Africa

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  3 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Post elections: "There are priests who sow confusion and division"; Archbishop of Ibadan admonishes priests Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two main candidates defeated in the Nigerian presidential elections on February 25 refused to recognize the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and announced that they will appeal to the Supreme C ...
• 3 March 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Nakuru, Cleophas Oseso Tuka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Cleophas Oseso Tuka, of the clergy of Nakuru, until now vicar general and parish priest of Saint Augustine in Bahati, a ...
• 3 March 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elevation to diocese of the apostolic vicariate of Isiolo, Kenya, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2023, the Holy Father Francis elevated the apostolic vicariate of Isiolo, Kenya, to a diocese, with the same denomination and territorial configuration, making it a suffrag ...
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  2 March 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Acts of vandalism in the cathedral Saint Mary Queen of Peace Geita (Agenzia Fides) - "It was 1:56 pm on February 26 when Father Charles Kato, one of the resident priests of the episcopate, received a phone call from one of the guards asking him to go immediately to the cathedral . ...
• 2 March 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishops of Accra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 14, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Accra, Ghana: the Reverend John Kobina Louis, of the clery of ...
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  2 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Opposition wants to challenge election results: Wahlsiger Tinubu is trying to achieve reconciliation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The first act of Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu, yesterday March 1st, launched a reconciliation committee with the other presidential candidates who stood in the elections of February 25th ( ...
• 1 March 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Tonito Francisco Xavier Muananoua, of the clergy of Guruè, currently Vicar General and parish priest of the Cathedral of Santo António de Lisboa ...
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  1 March 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: Humanitarian situation worsens Goma (Agenzia Fides) - The recent wave of violence in the province of North Kivu (see Fides, 9/2/2023) has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes and seek shelter in different areas of the region. Among ...
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  1 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The candidate of the outgoing President's party wins the presidential elections Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The former governor of Lagos, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won the presidential elections held in Nigeria on February 25, according to the official results published today, March 1, by the Independent N ...
• 28 February 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 18, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle confirmed rev. Pontian Kaweesa, of the diocesan clergy of Kiyinda-Mityana, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) i ...
• 28 February 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle confirmed Rev. Isidore Nombré, of the diocesan clergy of Koudougou, the position of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  28 February 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Less violence in elections: Observers complain about organizational problems Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The level of violence in the margins of the elections last February 25, during which the Head of State was elected and the deputies of the National Assembly (cf. Fides 24/2/2023), although less th ...
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  27 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We await clarification on the invasion of the Archbishopric by the Republican Guard" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand clarifications from the military hierarchy that raided the archbishopric and cathedral", says a statement from the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi where on the morning of Friday February 2 ...
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  27 February 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Psychological assistance, schools, food for 7 million people: Salesian missionaries always on the front line Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "Sending humanitarian aid to Tigray has become easier and we continue to assist people who have been affected by the two years of conflict", wrote Father Abba Hailemariam Medhin, Superior of the ...
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  24 February 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - After being injured by a landmine: Father Norberto Pozzi arrived in Bologna Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The 71-year-old Italian Carmelite missionary Norberto Pozzi, injured by a landmine on the road from Bozoum to Bocaranga in north-western Central African Republic (see Fides, 13/2/2023), arrived t ...