Africa

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  10 July 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - Two days of prayer and penance for the future of Gabon Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the election of a new President, the Catholic Church in Gabon organized two ecumenical days of prayer and penance for the country on July 7th and 8th. The two days of penan ...
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  7 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to the proposal to establish the National Council of Christian education" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has rejected a bill seeking to establish the National Council of Christian Education, considering it unconstitutional. The bill, aimed at regulating reli ...
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  7 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Twenty years of war in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - It is 2023 and Darfur has officially been in conflict for 20 years. There had been tensions between Arab and non-Arab communities in Darfur for decades. But in 2003, full-scale war broke out ac ...
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  4 July 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A new beginning in the life of vocation and service for Archbishop Rugambwa Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "I see this opportunity as the beginning of a new desire in my life of vocation and service". These are the words that Protase Rugambwa, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, expressed during the Holy ...
• 1 July 2023
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Leena, Martín Lasarte Topolansky Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B., until now provincial superior of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) in Angola. Msgr. Martí ...
• 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 ...