Africa

• 21 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Forgotten War”: The situation in Sudan and the Darfur region is getting worse Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The forgotten war in Sudan is worsening after two armed groups in Darfur, which until now remained neutral, declared that they have sided with the army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). O ...
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  21 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Children with visual impairment: Educational programs are designed to promote self-esteem Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Working with blind children, entering their world, understanding their silence and discretion, their fears, the isolation in which they live... has deeply shaped us, and dedicating ourselves to t ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: "To climb the social ladder, you must join Freemasonry" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are poor people living in a rich country," says the President of the Episcopal Conference of the Republic of Congo and Archbishop of Brazzaville, Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, in an i ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New Archbishop of Tabora, Rugambwa, thanks and honors outgoing Pastor in special ceremony Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the good God for His Providence and ask Him to keep us strong and faithful to the mission entrusted to us. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and enlighten us in everything we plan t ...
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  18 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Missionary Congress calls for the canonization of those killed in odium fidei" and protection strategies from the violence affecting the ecclesial community Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful from the nine Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Nigerian Church took part in the V National Missionary Congress (NAMICON V) organized by t ...
• 17 November 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Low voter turnout in the presidential election: “The population no longer knows what to do” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Low voter turnout is the first important aspect of the first round of presidential elections that took place yesterday, November 16, in Madagascar. And there has also been controversy betwe ...
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  17 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Celebration of the sacraments and blessings of couples: missionaries keep going despite the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine and the serious conflicts currently taking place in Gaza have overshadowed in all international media the equally bloody crisis that has devastated Sudan since April 15 (see ...
• 16 November 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President of the Bishops' Conference: "On October 3, a further step was taken in relations between church and State" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a further step with which the State recognizes the importance of the Church", says the Archbishop of Gitega and President of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi, Bonaventure Nahimana, ...
• 16 November 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Reverend Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa, of the clergy of Lilongwe, until now vicar general of the archdiocese of Lilongwe and national director of th ...
• 15 November 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - President of the Bishops' Conference: “Rampant corruption is suffocating the country” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The massive uncontrolled corruption is suffocating the nation", said the President of the Ghana Episcopal Conference and Bishop of Sunyani, Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, in his opening address to the Gen ...
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  14 November 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - Respect for Mother Earth and harmony between peoples in the story of a missionary Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - Two-story fortified houses scattered in the meadows, in the forests, on the hills. This is what the Batammariba people, a population of about 270,000 people known as Tamberma in Togo and Somba in ...
• 14 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Off-cycle elections: Violence and low turnout in governorship elections in three states raise questions Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We have had this democratic system for 25 years, but what have we achieved? We should be free to decide who should govern us or represent us at any level", says Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, ...
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  13 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Victims of a "forgotten war", the population asks the nuns not to leave: "As long as you are here, we have hope" Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice, FMA) in Khartoum, whose house was hit by a bomb last November 3, are doing well. “It was a nice sur ...
• 13 November 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: “The cross is our weapon of love against terrorism” Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Togo was originally born from the efforts of missionaries from two rival countries, Wilhelmine Germany and France of the Third Republic, after the historic events in Europe and its A ...
• 11 November 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Bishop of Kamina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Léonard Kakudju Muzinga, of the clergy of Lubumbashi, until now parish priest of Saint Paul and vicar forane in Lubumbashi, as bishop of ...