Africa
13 July 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Last tribute to Anne Marie Say Tanoh, icon of the sacred choral song, "her life was a program for God"
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Anne Marie Say Tanoh, icon of the sacred choral song in Ivory Coast and vocal guide of the Maitrise du diocèse de Yopougon (the choir of the diocese founded by the Bishop of that time, Mgr. Lau ...
11 July 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Everyone must condemn rape which is an intrinsically evil act" says the Archbishop of Lagos
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Scriptures and the Church down through the ages have condemned all sexual perversion including rape. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, physical and moral integrity of the victim. ...
11 July 2020
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Resignation of the Bishop of Bissau
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bissau (Guinea Bissau), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José Câmnate na Bissign. (SL) (Agenz ...
11 July 2020
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Violence on women and girls increases: the effects of Covid-19
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the harmful effects that the pandemic has caused in the world is the marked increase in abuse against women and children, exposed to violence due to the domestic confinement imposed by ...
11 July 2020
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Seven new Camillian priests close to the service of the poor, the sick and those in need of comfort
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the serious precariousness that continues to rage in the Country due to the Covid-19 pandemic (see Fides, 4/7/2020) the Camillian religious family of Ouagadougou welcomes seven new p ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Ivorians have become psychotic one month after the attack on Kafolo
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 June, 14 Ivorian soldiers died in a terrorist attack against a joint army/gendarmerie checkpoint in the Kafolo area, on the border with Burkina Faso. This was the second jihadist offensive ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/SENEGAL and MAURITANIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 April 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Joachim Francois Ndione, of the diocesan clergy of Thiès as Na ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The alarm of the missionaries: New jihadist attack in the North destroys church, hospital, houses
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - New attack by jihadist formations in Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique. The militiamen set the local church, the Januario Pedro secondary school, the district hospital, dozens of houses, ...
10 July 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - Covid-19: reopening of some parishes on an experimental basis; the contribution of the special fund of the PMS arrives
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - The small Church in Togo tries to recover from the isolation caused by Covid-19 and the consequent difficulties that have exacerbated the already precarious conditions of the country. "We are ...
9 July 2020
AFRICA/GHANA - Covid-19 - For the Bishops: "too many people do not respect the security protocols in the demonstrations for the December vote"
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the poor adherence to Covid-19 precautionary measures in the buildup to the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled to be held in December 2020", say ...
9 July 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - With the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, "the Country loses a model for young people" says President Alassane Ouattara
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast's Prime Minister, died on Wednesday 8 July in Abidjan. The information was broadcast live on national television, RTI 1, by Patrick Achi, Secretary General of ...
9 July 2020
AFRICA/EGYPT - In al Moqattam church and mosque built on the same ground, in the sign of national unity
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The inauguration date has not yet been announced, but the imposing shapes of the church and the mosque built next to each other, on the same two-acre plot, in the urban district of al Moqattam, no ...
9 July 2020
AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan's population exceeds 43 million, almost one in four needs help
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Food insecurity remains alarmingly high in Sudan with increased and protracted displacement, economic decline and inflation, and high food price hikes, exacerbated by the impacts of the COVID- ...
8 July 2020
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 April 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Don Dennis CJ Nimene, of the diocesan clergy of Cape Palmas, as Nat ...
8 July 2020
AFRICA/DR CONGO - UN report: more than 1,100 people killed by Ugandan rebels in just over a year in the east of the Country
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 397 cases of human rights violations attributable to ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) between 1 January 2019 and 31 January 2020, with the killing of at least 1,154 people, including 2 ...
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