Africa

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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Concrete solidarity of Catholic women with the victims of the Apiatse explosion Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It takes time to overcome the sorrowful repercussions of situations like the disaster you have suffered", said His Exc. Msgr. John Baptist Attakruh, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, addressing the vic ...
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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray still deprived of humanitarian aid: lack of food and health facilities Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tigray is catastrophic, the region has been isolated from the rest of the world for 500 days now", accuses Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health ...
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  16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: Sant'Egidio calls for the end of military operations and a willingness to negotiate Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the armed conflict that is currently taking place in northern Casamance", declares the Community of Sant'Egidio, which for years has acted as a mediator for peace be ...
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  16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The ecumenical dimension of Pope Francis' visit to the Country Torit (Agenzia Fides) - "Upon hearing the news of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the country, we have appointed a committee of four persons from the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SCBC) to begin the work of p ...
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  15 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Unarmed resistance on the border of jihadism Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "A total of 40 animators and group leaders shared their concerns and hopes during our meeting that took place on the outskirts of Niamey in this month of March", writes to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanin ...
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  14 March 2022
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Allarme per centinaia di sfollati interni nell’altopiano di Ruzizi AFRICA /D.R. CONGO - Alarm for hundreds of internally displaced persons in the Ruzizi plateau Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The plateau of Ruzizi, in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has several ...
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  14 March 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops urge dioceses to ensure the safety and protection of minors and vulnerable people in the country Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "All Catholic dioceses in the country must ensure that children understand the path of the synodal process in order to guarantee their meaningful participation", said Fidelis Hamweemba, responsib ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops in government: it is necessary to declare a "state of emergency" Dundo (Agenzia Fides) - "We bishops have long been pointing out that the south of the country is living in conditions of extreme fragility: it has not rained for a long time, there is a serious famine, the cattle cannot ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government increases the state subsidy to the families of the Coptic martyrs of Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The families of Coptic Christians massacred in February 2015 by jihadists linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State continue to receive monthly the pension allowance that the Egyptian State rese ...
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  11 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops: "If we do not eliminate the war, it will eliminate the Ethiopians" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the very day the war broke out, the Catholic Church in Ethiopia has not kept silent. The Church has not stopped making public statements denouncing the war, loss of lives, displaceme ...
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  11 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Humility and trust in God: the date of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Carlassare is announced Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure that my wounds will serve for a greater good and that this long-awaited period was intended to prepare people's hearts to love the teachings of the Gospel, to form a more mature and to ...
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  10 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Everyone hopes that Pope Francis' visit will promote peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been waiting for some time for the good news of the confirmation of the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan", says to Fides Sr. Elena Balatti, Comboni missionary in the province of South ...
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  9 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archdiocese of Kaduna officially confirms the abduction of Father Joseph Akete Bako Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Kaduna has officially confirmed, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, the kidnapping of Father Joseph Akete Bako, parish priest of the Catholic Church of St. John, in Kudenda ...
• 9 March 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Pemba, Msgr. António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8, 2022, the Holy Father appointed Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, until now titular of Arsennaria and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Maputo, as bishop of the diocese ...
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  8 March 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Enough with the corruption and disputes in the ruling coalition that block the country Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Enough with corruption and political disputes that block the Nation". This is the meaning of the Pastoral Letter of the Bishops' Conference of Malawi which was read on March 6, the first Sunda ...