Africa

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  7 August 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Two ministers die in helicopter crash: Bishops express condolences and ask for prayers Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Shocking news that we could not believe," said Msgr. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana (GCBC), in response to the news of the helicop ...
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  6 August 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Serious damage caused by deforestation of teak plantations for illicit trafficking by armed groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Are wars fought to gain control over resources, or is control over resources used to finance fighting? This is a question that arises when observing the various conflicts in Africa, in which the op ...
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  5 August 2025
  AFRICA/RWANDA - "Hope is at the heart of our lives": Closing Message of the 20th Plenary Assembly of SECAM Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope is the heart of our lives," under this motto, the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (see Fides, 1/8/2025) urges the continent's ...
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  5 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ituri youth peace demonstration marked by Komanda church massacre Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "You do not build a nation with a Kalashnikov," said Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa of Mahagi-Nioka in Ituri in his address to young people, urging them not to join one of the many armed group ...
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  4 August 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Forgotten conflict in northeastern Ghana flares up again Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Donatus Akamugri Atanga, Minister for the Upper East Region, praised the role of the Catholic Church in assisting refugees and its commitment to ongoing peace efforts in the region during a visit ...
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  4 August 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Sister Inês Paulo Albino to children and young people at the First Congress on Childhood: "You are already missionaries, your prayer illuminates the world" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear children and young people, you are already missionaries. You are young, but you have a heart as big as the sky. You are the light that illuminates the whole world with the prayers you off ...
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  2 August 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The President of the Episcopal Conference makes an appeal at the First Congress on Children: “Protect the faith of children now” Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Safeguarding and cultivating the faith of children today is urgent and a priority. This was stated by Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, President of the Malawi Bishops' Conference (MCCB), at the openin ...
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  1 August 2025
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The 20th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) opens Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – The 20th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) opened yesterday, July 31, in the Rwandan capital. The opening ceremony took place after ...
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  1 August 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Calm has returned, but union demands remain unanswered Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation has returned to calm, but there is great dismay at the lives lost in recent days,” a Church source in Luanda, the capital of Angola, told Fides, following the violent protest ...
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  31 July 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Negotiations between Addis Ababa and Somalia over sea access stalled by Cosimo Graziani Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - According to diplomatic sources familiar with the matter, diplomatic negotiations between Ethiopia and Somalia to resolve the issue of Addis Ababa's access to the sea a ...
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  31 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas Bunia: “In July alone, more than 100 people died in Ituri despite the state of siege in place for four years” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “In our province alone, in July, more than 100 people, including women and children, were brutally murdered in attacks of unspeakable brutality.” This was revealed by the diocesan Caritas ...
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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - National Martyrs' Day: Bishop Hiiboro Kussala calls for peace in the country Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – “As a bishop, I pledge to speak out until the truth is heard. To walk with the victims and wounded families. To offer the Church as a space for reconciliation and dialogue. To pray un ...
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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - 1,400 children and adolescents, "missionaries of hope," will attend a congress with their leaders from all the country's dioceses Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - 1,400 children and adolescents, aged between 8 and 14, accompanied by 200 leaders from the country's eight dioceses, are expected to arrive in Lilongwe today. They will be the protagonists of t ...
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  29 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in the Church of Blessed Anuarite; Bishops: "It is paradoxical that in Ituri, where a state of siege has been in effect since 2021, massacres continue to occur" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A call to the faithful not to give in to panic and a strong exhortation to state authorities to assume their responsibility in protecting the population. This is how the National Episcopal Co ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in a church in Komanda. Survivors flee Bunia (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of Catholic faithful were killed with rifles and machetes while participating in a prayer vigil at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite. The massacre occurred during the night of Saturday, July ...