Africa

• 10 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Bishop of Dedza, Mgr. Peter Chifukwa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 8, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Peter Chifukwa, of the clergy of Dedza, currently Judicial Vicar and Rector of the St. Kizito minor Seminary as Bishop of the Diocese of Dedza (Mala ...
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  10 May 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Sisters of Shire call for attention to be kept high on the serious humanitarian situation Shire (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of refugees from neighboring areas have fled the fury of the fighting in recent months. They gather in the city's state schools, where they are monitored and assisted by some internation ...
• 8 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "A national conference immediately to address the ungovernability of the Country" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be united in the fight for our common destiny as a people. It must be clearly stated to the Federal Government that if they continue to ignore the constructive criticisms and recommendati ...
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  8 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "I am recovering, in a few days I'll be back on track!" says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the missionary wounded by a mine Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am recovering, I think that in a few days I will be ready to go back to work", says Fr. Arialdo Urbani, the Betharramite missionary (as the members of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of J ...
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  8 May 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Una parrocchia diventa centro di accoglienza per gli sfollati interni AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A parish becomes a reception center for internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of the internally displaced persons in the parish of Bourzanga is of absolute emergen ...
• 7 May 2021
  AFRICA - Covid-19: "Africa's access to vaccines is one of the crucial points to contain the pandemic" recalls CUAMM Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa’s access to vaccines is one of the crucial points to contain the pandemic. In the face of a global emergency, the only possible response must be global. Africa cannot be excluded. We ne ...
• 7 May 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The state of siege enters into force in two eastern provinces devastated by armed conflicts Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As of yesterday, May 6, the state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has entered into force, proclaimed on May 3 by President F� ...
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  6 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A young missionary collaborator dies in the car explosion in the Niem Mission Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A young missionary collaborator is the only victim of the explosion of a mine that exploded under the car of the Catholic Mission of Niem. "Fr. Arialdo Urbani and one of his members of the Missio ...
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  6 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga: "Need to disarm hearts" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "A change is underway in the Central African Republic. The armed rebels who had entered the cities have left them and are in the forests. It remains to be seen whether this is real or just tempor ...
• 5 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Missionaries' car blows up on a mine; at least one victim Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A car of the Catholic Mission of Niem exploded on a mine this morning, May 5, 2021. "We are waiting to know the exact details of the sad episode", His Exc. Mgr Mirosław Gucwa, Bishop of the dioc ...
• 5 May 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The population continues to flee from Pemba, the town attacked by jihadists at the end of March Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The exodus of inhabitants from Pemba continues, the small town in northern Mozambique attacked on March 24 by a jihadist group that claims to be affiliated with ISIS (see Fides, 27/3/2021). Accor ...
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  4 May 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros on the controversial Ethiopian dam: water is a gift from God, and may God enlighten the rulers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Water is "a gift from God", that Divine Providence entrusts to human beings in order to guarantee life and prosperity, but as a result of individual and national conflicts of interest, attempts ha ...
• 4 May 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Imam victim of an attack in North Kivu: "He was a lover of peace and tolerance" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret the death of this unifying and moderate imam, a lover of peace and tolerance in the context of radical Islamism", said the local non-governmental organization CEPADHO (Center for Stu ...
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  4 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bangasu Christians in the footsteps of the Patron Saint George for a church that is supportive and evangelized Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Parishioners of St. George, Bangasu in the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Friday, 23rd April 2021 celebrated their Parish’s Patron Saint Day for the first time since the crea ...
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  3 May 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Building peace in the Amhara region of the country: the commitment of Catholics Debre Berhan (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation led by the Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE), Abba Teshome Fikre, was recently visited the North Shoa conflict area, one of the administrative ar ...