Africa

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  5 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Disengagement of the Tigrinya forces: silence of arms for a peaceful return to daily life Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The diplomatic breakthrough that led to the signing of the peace agreement on November 2 in South Africa and the disarmament agreement of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), signed ...
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  3 December 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National mourning for the massacre in a village in the east of the country; Sunday march for peace convened by the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Three days of national mourning starting today, December 3, have been announced by Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to commemorate the victims of the massacre i ...
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  3 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In Tigray, disarmament is ready, but subject to the withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from the region Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While efforts continue in Ethiopia to try to normalize the situation in Tigray after the signing of the peace accords on November 3, there are difficulties for a real disarmament of the part ...
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  2 December 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Ghana, so far spared from jihadist attacks, questions the threat of terrorism in the region Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue has the potential to be a continuous stimulus for a greater understanding of the truth", said Fr. Lazarus Anondee, Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana (GCBC), ...
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  1 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Zankey Handuriya: the children's star, a small light of hope for blind children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - After a year, Father Rafael Casamayor, together with two of his collaborators, managed to return to Gaya and spend some time with the blind children of the inclusive Catholic school in the city th ...
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  30 November 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - More and more women in migratory flows: a conference in Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - More and more women are part of the migratory flows from Africa. This is what emerges from the conference "Women, gender and migration" which is being held in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina ...
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  30 November 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Simple gestures of silent and providential charity towards the poor Robe (Agenzia Fides) - Adaba and then Dodola, Kofale, Robe, Addis Ababa, Gode, it is among these missions that Fr. Angelo Antolini, ofm cap., Apostolic Prefect of Robe, spends his journey of evangelization always close ...
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  29 November 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tribal conflicts aggravate the state of emergency Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - The food crisis that causes deaths from hunger (see Fides 10/10/2022) in large areas of the tormented country is aggravated by continuous episodes of violence, especially in Wad El Mahi in the ...
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  29 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Ochang and members of St. Jude's Society kidnapped on November 24 have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Peter Abang Ochang and his companions were released on the morning of Saturday, November 26. They are fine", said Fr Peter Abue, Vicar General of the diocese of Ogoja, confirming the relea ...
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  29 November 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Prayers and offerings. The exchange of gifts that supports the missionary openness of priestly vocations Klouékanmè (Agenzia Fides) - Contribute to the growth of a vocation, to its development so that the "seed" bears fruit. Many are those who, each year, contribute spiritually and economically, through the Pontifical Soc ...
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  28 November 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic journalists must only give the truth Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Communicators have a powerful and mysterious mission, and Catholic journalists are called to report the facts and try to act as "evangelists of our times", said the Secretary General of the Ugan ...
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  28 November 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A march for peace: two women kidnapped by an armed group in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two peace-seeking activists in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, were abducted by an armed group led by a deserting Congolese army officer (FARDC). Sarah Atosha and ...
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  25 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New kidnapping of a priest together with a group of faithful; released another priest kidnapped last week Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Peter Abang Ochang, parish priest of the St. Stephen Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) church in the diocese of Ogoja, in the state of Cross River, has been kidnapped in a still undefined area o ...
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  25 November 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks raise hope: 'But people are exhausted and need help' Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the enormous difficulties caused by the crisis, the effects of the conflicts, climate change and the severe drought that are afflicting our country, the population at least finds relief in ...
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  24 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Promote reconciliation between communities for sustainable peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The civil war that has lasted for years continues to cause the death of thousands of people, the displacement of different areas and the destruction of infrastructures. Failure to comply with the 2 ...