Africa
26 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - "A transparent process for the October 2022 vote immediately" ask the religious leaders of Kenya
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) continues to suffer from a serious case of leadership and credibility crisis", says the Dialogue Reference Group of the main religious ...
26 May 2021
AFRICA/MALI - Coup within the coup: old practices that starve African peoples
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - What happened yesterday, May 25, 2021, has been described as a "coup within the coup" by the military against the leaders of the transitional executive as well as the colonels who carried out th ...
25 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Protests in Abuja against kidnappings; the Bishops: "Citizens are losing faith in the State"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria yesterday, May 24, blocking a highway, to protest against the increasing cases of kidnappings for ransom, which ...
25 May 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - "Catholic Girls Arise": girls from the diocese of Mangochi committed to living Christian charity
Mangochi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of about 200 young women from all over Malawi have chosen to live their lives reaching out to others, in response to the Catholic faith and oriented to change the world. They are the yo ...
24 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic lawyers call for "a summit to address insecurity in the country"; no news of the kidnapped priest"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately convene a summit on security in Nigeria". This is what the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) is asking in the face of the increasing ac ...
24 May 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Xenophobia is the denial of the teachings of the Gospel and the Koran
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, acts of xenophobia have been unleashed by the Ivorian population against Nigerians residing in Ivory Coast following a fake video spread on social media. "Xenophobia is the denial o ...
22 May 2021
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the national "Holy Family" major Seminary and appointment of the Rector
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the national "Holy Family" major Seminary in the district of Mwe ...
22 May 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - Recession, inflation, poverty: population exhausted
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Anger and frustration, as well as poverty, circulate in Sudanese society. The fear is that in this impasse a strong man will break through, as so many times in the history of the country", a m ...
22 May 2021
AFRICA /D.R.CONGO - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, transferring him from the diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga.
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21 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed and another kidnapped in northern Nigeria
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A priest killed and another kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault perpertrated by unidentified armed men against the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the State of Katsina, in no ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - $ 500 million for the Gaza Strip: Christian churches welcome President al Sisi's initiative
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarchs and bishops support the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who plans to allocate $ 500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to remedy the damage caused by Israeli ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Land grabbing and forced deportation of farmers increased during the lockdown for Covid-19
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is worsening as the populations of entire districts are forcibly evicted from their lands. Forced evictions are a clear indication that people's rights are being violated", says a ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - The global Catholic climate movement celebrates significant progress on the path of ecological conversion
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a ...
19 May 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Young Christians and Muslims united by sport to trace the path of coexistence and peace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This initiative is part of a logic of resorting to young people of different religious confessions, to trace paths of peace in the perspective of reconciliation in Ivory Coast", says Fr. Richar ...
19 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - "800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid" denounces the Bishop of Embu
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, ...
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