Africa

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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fighting continues and riots break out: women and children are particularly affected Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Eight weeks after the outbreak of war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the rapid support forces (RSF), fighting, abuses and violence continue in Sudan, particularly in the capital Kh ...
• 8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Tanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Thomas John Kiangio, of the clergy of Tanga, until now diocesan administrator of the same see, as bishop of Tanga, Tanzania. Msgr. Thomas ...
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  8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The proclamation of the Gospel and stories of popular cultures. The singular experience of the missionary Silvano Galli Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Silvano Galli wants to use the knowledge of stories, legends and tales handed down from generation to generation in popular cultures as a testimony of faith, which is why he recently held a ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks by bands of Fulani herders: a conflict that is not only "religious" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to the local press, a catechist and his wife were among the dozens of victims of an attack committed last month in a village in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria. In the May 8 raid ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Marhaba bikum!": Friendship, relationships, life on the margins of society Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "Marhaba bikum! Welcome! This is how one is welcomed in Morocco and in particular in Fès where we live", said Sister Giulia of the Little Sisters of Jesus, who lives and works in Fez with three ot ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Resumption of clashes: Missionaries remain on site Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The fighting in Khartoum has intensified and 18 people have died and 106 civilians have been wounded in clashes between air raids and heavy artillery in the middle of residential areas. This is ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Saint Scalabrini shows us the way of welcoming migrants and refugees" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint John the Baptist Scalabrini is a great model to whom we can turn in prayer, because he lived what we live as Church with migrants and refugees in South Africa", said Msgr. Joseph Mar ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resolve local conflicts to eliminate fertile ground for jihadist groups present on the borders Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Attention must be paid to terrorist threats from neighboring states such as Burkina Faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast, as requested by the Ghana Bishops' Conference (GCBC). The appeal was launched o ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No "truce" really stops weapons. Bombings also block humanitarian aid Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese army has suspended negotiations, under the aegis of the United States and Saudi Arabia, aimed at guaranteeing a truce that should have allowed the delivery of humanitarian aid in t ...
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  31 May 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Peace is a gift from God, but it is also the fruit of human effort", recalls Cardinal Ouédraogo, in the country devastated by violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 40 people died last weekend in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso. This was announced by the local authorities, according to which 20 members of the voluntary militias supporting the ...
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  30 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Ceasefire extended for another five days: Numerous violations across the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The ceasefire between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which came into force on May 22nd and was scheduled to last for seven days, has been extended for anoth ...
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  30 May 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Episcopal Conference: "Enough of the blood and tears of Chadians" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The blood and tears of Chadians have shed enough and must stop" warn the Bishops of Chad in a memorandum addressed to the President of the Transition, Acting Head of State, Mahamat Idriss Dé ...
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  29 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Precarious security situation: Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Imo State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A week after the kidnapping of Father Kingsley Maduka and his subsequent release (see Fides, 22/5/2023), the kidnapping of another Catholic priest in Imo State (south-eastern Nigeria) is causing c ...
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  27 May 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Bishop Balla: "Christian and Muslim religious representatives are involved in the discussion about the country's growth" Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Between Mali, Sierra Leone and the Atlantic Ocean lies Guinea with its capital city of Conakry, the northern part of the country bordering equally on one corner of Guinea Bissau and one of Seneg ...
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  26 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The Shakahola massacre is a well organized, well planned and perfectly executed crime" says Interior Minister Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 241 bodies found so far of followers of a Kenyan sect, buried in mass graves in the Shakahola forest, in eastern Kenya, on a ranch in Kilifi county, near the city of Malindi (see Fides ...