Africa
13 April 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Are the jihadists who conquered Palma part of a larger network?
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 12 beheaded bodies have been found in Palma, the city in northern Mozambique, attacked on March 24 by a group of jihadists, who have declared to belong to the Islamic State (see Fides, ...
13 April 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: "The Church works for peace and justice"
Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, founded by Christ, the Prince of Peace, cannot escape its mission of bringing harmony to the societies in which it lives. Talks began in Yaoundé a year ago that should have led to ...
13 April 2021
AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ilario Antoniazzi, Archbishop of Tunis, National D ...
12 April 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to local sources, Fr. Marcel Izu Onyeocha who was kidnapped on April 11th, was released by his kidnappers after being held hostage for a short time. It is the umpteenth kidnapping of a p ...
12 April 2021
AFRICA/GHANA - "Ritual killings are a threat to national security" denounce the Bishops
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to protect our youth from certain things. So some of what the media carries out there should be censored for the youth. Because if things like ‘how people can come by quick money’ is ...
10 April 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - Covid-19 infections increase in particular among young people: the authorities appeal to a sense of responsibility
Kartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The picture presented by the World Health Organization in much of Africa is that of health systems which are collapsing, doctors, nurses and other health workers who have reached the limits of t ...
10 April 2021
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Augustinian missionaries: "Restoring hope for the future to young people"
Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of our missionary project in Algeria is to create a psychological and social assistance program for young Algerians, structured in listening centers managed by professionals, associati ...
9 April 2021
AFRICA /D.R. CONGO - "Stop with the murders": appeal by the Bishops to stop the violence in the east of the country
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For more than two decades, the east of our country has been devastated by armed conflicts and recurrent insecurity that cause death, desolation and displacement of populations. Unfortunately, ...
9 April 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Bishop of Bafatà died of Covid: the first Brazilian missionary Bishop of a mission territory outside Brazil
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Today it is urgent to rebuild the person, the heart of the people, because people suffer psychologically and spiritually, in addition to poverty. It is necessary to promote reconciliation and pe ...
8 April 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Armed Forces take control of Palma Town
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “A ghost town”. The Mozambican armed forces have taken full control of the town of Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, driving out the remaining islamist terrorists who had attac ...
8 April 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - Schools closed in Sudan's Red Sea state amid third COVID-19 wave
Port Sudan (Agenzia Fides) - "A steady increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths during the next three months is expected", said Sudanese Minister of Health Omar El Najeeb a few days ago. All primary and secondary schoo ...
7 April 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - The economic and social crisis is fueling discontent and poverty
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan is experiencing a delicate situation of transition. The economic situation is very difficult: subsidies on petrol and flour have been cut, prices are rising and the Sudanese pound is cons ...
7 April 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New joint call to lay down arms and end violence in Tigray
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "With immediate effect, the Ethiopian national defense forces will assume responsibility for border security": these are words espressed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the recent ...
7 April 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Freeing children and young people from modern slavery: the Sisters of the Good Shepherd receive an award
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Winning the Stop Slavery Hero Award, in addition to being an important recognition of our daily work in the mining communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to eliminate child labor - pr ...
7 April 2021
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of bishop of Bunda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Bunda, Tanzania, the Reverend Simon Chibuga Masondole of the clergy of the same see, until now parish administrator, director of th ...
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