Africa

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  19 June 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Explosion in the capital's largest weapons depot: number of victims still unknown N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We were awakened yesterday evening around 11 p.m. by a huge explosion," an observer from church circles in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, told Fides. "The first loud explosion was followed b ...
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  18 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Indiscriminate bombing of hospitals and refugee camps in North Darfur Al-Fashir (Agenzia Fides) - Patients and staff at the Southern Hospital in Al-Fashir, in the Darfur region, in north-western Sudan, were wounded and shot by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The rebels also attacked the ne ...
• 18 June 2024
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Ndola and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Ndola, Zambia, with the suffragan dioceses of Kabwe and Solwezi, and has appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri, hitherto bishop of the d ...
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  18 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Christian Ike, parish priest of St. Matthew's church in Ajalli (Orumba North Local Government Area in the southern state of Anambra), was kidna ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - President Ramaphosa re-elected for a second term Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as President of South Africa, but it required the formation of an unprecedented coalition government made up of the historical opponents of apartheid and the ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Pelican Center”: human, social, intellectual and spiritual education for children and young people in need Paspanga (Agenzia Fides) - "A place where they can find a 'safe haven', a place of hope for young people in difficulty who can learn here and at the same time meet spiritual guides with whom they can share their needs". ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Endless conflict, 10 million displaced. The Bishop of El Obeid: no one listens to the voice of God and the voice of the people El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - The terrible news from Sudan does not stop. The figures are frightening: according to "Reliefweb", since April 2023, the beginning of the conflict, 9.2 million people have been forcibly displac ...
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  15 June 2024
  AFRICA - Seoul is also targeting African countries in search of strategic minerals, new markets and UN support Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Shared growth, sustainability and solidarity". These are the three "pillars" of cooperation between African countries and South Korea, according to the joint statement issued at the end of the Af ...
• 14 June 2024
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Angelo Florentino Fernandes Rodrigues, 33, of the clergy of the Diocese of ...
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  14 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Illegal "initiation schools": abuse of young people is on the rise Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 138 boys were rescued by the police after they were kidnapped from illegal initiation schools in several locations in the province of Gauteng, according to local press reports. T ...
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  13 June 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - "The persecution of the past has given new impetus to the Church which is now appreciated by all" Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a period of new dynamics in our Church," affirms the President of the Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea, Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, Bishop of Mongomo, in an intervie ...
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  12 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Province of West Africa: White Fathers and their commitment to the poor, marginalized and exploited Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Born in Africa and for Africa, the White Fathers and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa continue to keep alive the charism of their founder, the Bishop of Algiers Charles Lavigerie ...
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  12 June 2024
  AFRICA/MALAWI - 21 days of national mourning after the death of Vice President Chilima Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The death of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima in a plane crash (see Fides, 11/6/2024) has shaken Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has declared 21 days of national mourning. "We are sho ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Vice President of Malawi dies in a plane crash Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "I regret to inform you that the rescue teams have found the remains of the plane in the forest. There are no survivors. All people on board died on impact," said the President of Malawi, Lazar ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Cardinal Rugambwa on the occasion of the centenary of the Seminary in Kipalapala: “a source of new life and growth” Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God for the continuous growth of vocations in the St. Paul's major Seminary in Kipalapala, where about 290 seminarians are currently pursuing their theological studies. Togeth ...