Africa

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  24 November 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - The Episcopal Conference: "We have no news of the fate of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "At the moment we have no further news or contacts with the kidnappers of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre" sources from the Mali Bishops' Conference told Agenzia Fides regarding the kidnapping of Fr. Hans ...
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  23 November 2022
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - Bishop of Manzini: “Media are used as weapons. Who fuels the violence?” Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - "Fear seems to be another element that has become part of our daily lives", writes to Agenzia Fides Msgr. José Luis Ponce de León, IMC Bishop of Manzini, in the kingdom of eSwatini (formerly S ...
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  22 November 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - A White Father of German nationality has disappeared, there are fears of a kidnapping Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the police have started looking for Fr. Hans-Joachim, but at the moment it is not yet known whether and which group may have kidnapped him", the Missionaries of Africa (White Father ...
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  21 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Immediate action to respond to the suffering of displaced persons El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the internally displaced continues to worsen due to the ongoing conflicts between the Ngok and Twiic Dinka ethnic groups in one of the four counties called Aneet Romamer in the ...
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  21 November 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - 400 years of Propaganda Fide: "let us ask God for the gift of a strong faith, following the example of the first missionaries Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Do we still have that strong faith of the early missionaries or not?" asked Moons. Damian Denis Dallu, Archbishop of Songea and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tanz ...
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  19 November 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The President of Rwanda in favor of a ceasefire in eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rwandan President Paul Kagame has agreed to assist the EAC facilitator to encourage the M23 to cease fire and withdraw from the conquered territories", reads a statement from former Kenyan Pre ...
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  19 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Umueri's Vigilante Group frees Catholic priest abducted 24 hours earlier Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the state of Anambra, in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, ended in 24 hours. Father Cyril Okafor was abducted on November 15, 2022 from the Holy Ghost A ...
• 19 November 2022
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of bishop of Mahajanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F., of Morombe, as bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 19/11/2022) ...
• 18 November 2022
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Rector of the Libermann Major Seminary, in Dakar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 1, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Alphonse Diomaye Niane, of the clergy of the archdiocese of D ...
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  18 November 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Gas exports begin, but will this resource be used to lift the country out of poverty? Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Mozambique welcomes its first export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the departure on November 13 of a first supply of gas from the Coral Sul offshore plant, while "social and economic inequa ...
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  17 November 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops warn of illegal gold mines and see dangers to health, the environment and agriculture Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - In Ivory Coast, as in Ghana, illegal gold mining is a problem that endangers the health of residents and harms the environment. And as in Ghana (see Fides, 16/11/2022) in Ivory Coast the bi ...
• 17 November 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Pope John Paul II Major Seminary in Awka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed rev. Cyril Chukwudozie Udebunu, of the diocesan clergy of Onitsha as Rector of the Pope John Paul II Major Seminary in the diocese ...
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  16 November 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops warn: 'People's anger and frustration are on the rise' Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, economic crisis, environmental disasters linked to illegal mining activities, and potential risks of extension of jihadist activities from neighboring countries. These are the problems ...
• 15 November 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo, Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, until now bishop of Chimoio, as coadjutor Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/11/2022) ...
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  15 November 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - After the Covid-19 pandemic, now there is that of the kidnapping of children Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Every 5 hours a child disappears in South Africa". The dramatic data is reported by Missing Children South Africa which cites the statistics of the South African police referring to 2013. ...