Africa

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  27 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence against priests, churches and congregations does not stop: two other priests assassinated Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) - Every week, innocent Nigerians lose their lives in terrorist attacks against places of worship, homes and means of transport, and many are also injured or kidnapped. This past weekend, two other ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Peace and reconciliation: the priority work of the Church Maralal (Agenzia Fides) - "The world belongs to everyone and we must be compassionate with everyone", said the president of the Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Seafarers at the Bishops' Conference of Kenya (KCCB), ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/CHAD - Salesian missionaries: with the compassion of Jesus, alongside families impoverished by the food crisis Doba (Agenzia Fides) - "How will families without work survive in the face of the serious food emergency that affects the country? This was the general concern and at the same time the impulse that motivated us to act: t ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pastor who seeks peace and reconciliation in the midst of conflict Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not easy to be Archbishop of Bamenda in this time of conflict. People look at the Church with great expectations, but the crisis we have been experiencing since the clashes between the ar ...
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  24 June 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Assembly: the commitment to evangelization is oriented Bouaké (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Assembly in the life of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of our country is the place for reflection, exchange and decision-making to guide our missionary commitment in our lo ...
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  24 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Ondo state authorities announce the arrest of suspects in the Pentecost massacre Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop until we have shed full light on this crime and I assure you that the perpetrators and their sponsors will be arrested", said Adetunji Adeleye, commander of the agency of the Ond ...
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  23 June 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Attacks on civilians move to the south of the province of Cabo Delgado Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 784,000 have been displaced in northern Mozambique due to violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups, mainly by the self-proclaimed Mozambican Province of ISIS. This is reported by ...
• 23 June 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kahama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko, of the clergy of the Diocese of Kigoma, currently Vicar General and Secretary General of the Pastoral Department, as ...
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  23 June 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Evangelization through education, health and socio-economic development Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan bishops recently gathered in Plenary Assembly focused on the process of evangelization that must be carried out in the country through education, health and socio-economic developmen ...
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  22 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Nigerian State seems to be on the verge of collapse" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Nigerian state seems to be on the verge of collapse", says a statement on the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in 2023, sent to Agenzia Fides, signed by the Secretary Gener ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Controversy over sending a regional military force to pacify eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A regional peacekeeping force to stabilize eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This was agreed in Nairobi during the June 20 meeting between East African leaders on security in this region of ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Forced recruitment of soldiers for the conflict in Tigray is rampant Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people were forcibly recruited to fight in Tigray, men, women and children were kidnapped and sent to the front lines. The recruitment of children by the Eritrean forces worsened, ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New massacre of faithful in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least three dead and about forty people kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault on worshipers at St. Moses Catholic Church, Robuh, Ungwan Aku, Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, whi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - In the English-speaking regions, terror prevents humanitarian aid, education, health care: women and children are the victims Bamenda (Agenzi Fides) - "Our intervention suffers from many objective limits. The first of these is the situation of terror that prevails throughout the region. I myself was kidnapped, along with three other operators, ...
• 20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “St. Charles Lwanga” National Major Seminary in Windhoek Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Taiju Thaliath, of the Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Ma ...