Africa

• 19 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped along with six other people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Marcellinus Obioma Okide was kidnapped in Udi (Enugu State), in the southeast of Nigeria. The kidnapping occurred last Sunday, September 17, at 5pm along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in ...
• 18 September 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - "The alleged coup is fake news" confirm Fides sources Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "This is unfounded news". This i show local sources heard by Fides in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, deny rumors of an alleged military coup that deposed President Denis Sass ...
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  18 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Ten days after the earthquake: rescue and search operations continue Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Ten days after the earthquake that devastated the province of Al Haouz, southwest of Marrakech, there are villages in the mountainous areas that have been completely razed to the ground. Th ...
• 15 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Masvingo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupa, C.Ss.R., hitherto of Chinhoyi, as bishop of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 15/9/2023) ...
• 15 September 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda and President of the Bishops' Conference: "Despite the violence, I did not close any parish and I stayed on site" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, spoke in an interview with Fides about the situation of the Church in Cameroon. How is ...
• 14 September 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "20 years after the agreements that put an end to the civil war, Liberians must remember the value of peace as they prepare to vote" Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is one of the components we need in this country", said Rev. Fr. Dennis Cephas Nimene, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) regarding the presidentia ...
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  14 September 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: "let us remain firm in our faith, in the grace and mercy of God" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the peace agreement, signed in Pretoria, South Africa, in November 2022, media access to Tigray remains limited and it is impossible to verify the situation on the ground. On the occasio ...
• 13 September 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A seminar to promote the role of girls organized by young Catholics Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to promote the contribution of women in African society and in the Church of Jesus Christ in Africa", emphasizes Msgr. Gabriel Sayaogo, Archbishop of Koupéla, President of the C ...
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  12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "There is no need to understand an earthquake, there is a need to live": the great lesson of the victims of the earthquake Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided to write these lines to report what has happened and is happening these days after the earthquake in Morocco. I know it doesn't sound easy and it isn't! It is not easy to report fr ...
• 12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Taratra project: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference to promote responsible mining exploitation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The Taratra project, an initiative of the Conference of Bishops of the Catholic Church of Madagascar, aims at the socio-economic improvement of mining projects in the Atsimo-Andrefana regio ...
• 11 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Solidarity of the Catholic community with the victims of the earthquake Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Morocco-diocese of Rabat wishes to express its compassion for all the victims, in particular for the Moroccan families who are in mourning or who have injured among their m ...
• 11 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Nigeria continues to hang in the balance and democracy stands on the edge of a precipice" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "As this case moves to the next level, the fate of the country continues to hang in the balance and the future of democracy in our land stands on the edge of a precipice", warns Msgr. Lucius Iweju ...
• 8 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attack on a rectory in Kaduna state: seminarian burned alive Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A seminarian named Na'aman Danlami was burned alive when bandits attacked and vandalized the parish of St. Raphael in Fadan Kamantan, in the diocese of Kafanchan, in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria ...
• 8 September 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - New jihadist attack after the two yesterday Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Today, September 8, there was an attack against an army camp near Gao airport, in the northeast of Mali. At the moment, the toll of the attack is unknown, in which several vehicles, including car ...
• 8 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Two human rights lawyers arrested and released; the concern of the association of Catholic jurists Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the episodes of violence and arrests against lawyers who were doing their duty to assist their clients", states the Association of Catholic Lawyers in Zimbabwe afte ...