Africa

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  24 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest kidnapped and police free another just hours after the abduction Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of priest kidnappings in Nigeria continues unabated. Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church Izombe, was kidnapped on the evening of Sunday, 23 March, 2025. T ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Army recaptures presidential palace in Khartoum: a symbolic turning point, but no end to the war in sight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of fighting, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) today, March 21, recaptured control of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias. ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke, in Kinshasa, attacked Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was attacked. The events date back to the nig ...
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  20 March 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - On a mission between Ramadan and Lent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – "Ramadan Karim" and "Som Mubarak": these are the two expressions used to wish a good fast, the first for Muslims, the second for Christians. "March 1st marked the beginning of the Muslim fast of ...
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  20 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Despite peace declarations, the war continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Although a possible peace negotiation has been initiated, the war continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where yesterday, March 19, the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels captured ...
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  18 March 2025
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Appeal by Butembo university students: “Enough 30 years of war imposed on us to plunder our country's resources” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “We have been living in war for more than 30 years. The war was born before our generation. It has produced misery, millions of internally displaced people, millions of dead” say the univ ...
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  17 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After the March 3 kidnapping: Seminarian murdered, while the priest kidnapped with him is released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The seminarian who was kidnapped along with a priest on March 3 in southern Nigeria (see Fides, 5/3/2025) has been murdered, while the priest was released. According to the Diocese of Auchi, "Fr. ...
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  17 March 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "Closely connected to the community": Catholic University in Beira inaugurates academic year and celebrates its 30th anniversary Beira (Agenzia Fides) - "Since its founding in 1995, the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM) has responded to educational challenges with seriousness and innovation, with the firm desire to educate citizens of integr ...
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  12 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Angola announces it will mediate in the crisis in eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Angola will host negotiations in Luanda between the Kinshasa government and the M23 with the aim of resolving the crisis affecting the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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  12 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 145 priests kidnapped in 10 years, 11 of whom have been killed and 4 still missing Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 10 years, 145 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria. This is evident from the analysis carried out by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), which collected data on the kidnapping ...
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  11 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Tinubu responds to Archbishop Ugorji's remarks on the state of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The description of the state of the nation made by Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri and President of the Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), during the opening of the first Plenary A ...
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  11 March 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops: "We must roll away the stones that are oppressing us" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We order all our priests not to take sides or favour any candidate or political party. Any such action on the part of our priests using church structures for political purpose will not be tole ...
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  10 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: “Youth unemployment is a time bomb” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Food inflation has hit 39.84 percent, making it nearly impossible for families to afford three meals a day”. This is the alarm raised by Lucius Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri and President of t ...
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  10 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The two priests kidnapped on February 22 were released unharmed thanks to a police operation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The two priests kidnapped in Nigeria on February 22 (see Fides, 24/02/2025) have been released. Father Matthew David Dutsemi of the diocese of Yola and Father Abraham Saummam of the diocese of J ...
• 8 March 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of bishop of Bafatá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Victor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M., until now definitor general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor for Africa, as bishop of the diocese of Ba ...