Africa

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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The contribution of the Church to the formation of new generations through education Gagnoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast, gathered at the 120th Plenary Assembly, are debating these days on the centrality of the new generations and on a global educational project that looks at the inte ...
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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Poverty, disorganization and music: the mission among the Pygmies is beautiful and full of stimuli Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of the missionaries here does not consist only in pastoral care strictly understood, such as catechesis and liturgy, but also in helping people to stand up, to invest in the future", ...
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  26 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Calm situation, demonstrations in favor of the military who took power Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in Ouagadougou is calm. People move freely without any problems. In the aftermath of the coup, several groups of young people took to the streets to show their support for t ...
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  25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military junta introduces itself: the UN condemns the coup Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The soldiers who overthrew the government of Burkina Faso were seen on national television yesterday, January 24, as they had previously announced (see Fides, 24/1/2022). The spokesperson ...
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  25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Documenting the History of the Catholic Church in Africa: “Catechists as Mediators” Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We will never stop praising the work of catechists in Africa", writes Father Basil Soyoye, from Nigeria, of the Society for African Missions (SMA), regarding the 'Memory of Catholic Africa' pro ...
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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionaries always ready to start over in increasingly disparate areas and contexts Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Having left Kolowaré on December 30 last year, I am now in Lomé in the Propaedeutics Seminary, the preparatory year for entering the Society of the African Missions before beginning the three-y ...
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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Militaries in revolt announce the arrest of the President; Fides sources" expected speech on TV by the coup leaders" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The military has announced that they will speak on national television shortly and perhaps we will know better what is happening", local sources say to Fides from Ouagadougou, the capital o ...
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  22 January 2022
  AFRICA - Antibiotic resistance, a hidden scourge worldwide, particularly affects sub-Saharan Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More and more infections, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, bloodstream infections and gonorrhea, have become more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to treat due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...
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  22 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Local bishops against the cancer of corruption that is rampant in the Country Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) -"Call for a relentless fight against corruption", is the title of the statement issued by the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEM) on January 19, 2022, on the spread of the phenomenon. Corr ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Christians in Algeria rediscover the relevance of the Fathers of the Church Constantina (Agenzia Fides) - "He who does not know where he comes from cannot know where he is going". This is the conviction of the Catholics of the Diocese of Constantina in Algeria, who embark on a "journey in stages ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Staff of the Anti-Corruption Bureau must be protected" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "No one should be pressurized, intimidated or influenced by threats or any other means in the carrying out of their work for the good of the country. We plead, in the interest of building a mor ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The blockade of humanitarian aid records the lowest rate of stocks of all kinds in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the ongoing fighting in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the transport of humanitarian aid has been suspended since 14 December. Although there are more than 800,000 people who should be a ...
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  20 January 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The bishops meeting for the first time since 2020 confirm the resumption of pastoral activities slowed down by the pandemic Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "How nice it is to be here physically after so long", said His Exc. Mgr. João Rodrigues, Bishop of Tzaneen, at the beginning of his homily during the opening Mass of the plenary session of ...
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  19 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Hundreds of innocent people lose their lives every day. An unprecedented crisis in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian situation in Tigray is worsening day by day. Millions of children suffer from severe malnutrition, just as many people are starving, including internally displaced persons. Ever ...
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  19 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "The wild exploitation of the country's resources is destroying the environment" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The degradation and destruction of our ecosystem are frightening", denounce the Bishops of the Central African Republic in the message published at the end of their first Plenary Assembly this y ...