Africa

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  16 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A month of war: the population is at the end of their tether and the country in chaos Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting and looting continue to hinder humanitarian groups from working to help the Sudanese population whom are exhausted after a month of armed conflict. The situation in the country does no ...
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  15 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - President William Ruto has apologised to Kenya over the Shakohola massacre Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – In the country which is shocked by the massacre in the Shakahola forest (see Fides, 3/5/2023), requests are multiplying to regulate not so much freedom of worship as the compliance with the la ...
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  15 May 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Acts of vandalism in the St. Carol Lwanga cathedral Kahama (Agenzia Fides) - In these days the bishops of Tanzania are scheduled to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss, among other things, alarming issues such as the desecration of several buildings of the Ca ...
• 15 May 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Kisangani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 13, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Fr. Lénard Ndjate, M.C.C.I., until now provincial of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus in the Democratic Republ ...
• 15 May 2023
  AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Appointment of bishop of Katiola Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 13, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Honoré Beugré Dakpa, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Gagnoa, until now secretary general of the Catholic University of ...
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  12 May 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: the impact of the crisis in Tigray also affects pastoral service programs Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Famine, cities and homes looted, hospitals destroyed, businesses razed to the ground, sacred places desecrated, rapes. The people of Tigray have been suffering unimaginable suffering for almost ...
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  12 May 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The President criticizes the military for the death of the Minister of Labour killed by his bodyguard Kampala (Agenzia Fides). "It is a matter of great embarrassment for the army that a soldier assigned as a bodyguard ends up killing those he was supposed to protect", Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said at the funeral ...
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  11 May 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Interreligious dialogue, education, evangelization in the Kingdom of Ashanti Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization, formation, health care and interreligious dialogue are at the heart of the activities of the priests of the Society for African Missions in the ancient kingdom of Ashanti. The miss ...
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  11 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Church structures mobilized to welcome people fleeing fighting in Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Mobilize religious congregations present in the Archdiocese of Juba, capital of South Sudan, to welcome people fleeing the war between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan. This is what Msgr. Steph ...
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  10 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Number of bodies found in the Shakahola forest rises to 133; the President creates a task force to review the law that regulates worship Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another twenty bodies have been recovered in the Shakahola forest, in south-eastern Kenya, bringing to 133 the number of followers killed in collective suicide by forced fasting (but some of th ...
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  10 May 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian aid to Tigray suspended, more than 500 schools remain closed Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Students in the northern region of Ethiopia have been unable to attend school regularly for three years. Specifically in the western, southern and northeastern parts of Tigray remain closed beca ...
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  9 May 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 400 dead due to floods: a tragedy caused by poor land management? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The catastrophic floods that hit the residents of the Kalehe area, in the province of South Kivu, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 4th, in particular inundating the villages ...
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  8 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Stateless children: An invisible problem in southern Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNICEF figures, there are more than 642,000 children living in South Africa as migrants or displaced persons. This number includes refugees, asylum seekers, victims ...
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  8 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New agreement for a 7-day truce: the population on the brink of collapse and the capital remains under siege Jeddah (Agenzia Fides) - There has been no truce for the Sudanese population since armed clashes began on April 15 between the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support F ...
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  6 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal for funds for refugees fleeing war in Sudan; "Beware of corruption" warns a member of civil society Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Since the fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, more than 32,500 people have been registered as having crossed the border between Sudan and South Sudan, according to the authorities in Juba. Th ...