AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Guruè
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, 2021 the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Guruè, Mozambique, the Reverend Inácio Lucas, of the clergy of Nacala, until now vicar general of the same dioc ...
3 February 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church is refuge and hope for a better life
Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the inhabitants of South Sudan is fragile, exposed to a thousand unexpected ups and downs, injustices and abuses of all kinds. The country finds itself in a precarious situati ...
2 February 2021
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uíje
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Uíje, Angola, the Reverend Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe, of the clergy of Lubango, until now rector of the Fr. Leonardo Sikufinde Majo ...
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Do ethnic conflicts undermine the country's stability?
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ethiopian province of Tigray, 2 million people have been dependent on food aid since November last year after the region became a theater of war between the regular Ethiopian armed fo ...
AFRICA - The second wave of Covid-19 and Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Several African countries are currently experiencing the second wave of the virus", says Fr. Charles Chilufya SJ, Coordinator of the Task Force Africa of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission and Direct ...
28 January 2021
AFRICA/NIGER - The testimony of a Christian kidnapped by jihadists
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – Italian missionary Father Mauro Armanino from the Society for Africa Missions lives and works in Niger. He reports on the torture suffered by a Christian farmer, originally from the same area ...
28 January 2021
AFRICA /TOGO - Mission and the desire to leave for distant places
Sokodè (Agenzia Fides) - "If someone asks me today why I want to be a missionary, the answer is different from that at the beginning. It is not just a feeling, it is something deeper", writes Sebastião Moniz, seminaria ...