Africa

• 11 October 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 60 years of independence: bishops look back on developments over the past ten years Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last ten years our country has developed positively in many ways", say the Bishops of Uganda in their Message for the 60th anniversary of Independence. Referring to their letter, written ...
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  11 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks postponed to a date to be defined to stop the war in Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes of further peace talks launched by the African Union (AU) in South Africa to find a solution to the conflict in the Tigray region (see Fides 6/10/2022), faded on the same weekend of Oc ...
• 10 October 2022
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - New cycle of violence? after the assault on a military base with the death of 7 soldiers Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - At least 7 soldiers lost their lives in an attack on the Garabtisan base, in the north of Djibouti, in the early hours of Friday, October 7. In a statement, the Ministry of Defense blamed the " ...
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  10 October 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Displaced people, floods, food emergency: from rural to urban areas Karthum (Agenzia Fides) –– A quarter of the population of Sudan is facing a situation of acute hunger. It is estimated that 12 million people suffer from this emergency, and the figure could reach 18 million by the e ...
• 8 October 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBICO - “I terroristi vogliono farci credere che questa sia una guerra religiosa, ma non lo è” afferma il Vescovo di Nacala AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Nacala: "Terrorists want us to believe that this is a religious war, but it is not" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorists want us to believe that this is a religious issue, but it is not", ...
• 7 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The remaining 23 hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack released after more than 6 months Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The remaining 23 people who were still held by the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have been released (see Fides, 30/3/2022). This was stated by Nigerian authorities, ac ...
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  7 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Vocation is a mystery: sharing the Word of God with those who have never heard it Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Simplicity and kindness, a sense of belonging and above all, the way of welcoming people, listening to them and trusting them are some of the characteristics that inspired a young missionary to joi ...
• 6 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN is preparing to leave eastern DRC by putting African initiatives back on the agenda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ready and willing to withdraw". Thus, the head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, affirmed to the United Nations Security Council his willing ...
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  6 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks in South Africa for the largest ongoing war on our planet right now Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While the death toll of the drone attack against internally displaced people in Adi Daero, in western Tigray, registered on October 4, 2022, continues to increase, the president of the Afric ...
• 5 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Spokesman of the Bishops' Conference: "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money",Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, Director of Social Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, told Cameroonian television. Whe ...
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  5 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The difficult testimony of missionaries in the Sahel Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - For just over ten years the population of the Sahel has been living in an extremely delicate situation due to the presence of radical movements close to Al Qaeda that have created great insecurity ...
• 4 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, on Sunday, October 2, on the occasion of the opening of the Missionary ...
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  4 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The world war in Africa in the midst of a media blackout Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia is turning into a world war in Africa, with tens of thousands of deaths in recent months, potentially unreported, while Tigray rebels fight against a coalition of armies and militia ...
• 3 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Calm returns, the head of the military junta who was deposed leaves the country thanks to the mediation of religious leaders Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Ouagadougou is calm after the tensions on Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1", Church sources from the capital of Burkina Faso report to Fides, where a coup took p ...
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  3 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The voice of those who cry in the desert": bombing continues in Tigray and humanitarian aid is completely blocked Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombings that continue to hit northern Ethiopia are getting stronger, they are annihilating the civilian population. We cannot have data on the exact number of dead and injured due to t ...