Africa

• 18 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Cereals and pulses export ban: exceptions apply to Mali and Burkina Faso Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta in Niger has banned the export of pulses and cereals, except for those to countries belonging to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which brings together Niger, Mali and Burki ...
• 18 October 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rigathi Gachagua removed from office: Minister of the Interior appointed new Deputy President Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan Minister of the Interior, Kithure Kindiki, was appointed Deputy President of Kenya today, October 18, replacing Rigathi Gachagua, who was removed from office yesterday, October 17, by ...
• 17 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The war in Sudan receives little attention, but the suffering it causes is no less" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I was saddened to hear about the recent developments in the military offensive in El Fasher and Khartoum, which targeted civilian homes, hospitals and places of worship. The conflict, which ha ...
• 16 October 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Interreligious prayer for the health of the President Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The mystery surrounding the health of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who has not appeared in public since the beginning of September, is growing. The Cameroonian Head of State did not attend ...
• 16 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Almost 100 dead in tanker explosion Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 90 people have died in the explosion of a tanker in Nigeria. The tragedy occurred around midnight on October 15 in the town of Majia, in Jigawa state, in north-central Nigeria. In additi ...
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  16 October 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A missionary from Cairo: "The days in the mission pass quickly" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have started learning Arabic and two days a week, early in the morning, we go from our neighborhood to the Comboni school with Patrick and Florindo," says Anselmo Fabiano, an Italian missionary ...
• 14 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fighting continues in Khartoum: 23 civilians killed in attack on a market Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting continues in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, where the Sudanese armed forces are trying to expel the militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from their positions. Civilians are par ...
• 14 October 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Environmental Prayer Walk": peaceful rally against illegal gold mining Accra (Agenzia Fides) - On October 11, the Archdiocese of Accra invited people to the "Environmental Prayer Walk", which took place peacefully and without incidents, with the participation of thousands of people. The ral ...
• 11 October 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Signing of the Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Holy See and Burkina Faso on the legal status of the Catholic Church in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 11 October 2024, the Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Holy See and Burkina Faso on the legal status of the Catholic Church in Burkina Faso was signed in Ouagado ...
• 11 October 2024
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia leaders hold Tripartite Summit in Asmara Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - A joint tripartite committee of the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia will work to promote strategic cooperation in all areas. This was agreed by the presidents of the three countri ...
• 10 October 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Togolese religious priest murdered in Yaoundé Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The "Fidei Donum" priest Christophe Komla Badjougou, originally from Togo, was murdered on the evening of October 7 in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. The priest was shot dead in front of t ...
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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - President of the Episcopal Conference: “I hope that the elections will be free, fair and peaceful” Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the elections will be free and fair and, above all, peaceful," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique and Archbishop of Nampula, Inacio Saure, in an interview ...
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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Environmental Prayer Walk: against illegal mining Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against illegal mining “Galamsey”, which pollutes waterways, destroys forests and livelihoods and causes serious health and environmental risks for communities, is the aim of the “ ...
• 8 October 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "No to political divisions that undermine the country's development" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The division of political leaders is a scandal. They claim to be Christians but promote the disunity of the country," said the President of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Kisu ...
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  7 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli: "I return home after 6 years between tears of joy and sadness" Bomoanga (Agenzia F ides) - "The thread of my presence in Niger (of 11 uninterrupted years) was broken on September 17, 2018 with the kidnapping. Exactly six years later, I have finally returned to Niger", begins the mov ...