Africa

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  29 March 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Catholic University: A Sign of Hope in South Sudan by Javier Trapero Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - When we talk about South Sudan, the focus is usually on conflicts and humanitarian crises. But in this country, one also senses the energy and dynamism of young people who wa ...
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  28 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The drama of Congolese refugees in Burundi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The new Congolese refugees who arrived in Burundi on March 15, 2025, are currently living a difficult life due to the lack of continuous support from United Nations agencies and international ...
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  27 March 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Operation Sounkalo Solidarité: solidarity, sharing, social cohesion during Ramadan and Lent Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Since March 1, the official start of Ramadan, thousands of people of all faiths have gathered in various locations across the country to share food, which is distributed every afternoon at 6:00 p ...
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  27 March 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Escalation in South Sudan: Christian churches appeal for a peaceful solution Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in South Sudan is escalating: Yesterday, March 26, Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest, further escalating the renewed clashes between him and President Salva Kii ...
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  27 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father John Ubaechu, kidnapped on Sunday 23 March, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigerian priest John Ubaechu, kidnapped on Sunday, March 23, has been released (see Fides, 24/3/2025). This was announced yesterday, March 26, by the Archdiocese of Owerri in a statement signed by ...
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  26 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop Kukah: "The democratization of development leads to the development of democracy" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Democracy is a progressive development. Democracy gives one the opportunity to prove one's failures and gives one a greater chance to correct past mistakes," said Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of ...
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  26 March 2025
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops invite “to work together to ensure that the vote on October 31 takes place peacefully” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Fair, transparent, inclusive, and peaceful elections." This is the wish of the bishops of Ivory Coast for the presidential elections on October 31. " Ivory Coast is at a crucial turning point ...
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  26 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two people involved in the kidnapping and murder of Father Sylvester Okechukwu have been arrested Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Father Sylvester Okechukwu, the priest kidnapped and murdered in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, have been arrest ...
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  25 March 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - South Sudan and Chad condemn war threats launched by a Sudanese general Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions are growing between South Sudan and Chad, on the one hand, and the Sudanese government of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on the other. The dispute erupted following statements by Ge ...
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  25 March 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: "We are trying to move forward as a Church in a context of total precariousness, with the risk of a new civil war" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody civil war that ravaged Tigray between 2020 and 2022 is now compounded by an internal split within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), one of the two factions vying for contro ...
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  24 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Angola withdraws from peace mediation in the east of the Democratic Republic Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Angola has ended its mediation in the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Angolan Presidency announced this in a communiqué today, March 24: "Angola considers it necessa ...
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  24 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest kidnapped and police free another just hours after the abduction Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of priest kidnappings in Nigeria continues unabated. Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church Izombe, was kidnapped on the evening of Sunday, 23 March, 2025. T ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Army recaptures presidential palace in Khartoum: a symbolic turning point, but no end to the war in sight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of fighting, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) today, March 21, recaptured control of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias. ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke, in Kinshasa, attacked Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was attacked. The events date back to the nig ...
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  20 March 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - On a mission between Ramadan and Lent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – "Ramadan Karim" and "Som Mubarak": these are the two expressions used to wish a good fast, the first for Muslims, the second for Christians. "March 1st marked the beginning of the Muslim fast of ...