Africa

• 
  6 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Imo State, southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. He is Fr Emmanuel Azubuike. The priest, who works in the parish of St. Theresa, Obollo, Isiala Mbano, in the southern state of Imo, was kidnapped on ...
• 
  5 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Four soldiers sentenced to death for looting a parish Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Four Congolese soldiers were sentenced to death on October 31 by a military court in Butembo, North Kivu (east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). The four soldiers are accused of looting the ...
• 
  5 November 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Post-election tensions rise: opposition leader denounces assassination attempt Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Post-election tensions have risen in Mozambique following the controversial victory of FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front), in power since 1975, in the elections of October 9 (see Fides, 24/10/ ...
• 
  4 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Mobile Journalism" project of the Salesian missionaries continues with profit Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mobile Journalism" project of the Salasians missionaries continues. In fact, there are numerous French-speaking Salesians in the Province of Central Africa who are active as missionaries ...
• 
  4 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference: "The explosion of crimes in Nigeria is related to the spread of drugs among young people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Our young people are excessive consumers of hard drugs and do all kinds of unimaginable things. They arm themselves, steal and kidnap fellow citizens. How can we explain that today people are ...
• 31 October 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar, presented by Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. The Holy Father has appointed B ...
• 
  31 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two people arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Edo State have announced the arrest of two people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode, head of the Imaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivanokpodi. ...
• 
  30 October 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After 40 soldiers died in a jihadist attack, the Chadian government promises a harsh response N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Three days of national mourning in Chad in memory of the victims of the jihadist attack on a military base near Lake Chad were declared by Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby, who personall ...
• 
  30 October 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - On the eve of the local elections and before the parliamentary elections, the future of the country remains uncertain Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "They will not silence us, Tanzania belongs to all of us and we will fight for our right to be heard," said opposition politician John Mnyika, referring to the current government led by Sa ...
• 
  29 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Rector of a seminary offers himself as hostage in exchange for two students Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Thomas Oyode, the latest in a long list of priests kidnapped in Nigeria, offered himself as hostage in exchange for two students. On Sunday 27 October, around 7pm, armed men attacked the ...
• 
  28 October 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversial debate over proposed constitutional amendment Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement by President Felix Tshisekedi that he will set up a commission next year to draft a new constitution for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is causing a controversial debat ...
• 28 October 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O ...
• 
  28 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The plane that crashed in Darfur was operating on behalf of the Sudanese army Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The plane that crashed on October 21 in Malha in North Darfur, possibly shot down by militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was operating on behalf of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), accor ...
• 
  25 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Legalizing abortion goes against the right to life enshrined in the Constitution” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Rather than expanding access to safe termination of pregnancy by destroying life, the government should amplify its efforts towards educating the people on the imperatives of the values and d ...
• 
  24 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Presidential and parliamentary elections: Bishops denounce irregularities and violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-election period was marked by a cowardly attack to silence, if not the truth, then at least democracy". With these words, the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique condemned the murder of ...