Africa

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  20 August 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bandits attack in Katsina State: A Catholic church and a mosque attacked within days Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "The people of Katsina State deserve to live in security, not fear," said Farouk Lawal Jobe, acting governor of Katsina, in an appeal to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. He called for urgent meas ...
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  19 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - No progress in Doha on the peace agreement between the Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - No progress has been made in the talks in Doha, Qatar, which were supposed to culminate in an agreement yesterday, August 18, between the government of the Democrat ...
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  18 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum Prime Minister's Appeal: "Stop Sending Colombian Mercenaries to Sudan" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – "Stop sending Colombian mercenaries to fight in Sudan." Sudanese Prime Minister Kamal Idris addressed this appeal in a video message to the authorities and people of Colombia. "The Spanish- ...
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  18 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In Darfur, siege and speculation force the population to eat animal feed by Cosimo Graziani El Fasher (Agenzia Fides) – In the tragedy of the conflict in Sudan, the Darfur region is one of the hardest hit. In particular, in North Darfur state, the siege of the capital, El Fasher, by the ...
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  15 August 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - First National Eucharistic Congress: The Eucharist, "source and summit" of the Pilgrims of Hope Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – The central importance of the Blessed Sacrament in the life of Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year was the focus of the first National Eucharistic Congress, held last week in Lilongwe, whic ...
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  13 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan, agriculture and pastoralism also affected by war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The war in Sudan, which broke out in 2023, has led to one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time. The conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army has impacted ...
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  12 August 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Massacre in Catholic Church in Owo in 2022: Five defendants go on trial on August 19 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Three years after their arrest, the trial of the five men accused of the Pentecost Sunday massacre in the Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022), in which ...
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  11 August 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Northeast Nigeria affected by food insecurity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – According to the International Red Cross, more than 3.3 million people in northeast Nigeria are affected by food insecurity. Most of these people are farmers who suffer from the insecurity in th ...
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  8 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Uncertainty over the continuation of talks between the DRC and M23, while the civilian population continues to suffer Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Despite the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, as well as the agreements reached with the M23 rebel movement, the civilian population in North and South Kivu ...
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  7 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Defamation, discrimination, and exclusion of women: a culture of tolerance, respect, and equality is urgently needed Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Women in Sudan, especially activists and protagonists in politics, the media, and civil society, are facing defamatory campaigns and demands for the withdrawal of full citizenship rights for sp ...
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  7 August 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Two ministers die in helicopter crash: Bishops express condolences and ask for prayers Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Shocking news that we could not believe," said Msgr. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana (GCBC), in response to the news of the helicop ...
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  6 August 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Serious damage caused by deforestation of teak plantations for illicit trafficking by armed groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Are wars fought to gain control over resources, or is control over resources used to finance fighting? This is a question that arises when observing the various conflicts in Africa, in which the op ...
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  5 August 2025
  AFRICA/RWANDA - "Hope is at the heart of our lives": Closing Message of the 20th Plenary Assembly of SECAM Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope is the heart of our lives," under this motto, the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (see Fides, 1/8/2025) urges the continent's ...
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  5 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ituri youth peace demonstration marked by Komanda church massacre Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "You do not build a nation with a Kalashnikov," said Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa of Mahagi-Nioka in Ituri in his address to young people, urging them not to join one of the many armed group ...
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  4 August 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Forgotten conflict in northeastern Ghana flares up again Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Donatus Akamugri Atanga, Minister for the Upper East Region, praised the role of the Catholic Church in assisting refugees and its commitment to ongoing peace efforts in the region during a visit ...