Africa

• 30 June 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Erection of the diocese of Guéckédou and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Guéckédou, Guinea, with territory taken from the diocese of Kankan and N’Zérékoré, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan ar ...
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  28 June 2023
  AFRICA - Not only Wagner: Private Military Companies (PMC) and the future of the monopoly of force Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Private Military Companies (PMC), like the Russian Wagner, are the most modern and professional form of mercenary formations used since ancient times by States to reinforce their military units or ...
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  28 June 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - WYD 2023: Burkinabe youth prepare to carry high the torch of faith and the colors of the nation Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "An act of faith that offers the young people of Burkina Faso the opportunity to deepen their faith". This is how Father Valéry Sakougri defined World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon from Au ...
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  27 June 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Further delays regarding the new law on the personal status of Christians Cairo - (Agenzia Fides) - The text of a new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians has been ready for some time, but various reasons and circumstances continue to delay its approval and enactment, repeatedly g ...
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  27 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More fighting in Khartoum and Darfur: number of civilian deaths increases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 25 June fierce fighting broke out again in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen have attacked and captured the headquarters of the Central Reserve P ...
• 26 June 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of Bishop of Gokwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 23, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Eusebius Jelous Nyathi, of the clergy of Hwange, currently Rector of the SS. John Fisher and Thomas More National Major Seminary of Chishawasha i ...
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  26 June 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Perplexities of the Bishops on the constitutional referendum: "avoid new social and political unrest" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The process of socialization based on the family is in danger in our country", the Bishops of the Central African Republic complain in their closing message to the Plenary Assembly in Bangassou. ...
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  24 June 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The history of the emergence of the terrorist AFD militias: Between opportunism and "change of label" by Luca Mainoldi Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The group responsible for the massacre at the school in Lhubiriha (Kasese district, western Uganda) on the night of June 17-18 (see Fides, 19/6/2023), has a complex history and ...
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  23 June 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Building communities of faith also means providing them with a place of worship Foya (Agenzia Fides) - To make a church-family you need cement and closeness of heart. This was said by Father Walter Maccalli, a missionary involved in building churches and communities in northern Liberia. The priest ...
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  23 June 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The country goes to the polls. Father Peter Konteh (Caritas): there will also be Catholics in the next government Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone is preparing for a new round of elections. The country, ravaged by an atrocious decade-long conflict (1991-2002) between the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front supported by s ...
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  22 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnappings: Police free Catholic priest and Muslim believers collect donations to free Christian citizens Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The scourge of kidnappings in Nigeria does not stop, but there are also cases that are resolved positively with the intervention of the police or that show that there are forms of solidarity that ...
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  21 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Child marriage: 4 million girls forced into marriage in 2022 Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of early marriages is tragically widespread in South Sudan. A recent study published by the organization Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) reports that more t ...
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  21 June 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Three students from the attacked school manage to escape; questions remain as to the motivation for the massacre Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Three students captured in the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school (Kasese district, western Uganda) on the night of June 17 to 18 managed to escape from the hands of their kidnappers (see Fide ...
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  20 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Missionary priest abducted on June 17 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), kidnapped on June 17 after gunmen attacked the parish he serves, St. Paul Bomo Parish in the Archdiocese o ...
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  19 June 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Pain and questions after the massacre at the Lhubiriha school Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The group that committed the massacre at the Lhubiriha secondary school (Kasese district, western Uganda) on the night of June 17-18 had been in the area for at least two days. This was stated b ...