Africa

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  21 October 2026
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Reconciliation also depends on the reintegration of former prisoners Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Reconciliation is an ongoing process,” says Bishop Papias Musengamana of Byumba, who is responsible for the apostolate within the Episcopal Commission for the Laity, in an interview with ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 2027 Elections: Bishops announce national prayer and fasting program “As Nigeria approaches the 2027 elections, we are called to intensify our prayers so that the elections may be free, fair, credible and peaceful.” The Nigerian Bishops made the appeal as they announced a national pra ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/EGYPT - From Cairo, a daily mission alongside the most vulnerable Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “I arrived safely and, in the blink of an eye, I was immersed once again in this beautiful and demanding Arab life.” Two weeks after returning to Cairo, Deacon Anselmo Fabiano, of the Societ ...
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  20 October 2026
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Father Diouf: “Dialogue between Christians and Muslims is a daily reality” Rome (Fides News Agency) – “We are probably an exception in the world, because we live in a Muslim-majority country, with a small Catholic community alongside other religious denominations,” says Father Augustin S� ...
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  19 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped last week released Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Father John Inalegwu Otache, the priest abducted on 13 October along the Otobi Amejo–Ajegbe road, in the local government area of Ohimini in Benue State, north-central Nigeria, has been re ...
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  18 October 2026
  100th WORLD MISSION DAY: Being "united in mission" amidst a predominantly Muslim population
  Ghinnir (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the 100th World Mission Day, missionaries from the Villaregia Missionary Community, who are serving in a new mission in Ghinnir, ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Mission continues, always! Methods, pastoral approaches and available resources change… but the Spirit that inspired the pioneers 100 Years ago remains the same” by Father Dario Dozio* Korhogo (Fides News Agency) – 1 October, the feast of Saint Therese: the perfect day to arrive in the mission. It has been ten years since I left Ivory Coast. It is a pleasure to find again it ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest from the Diocese of Otukpo kidnapped Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Father John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St Margaret’s Parish in Ajegbe Awume. According to a statement issued by ...
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  15 October 2026
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO — A war within a war: the clash between JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel Ouagadougou (Fides News Agency) — A war within a war is being fought in the sands of the Sahara, in the tri-border area where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. Here, the two main jihadist groups operating in the regio ...
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  14 October 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Renewed conflict in Tigray raises fears of a new humanitarian emergency Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – Nearly a month has passed since fighting resumed in Ethiopia, where an alliance of rebel groups led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has launched a new offensive, reignitin ...
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  14 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Diocese of Gboko closes four facilities in Ihugh for security reasons Abuja (Fides News Agency) – St Winifred Secondary School, also known as St Winifred Girls’ Secondary School; St Winifred Nursery and Primary School; St Thomas Hospital, which includes the Salus Mind Care Centre and t ...
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  14 October 2026
  Mission beyond the illusions of efficiency: following in the footsteps of Venerable Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus Algiers (Fides News Agency) – “The Lord took me by the hand and I followed him blindly.” With these words, which capture the essence of a life entirely devoted to the Gospel, Diego Sarrió Cucarella, Bishop of Lagh ...
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  13 October 2026
  AFRICA - African Churches express closeness to Pope Leo XIV: Prayers and best wishes for his surgery Rome (Fides News Agency) – The Churches of Africa express closeness to Pope Leo XIV as he prepares to undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule. On behalf of the African bishops, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of ...
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  13 October 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Joseph Kabila at the helm of the new political-military movement, FRN Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – Former President Joseph Kabila is at the helm of a new political-military movement announced on 12 October in Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic o ...
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  13 October 2026
  WORLD MISSION SUNDAY - Father James Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries: “It is God’s Love, not us, that saves the world” by Paolo Affatato Rome (Fides News Agency) – This year, Father James Bhola Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries, will celebrate World Mission Sunday (WMS) in a place of profound symbolic value: E ...