Africa

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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA - 'You came to this country with nothing and you will leave with nothing': the story of an exiled family far from home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - They had left Liberia in 2019, where the civil war forces its population into a daily struggle for survival. An old friend had advised dad Francis, an electrician by trade, to try to revive the l ...
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  23 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Third priest kidnapped in 5 days Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, another Catholic priest, Father Mark Ojotu of the Catholic diocese of Otukpo, was kidnapped along Okpoga-Ojapo Road in Benue state yesterday afternoon, December 22, according to a stat ...
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  22 December 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic Relief Service supports programs to find alternatives to charcoal Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Relief Service (CRS) is helping the Youth Climate Champions program to overcome the informal economy based on the collection of wood charcoal that creates serious environmental damag ...
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  22 December 2022
  AFRICA - Pace e Liberazione per i 10 ostaggi ancora nelle mani dei rapitori e per tutto il Sahel AFRICA - Peace and Release for the 10 hostages still in the hands of their kidnappers and for the whole Sahel Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "At Christmas, families are used to gathering around a set table and celebrating tog ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, of the diocese of Kafanchan, in the state of Kaduna, in the central north of the country, was kidnapped yesterday, December 20. The new ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Clashes between militias in Upper Nile and Jonglei: Bishop expresses concern Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 166 dead, 237 injured, 20,000 to 50,000 internally displaced persons, 3,000 refugees: these figures represent the tragedy experienced by the population of the States of Upper Nile and Jo ...
• 21 December 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kananga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kananga (Democratic Republic of Congo) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Marcel Madila Basanguka. (SL) (A ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The first Community of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Ikorodu born with the support of children, young people, parishioners and benefactors Ikorodu (Agenzia Fides) - A pastry school, sewing courses, computer science for young people, accompaniment of youth group movements, catechesis, are some of the areas in which the missionary Daughters of Mary Help of Ch ...
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  20 December 2022
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The resilience of Christians who trust in God, and by God are kept in hope Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are a strange people because they live in a damned world and yet they say it has been redeemed", said the Archbishop of Freetown Eduardo Tamba Charles, quoting the German philosophe ...
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  20 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Diocese of Umuahia: Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria, Father Christopher Ogide, associate Pastor at Maria Assumpta Parish of Umuopara, diocese of Umuahia, in the state of Abia, in southern Nigeri ...
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  19 December 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Self-defense militias legalized against the jihadists raging in the north Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Mozambique parliament has approved a bill that legalizes the involvement of local militias in the fight against jihadists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Defense Minister Cristóvã ...
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  19 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Need to put an end to the escalation of domestic violence against women and children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, conflicts, oppression are some of the evils afflicting the Nigerian population. Added to these is domestic violence, a phenomenon that is increasing so much that it has prompted the in ...
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  17 December 2022
  AFRICA - Washington's renewed attention to Africa is part of the great game between the powers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit Senegal, Zambia and South Africa from January 17 to 28, according to a statement released yesterday, December 16, immediately after the conclusion of t ...
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  17 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Adigrat overwhelmed by more than 100,000 new displaced persons Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Our city is overwhelmed by a multitude of newLY displaced people who have arrived from the border areas. More than 100,000 people live in the city and in the nearby villages, counting only on t ...
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  16 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Sahel region: propaganda war between jihadist extremists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - In a propaganda war, the jihadist extremist groups GSIM (also known by their Arabic acronym JNIM) and EIGS (also known as IS Sahel) operating in Mali claim through their respective social media t ...