...
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  25 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 100 days of fighting in Sudan and no peace in sight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - As the Sudanese conflict enters its 100th day, one of the two parties involved, the regular army (Sudanese Armed Forces - SAF) rejects the mediation initiated by IGAD (Intergovernmental Authori ...
• 24 July 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the Diocese of Wote and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father erected the Diocese of Wote (Kenya) with dismembered territories of the Diocese of Machakos, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi. The Holy Fathe ...
• 24 July 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation and appointment of Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 22, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toliara (Madagascar) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Fulgence Rabeony, S.I. The Ho ...
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  24 July 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - New protests announced while Bishops call for the repeal of the finance law Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - New protests announced by the opposition in Kenya against the high cost of living and the government's economic policy, after those of recent days violently repressed in blood (see Fides, 20/7/2 ...
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  21 July 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop Rugambwa expresses his closeness to the Arusha community after the assassination of priest Pamphili Nada Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - "The priest died while being taken to hospital, and the suspect was killed by angry citizens who were waiting for him outside the scene of the incident". This is what the police commander in the ...
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  21 July 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - First gathering of young people preparing for WYD in the Catholic community of Adaba Adaba (Agenzia Fides) – More than a hundred young people from the communities of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe took part in the First Youth Festival organized at the Pastoral Centre of Adaba. In an interview with F ...
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  20 July 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Country plagued by chaos: the bishops intervene to advocate dialogue and peace Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, respectively the capital, second and third largest cities of Kenya are in the midst of large and violent protests against a series of taxes introduced by the governm ...
• 20 July 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento, PIME, as National Director of the Pontifical ...
• 20 July 2023
  AFRICA/LAREUNION - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 19, the Holy Father accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion, in overseas France, presented by His Exc. Msgr. Gilbert Aubry. ...
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  18 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Food, medicine and safe shelter against bullets: missionaries at the disposal of those most in need Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The streets are deserted and inaccessible, there is no public transport and electricity and water is becoming scarce. The war that began on 15 April in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, between the S ...
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  17 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Despite the dangers and difficulties, three new SMA missionaries are ready to promote hope on the African continent Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Being a priest in a country where the kidnapping industry spares no one (see Fides, 25/5/2023) requires a lot of courage, as well as deep faith, love of neighbor and missionary zeal. These are jus ...