Africa

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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the bloodied Tigray region, the heparch of Adigrat calls for solidarity with the bishops Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "The atrocities committed so far against the Tigrinya population are not only against the right to the existence of human beings, but also against God who created us", declared the Bishop of the ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hard work is the key to success for young people. "Let's get our hands dirty": a warning from the bishop of Tombura Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We must work hard, be honest, commit ourselves as if we were not the ones who would benefit from the fruits of South Sudan. We are the ones who lay the foundations", said the Bishop of t ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "We who know war, we beg you: do not do it!": from the depths of the Congo, a call not to start a war in Ukraine Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - We, the young people of Bukavu, the war generation, have suffered a lot of misfortune and trauma because of it. That is why we beg you not to start the war. Someone wrote: "If you want peace, pre ...
• 22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Mamfe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, of the clergy of Buéa, bishop of the Diocese of Mamfe (Cameroon), currently teacher and formator at the St. Thomas Aqu ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Students and schools targeted in English-speaking separatist regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There is also a Catholic school among the schools attacked in recent weeks in the southwestern region of Cameroon. On February 8 and 11, armed groups burned down two schools, respectively the p ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children rediscover dignity, hospitality and love at the Foyer totonn Gilles Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "With the street children I met in Niamey, we organized a cleaning campaign in a field near our house", says Gilles, a Nigerian journalist who spends most of his time with these young victims in ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Malnourished children, exhausted population, destroyed livestock: the environmental crisis worsens the living conditions of the population Ginir (Agenzia Fides) - "People are starving in our area and the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly. My health colleagues say that the increase in cases of acute malnutrition among children will only get worse. T ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Onitsha rejects the statements of a religious that risk fomenting ethnic hatred Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is not a tribal institution and should", says His Exc. Mgr. Valerian Maduka Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha, in a statement in which the Archdiocese warns the faithful that Fr. E ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prolonged drought, erratic and unpredictable rainfall, increased flooding: the population reduced to hunger Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in the tents is not easy because of the lack of water supply and the hygienic-sanitary challenges that we face every day", said the diocesan radio station of Ndola, the victims of the floods ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "We must put discord aside and act together against the real enemies: terrorism and drought" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church in Somalia is to be always well informed of what is happening and not to forget this part of the world. The mandate that I see for myself and for the Church here, is ...
• 19 February 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi, presented by Archbishop Simon Ntamwana. The Holy Father has appointe ...
• 18 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kisumu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, currently Bishop of Nakuru, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 18/2/2022) ...
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  18 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Forced to beg to keep Ayder CS Hospital in Mekelle running Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "We trust that the whole world, through international, continental and regional institutions, has all the tools to stop this man-made tragedy and allow humanitarian aid to reach our region very ...
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  18 February 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The presence of the Burundian militia Imbonerakure is expanding in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Burundian Imbonerakure militia have camped on the Ruzizi river coast, where they have established at least three camps in the towns of Mwaba, Ngendo and Ndunga, where the Burundi ...
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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Regional security uncertain after the withdrawal of French and European troops from Mali Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "There are no longer the political, operational and legal conditions" to continue our military missions in Mali. In a joint press release published this morning, February 17, France and its Europe ...