Africa

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  1 September 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Catechists in Africa: reference point for Christians of small communities Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa I would never have been able to carry out my missionary service without the help and support of so many catechists", said Fr. Walter Maccalli in reference to the Motu Proprio “Antiquum ...
• 1 September 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe kidnapped last Sunday has been released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe, in the south-west of Cameroon, was released without paying the ransom, kidnapped on Sunday, August 29 (see Fides, 31/8/2021). This was announced yeste ...
• 31 August 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Vicar general of the diocese of Mamfe kidnapped Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe in the English-speaking region in the south-west of the country was kidnapped last Sunday. There is a war there between the regular army and militiamen ...
• 30 August 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop of Dar es Salaam orders vaccination of all priests Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Every priest has to be vaccinated against Covid 19 ... It is a disease that touches us deeply because it costs us the lives of our loved ones. Let's take it seriously", said His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 30 August 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - More than 3,000 young people from the diocese of Yopougon participate in the Diocesan Youth Days Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic youth of the diocese of Yopougon will meet from August 27 to 30 at the Saint Laurent parish of Yopougon Kouté to live its traditional annual activity, the Diocesan Youth Days (JDJ) ...
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  28 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Combating violence: Bishop Sipuka calls for an inclusive economy and education Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "After the violence that broke out in July, we proposed that the government take reconciliation measures and ask those who stole and looted businesses to return the stolen goods within a sh ...
• 27 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Tombura-Yambio warns of “hate messages” on social media Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "There are too many hate messages on social media", denounced His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, in which he stigmati ...
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  27 August 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch warns young people about loss of humanity through social media Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "One sociologist said: With the invention of the mobile phone, the era of humanity came to an end. And this is a serious matter: we have started to measure our humanity with technological tools, b ...
• 26 August 2021
  AFRICA - Attacks in the Sahel are increasing: the bishops of Niger and Burkina Faso express concern Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks by jihadist groups are increasing in the countries of the Sahel, especially in the so-called triangle between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (see Fides, 20/8/2021). In Burkina Faso ...
• 25 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Kussala on the murder of the former commissioner: "He was a man of peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I offer my condolences on the tragic death of Babiro Charles Gbamisi, who was shot and killed in an assassination attempt this morning," said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in So ...
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  24 August 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches and ecclesiastical buildings "approved" by the Egyptian government rises to 1958 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In July and August 2021, the Egyptian government confirmed that a further 76 churches and buildings owned by the church comply with the regulations for the construction of Christian houses of wors ...
• 24 August 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops of Bamenda call for an end to the conflict: "Our people are tired of living in uncertainty and fear" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore the violence, insecurity, kidnappings, torture and senseless killings, sometimes of innocent people and children", emphasized the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Bamenda Provi ...
• 23 August 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishop of Solwezi hopes that "the new President will fight rampant corruption and pacify the nation" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The newly elected President of Zambia will have to "fight the rampant corruption, which has reached unprecedented levels in our nation". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solw ...
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  21 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The two slain Catholic sisters are our martyrs", said the Archbishop of Juba at their funeral Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Mary Daniel Abut and Sister Regina Roba Luate are our martyrs because they were killed in cold blood", said yesterday, August 20, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba ...
• 20 August 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - After Burkina Faso, now also Mali: At least 15 soldiers die in a jihadist attack Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadist groups are again attacking soldiers from the regular armed forces in the Sahel. After the most recent incident on August 18 in Burkina Faso (see Fides 19/8/2021) it is Mali's turn, where ...