Africa

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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting the President's address to the nation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting President Andry Rajoelina's statements," Father Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with vast missionary experience in the country, told ...
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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sign language in Sudanese Arabic: Comboni missionaries' initiative for the hard-of-hearing people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting inclusion, communication, and awareness in Sudan, particularly among teachers, families, and organisations that support communities of deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Father Jorge Nar ...
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  10 October 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Body responsible for monitoring the peace agreements: "There is a risk of a large-scale resumption of civil war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The political stalemate between the various parties in South Sudan must be resolved before it is too late," said George Owinow, President of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commi ...
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  7 October 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops react to the death sentence handed down against former President Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The death penalty is not compatible with the Gospel and does not promote national cohesion,” the bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo stated after the death sentence handed down b ...
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  6 October 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - China also invests in Africa in the healthcare sector by Cosimo Graziani Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – China in Africa is not just about strategic infrastructure. The country's presence on the African continent aims to create a partnership that will last for years and is di ...
• 4 October 2025
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Tensions due to demonstrations organized by the opposition ahead of the presidential elections on October 25 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Demonstrations are planned for today, Saturday, October 4, in all cities in Ivory Coast. These demonstrations are organized by the "Fronte Comune," the alliance of the two main opposition part ...
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  3 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Protests continue despite government resignation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Anti-government protests in Madagascar continue. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets yesterday (October 2) in various cities to demand the resignation of President Andry Rajoel ...
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  3 October 2025
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Food, drinking water, medical care, and psychosocial support for a group of 220 juvenile prisoners Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the non-gove ...
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  2 October 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violent clashes in Nagero County: injured, displaced, and missing. Homes, health centers, schools, and various infrastructures destroyed Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – "To all those engaged in fighting, I raise my voice as a shepherd: Cease hostilities! Respect human life! Protect civilians!" said the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Barani Eduardo Hiiboro K ...
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  1 October 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal from South Kivu civil society: "Territorial integrity must be respected and the local population must be included in the peace talks" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The populations in war-torn areas must not be ignored by not being invited to negotiations to resolve the conflicts that affect them. This is what a group of personalities and traditional lea ...
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  29 September 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The country is in revolt: protesters denounce the government and demand the restoration of electricity and water supplies Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Looting and destruction in the capital, fires, school closures, and curfews – this is the scenario that has shaken one of the world's poorest countries, where over 75% of the population ...
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  28 September 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Proliferation of illegally held firearms raises concern Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Ghana has seen a sharp increase in incidents involving illegally held firearms this year. According to the Firearms Incident Report prepared by the National Commission on Small Arms and Light We ...
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  24 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop of N'Dali celebrates Mass in the village of Kalalé which was attacked by Nigerian jihadists on September 10 Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The hostages are still in the hands of the jihadists," says Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni of N'Dali, the diocese in Benin whose territory includes the village of Kalalé, which was attacked on S ...
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  23 September 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Christian denominations call for the cancellation of the country's debt in order to reduce social inequalities Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe's main Christian denominations describe their country's situation as a situation of "negative peace" in the declaration "Act Now for a Pacific World," issued on the occasion of World Pea ...
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  22 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest killed in a road ambush in southeastern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic priest Matthew Eya was killed violently in a road ambush in Nigeria. He was shot dead on the evening of September 19 on the Eha-Alumonah-Eha-Ndiagu road in Nsukka County, Enugu State, s ...