Africa
10 May 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Death sentence carried out against the murderer of Bishop Epiphanios
Damanhur (Agenzia Fides) - In Damanhur Prison, the death penalty was carried out against Wael Saad Tawadros, the former Coptic Orthodox monk convicted of murdering Bishop Epiphanios. He was found dead on 29 July 2018 in ...
10 May 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - After the attack on Palma: the displaced are lacking essentials
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack on the city of Palma on March 24 (see Fides 27/4/2021), the already grave humanitarian situation in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique has worsened. Before the a ...
10 May 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Bishop of Dedza, Mgr. Peter Chifukwa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 8, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Peter Chifukwa, of the clergy of Dedza, currently Judicial Vicar and Rector of the St. Kizito minor Seminary as Bishop of the Diocese of Dedza (Mala ...
10 May 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Sisters of Shire call for attention to be kept high on the serious humanitarian situation
Shire (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of refugees from neighboring areas have fled the fury of the fighting in recent months. They gather in the city's state schools, where they are monitored and assisted by some internation ...
8 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "A national conference immediately to address the ungovernability of the Country"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be united in the fight for our common destiny as a people. It must be clearly stated to the Federal Government that if they continue to ignore the constructive criticisms and recommendati ...
8 May 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "I am recovering, in a few days I'll be back on track!" says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the missionary wounded by a mine
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am recovering, I think that in a few days I will be ready to go back to work", says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the Betharramite missionary (as the members of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of J ...
8 May 2021
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Una parrocchia diventa centro di accoglienza per gli sfollati interni
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A parish becomes a reception center for internally displaced persons
Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of the internally displaced persons in the parish of Bourzanga is of absolute emergen ...
7 May 2021
AFRICA - Covid-19: "Africa's access to vaccines is one of the crucial points to contain the pandemic" recalls CUAMM
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa’s access to vaccines is one of the crucial points to contain the pandemic. In the face of a global emergency, the only possible response must be global. Africa cannot be excluded. We ne ...
7 May 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The state of siege enters into force in two eastern provinces devastated by armed conflicts
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As of yesterday, May 6, the state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has entered into force, proclaimed on May 3 by President F ...
6 May 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A young missionary collaborator dies in the car explosion in the Niem Mission
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A young missionary collaborator is the only victim of the explosion of a mine that exploded under the car of the Catholic Mission of Niem. "Fr. Arialdo Urbani and one of his members of the Missio ...
6 May 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga: "Need to disarm hearts"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A change is underway in the Central African Republic. The armed rebels who had entered the cities have left them and are in the forests. It remains to be seen whether this is real or just tempor ...
5 May 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Missionaries' car blows up on a mine; at least one victim
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A car of the Catholic Mission of Niem exploded on a mine this morning, May 5, 2021. "We are waiting to know the exact details of the sad episode", His Exc. Mgr Mirosław Gucwa, Bishop of the dioc ...
5 May 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The population continues to flee from Pemba, the town attacked by jihadists at the end of March
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The exodus of inhabitants from Pemba continues, the small town in northern Mozambique attacked on March 24 by a jihadist group that claims to be affiliated with ISIS (see Fides, 27/3/2021). Accor ...
4 May 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros on the controversial Ethiopian dam: water is a gift from God, and may God enlighten the rulers
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Water is "a gift from God", that Divine Providence entrusts to human beings in order to guarantee life and prosperity, but as a result of individual and national conflicts of interest, attempts ha ...
4 May 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Imam victim of an attack in North Kivu: "He was a lover of peace and tolerance"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret the death of this unifying and moderate imam, a lover of peace and tolerance in the context of radical Islamism", said the local non-governmental organization CEPADHO (Center for Stu ...
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