Africa

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  29 July 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops urge Tinubu to reassure Christians and ensure transparent elections in 2027 Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “This, Mr. President, is a time when many Christians have legitimate concerns about their place in Nigeria, especially regarding the departure from the Christian/Muslim presidency, and we ...
• 29 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kabinda Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Eustache Ntamwe Makoyo, of the clergy of the diocese of Kabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, until now rector of the Saint Charles Borro ...
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  29 July 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "The final word belongs not to violence or death, but to God, the Lord of life": Church renews hope while awaiting justice Nampula (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic community continues to keep alive the memory of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of Beira, who was brutally killed at his episcopa ...
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  28 July 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - AMECEA Plenary Assembly concludes: East African Bishops identify young people as pastoral priority for the next four years Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – The 21st Plenary Assembly of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, after bringing together bishops, priests, religious, la ...
• 27 July 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On June 10, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Kizito Ta ...
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  27 July 2026
  A AFRICA/SUDAN - SAF advances in Kordofan: strategic axis to El Obeid reopened Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Sudan's armed forces (SAF) have announced that they have regained control of the highway linking the capital, Khartoum, to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, reopening a strategic ...
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  24 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Neutralizing the FDLR remains the key obstacle to peace in the East: Kinshasa focuses on diplomacy Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – As the national dialogue launched by President Félix Tshisekedi continues (see Fides, 23/7/2026), one of the central issues remains the persistent insecurity in the eastern Democratic Re ...
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  23 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue relaunched in July and Churches play a decisive role Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – Hopes are growing for progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national dialogue after the opposition group C64 announced the suspension of a protest march that had been sched ...
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  22 July 2026
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Alarm in Madagascar over wave of unresolved child and adolescent disappearances and killings Antananarivo (Fides News Agency) – Alarm is growing in Madagascar over a wave of unresolved disappearances and killings that, since the beginning of the year, has particularly affected children and adolescents, especia ...
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  21 July 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops call for peace and dialogue ahead of December elections Juba (Fides News Agency) – At the conclusion of their annual assembly, held from July 15 to 17, 2026, the Catholic bishops of South Sudan issued an urgent appeal to address the serious challenges facing the country. Am ...
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  21 July 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Young people at the center of the 21st AMECEA Plenary Assembly: “Do not be robbed of hope” Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – Young people are at the center of the reflections taking place during the 21st Plenary Assembly of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), which opened ...
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  20 July 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Caritas Nigeria calls for state of emergency in the northwest to assist displaced persons Abuja (Fides news Agency) – Caritas Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in northwestern Nigeria, where insecurity fuelled by armed banditry and jihadist terrorism has forced tho ...
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  20 July 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Diocese suspends festive celebrations in memory of Father Osório Citora Afonso Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – In an official statement addressed to the clergy, delegates of the Conference of Religious Institutes of Mozambique (CIRMO) in Quelimane, religious institutes, and apostolic movements, t ...
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  19 July 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 900,000 people in Cabo Delgado need humanitarian assistance Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – A new alarm has been raised over the humanitarian situation in Mozambique, particularly in the province of Cabo Delgado. According to the German non-governmental organization Johannit ...
• 16 July 2026
  AFRICA/CHAD - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Sarh Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sarh, Chad, presented by Bishop Miguel Angel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.J. The Holy Father has ap ...