Africa

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  2 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El-Obeid Cathedral hit by rocket bullets Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Mary Queen of Africa, in the diocese of El-Obeid, was hit by rocket bullets during violent clashes between Sudanese army forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary ...
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  2 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two other Catholic priests kidnapped in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in the state of Delta, in southern Nigeria. They are Father Chochos Kunav, who belongs to the congregation of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fath ...
• 29 April 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of the Bishop of the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Lawrence Mukasa, of the clergy of the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana, until now vicar general, as bishop of the diocese of Kasana-Luweero, Ugand ...
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  27 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - A possible permanent truce is expected in Juba after two weeks heavy gunfire and airstrikes Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The 72-hour truce established on April 21 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries to mark the end of Ramadan should expire tonight, April 27. H ...
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  26 April 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Mission Kumasi: meeting point of religion, royalty and diplomacy Kumasi (Agenzia Fides) - In 1880 Father Auguste Moreau, of the Society of African Missions (SMA), together with Father Eugene Murat, arrived in Elmina, the oldest European settlement in West Africa. According to chronol ...
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  25 April 2023
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Cape Verdeans begin the journey to celebrate the first 500 years of the Gospel on the Island of Santiago Praia (Agenzia Fides) - A state in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a bridge that seems designed to connect Africa, Europe and America. Cape Verde is an archipelago composed of ten volcanic islands (only one is uninhabi ...
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  24 April 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Sand identity and Ramadan in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no traffic in the city because the celebration of the conclusion of the holy month of Islam, Ramadan, the name of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar which means ‘burning heat’ i ...
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  22 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The regional risks of the conflict in Sudan by Luca Mainoldi Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict between the two military factions in Sudan risks having repercussions on neighboring countries, partly because both contenders have connections with neighboring s ...
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  21 April 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A mine explodes as a mission car passes by in Niem: 4 dead, including two children; The Italian missionary unharmed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, April 16, a mine exploded near the car of the Catholic mission of Niem, between the villages of Ndongue Douane and Sokorta, 115 km from Bouar, in the Central African Republic. The prov ...
• 21 April 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the position of rev. Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio, of the diocesan clergy of Ka ...
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  21 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The risk of bombs on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration of the end of Ramadan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The country has been at war for a week. The population of the capital Khartoum woke up on the first day of Eid el Fitr, the feast of the end of Ramadan, to the sound of shelling and anti-aircra ...
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  20 April 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Freeing slaves, yesterday and today: the Trinitarian Family returns to the routes of its first vocation Fèz (Agenzia Fides) - For two days the parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Fèz welcomed the visit of 170 pilgrims from the Trinitarian Family who came to retrace the route of the ancient 'redeemers' who, from 1200 onwar ...
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  19 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Deserted streets, closed businesses, only the sound of bombs Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all locked in our homes and have been advised not to go out. Bullets and bombs come from everywhere. Yesterday evening, Tuesday April 18, a truce was planned from 6 in the afternoon unt ...
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  19 April 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Vocations flourish: Missionary Societies of Apostolic Life count 1,300 missionaries and more than 1,000 seminarians of African origin Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission starting from Africa" is the central theme that will be at the heart of the exchanges and debates at the Continental Meeting of Missionary Societies of Apostolic Life (MISAL) which will ...
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  18 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Collapse of health structures: three hospitals in the capital out of service Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After four days of fighting in Sudan, the population of Khartoum is trapped in the midst of shelling and shootings between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the rapid intervention militias (RSF), wit ...