Africa

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  12 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Suspected killer of Father Bett arrested Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – Kenyan police arrested the main suspect in the murder of Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett on June 10. The priest was shot dead in the Tot area of the Kerio Valley, in the western plateau of Ke ...
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  11 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tensions rise after clashes in Mogadishu Mogadishu (Fides News Agency) - The situation in Mogadishu is tense. Security forces opened fire on residents protesting the demolition of houses in the Abdiaziz district. Clashes broke out between demonstrators and secu ...
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  11 June 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “God is choosing the last”: baptisms and confirmations celebrated in the small community of Kokossa Kokossa (Fides News Agency) – On Sunday, June 7th, the Ethiopian Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. The Kokosa small community, belonging to the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe, celebrated the Sacraments ...
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  10 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Tightening on illegal immigration policies following a wave of xenophobia. Msgr. Sipuka states that "all domestic problems cannot be blamed on foreigners" Johannesburg (Fides News Agency) – On June 7, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation, stating, "Our country is neither xenophobic nor racist, but immigration laws must be respected, and it is sol ...
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  10 June 2026
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Cardinal Rugambwa remembers Bishop Osório Citora: “A friend who shared his views. A person endowed with many beautiful qualities” Dar es Salaam (Fides News Agency) – “I met Bishop Osorio in 2017, when he was called to serve in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, now the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelizat ...
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  9 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ondo after the conviction of four jihadists for the Pentecost massacre: “There is a law in this country” Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Four people have been sentenced to death for the massacre that took place four years ago, on June 5, 2022, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022). Idris Abdu ...
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  9 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The people demand answers, truth, security and justice for the murder of Bishop Osório Citóra Afonso Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – “It is a mortal sin and criminal complicity to know who committed this barbaric crime and not denounce it!” reads a message posted on numerous social media pages dedicated to the bru ...
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  8 June 2026
  Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Lhernould: the mission of the Church is for the world by Gianni Valente Tunis (Fides News Agency) – The annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) has just taken place in Rome, and Nicolas Lhernould returns with his heart and mind full of experie ...
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  8 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Investigations continue into the brutal murder of Bishop Osório Afonso Citora
  Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – Investigations are continuing to establish the reason and identify those responsible for the brutal murder of the Bishop of Quelimane, Osório Afo ...
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  6 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Shock and grief after the assassination of the Bishop of Quelimane, Osório Citora Afonso Quelimane (Fides News Agency) -The Catholic Church in Mozambique is mourning the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, IMC, Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane. The news – reported to Fides by local sources – has cau ...
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  5 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - St. Theresa Mission Hospital launches Ebola awareness campaign Nzara (Fides News Agency) - St. Theresa Mission Hospital in Nzara has initiated a comprehensive awareness campaign targeting the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio to strengthen precautionary measures against ongoing Ebo ...
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  3 June 2026
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "The dissolution of the Electoral Commission is a good thing, but we must ensure that its replacement is truly independent" Abidjan (Fides News Agency) - “A response to the concerns expressed by various actors in national socio-political life.” This is how the bishops of Ivory Coast have described the government’s decision to dissolve t ...
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  3 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Triple Jubilee for Missionaries of the Society of African Missions and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles Lagos (Fides News Agency) – At a time that united history, mission, and renewal, leaders of the Society of African Missions (SMA) and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles (NDA) gathered at the Domus Fidei Center of ...
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  2 June 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi after xenophobic violence: “No to retaliation against South Africans living in other African countries” Accra (Fides News Agency) – “Ghanaians will continue to live in South Africa and South Africans will also continue to live in Ghana. Ghanaians have businesses there and South Africans also have businesses here. Let u ...
• 1 June 2026
  AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation and succession of bishop of Nkayi Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nkayi, Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Daniel Mizonzo. He is succeeded by Bishop Franç ...