Africa

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  25 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ituri Province: two churches closed after desecration by rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the diocese of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two churches desecrated by a rebel group have been closed. This was announced by the B ...
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  24 September 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tensions over recent supplies of arms to Somalia and Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There is an intense verbal exchange between Somalia, Somaliland and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa over the recent arms shipments to the region. On September 20, the government in Mogadishu c ...
• 23 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Isiro-Niangara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi as bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Democratic Republic of the Congo, transferring him from the pastoral care of the diocese of Isan ...
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  23 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The commitment of religious denominations for peace in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An interreligious meeting for peace held on September 21 in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu, one of the three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued for dec ...
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  20 September 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako have secular and religious backgrounds Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist attacks carried out on September 17 in the Malian capital Bamako (see Fides, 18/9/2024) have various backgrounds, as local observers suspect. The attacks, which were claimed by the I ...
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  20 September 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Violence and social disintegration: young people determined to stay and preserve the presence of coexistence in Bossemptélé Bossemptélé (Agenzia Fides) - The Central African Republic (CAR) is still suffering the consequences of the civil war that began in 2013, which has caused deep social disintegration. According to UN reports, violence c ...
• 19 September 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Father La ...
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  19 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Kitui: "The hope is that new leaders will emerge from the young generation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The young people are taking to the streets to protest because they are disappointed by the unfulfilled promises of politicians," said the Bishop of Kitui, Joseph Maluki Mwongela, head of the la ...
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  18 September 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako: a signal to the military juntas of Niger and Burkina? Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Local observers describe as "an unprecedented event" the double attack carried out yesterday, September 17, in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on the airport and a nearby gendarmerie base. The att ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Middle East Council of Churches celebrates 50th anniversary of its foundation: Pope Tawadros calls for overcoming schisms Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “May the schisms in the Church cease”. Referring to a prayer from the Coptic liturgy, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros called for overcoming schisms on the occasion of the celebration of ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - War scenarios and conflict contexts: critical relations between Somalia, Ethiopia and Egypt Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the Horn of Africa is extremely complex. Somalia is arming itself to fight more effectively against Al-Shabaab terrorists, while in Ethiopia the situation is critical due to t ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal from the diocese of Maiduguri hit by the worst flood in the last 30 years: “We ask for your prayers and material aid” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “The severity of this flood has far exceeded what the government and all of us estimated, marking it the most catastrophic flood in Maiduguri in over three decades,” says a report sent to Fi ...
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  16 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After the floods, the situation in Maiduguri remains serious Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, which was hit by the floods on September 10 following the collapse of the Alau Dam, remains serious (see Fides, 13/ ...
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  16 September 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - African missionary in Cairo: "Children and the elderly are teachers of everyday life" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am tiptoeing into this new world, which contains extraordinary human, cultural and spiritual riches," writes Anselmo Fabiano of the Society of African Missions, who recently arrived in Cairo. ...
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  13 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Worst floods in 30 years: one million inhabitants affected in Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are affected by the worst floods in 30 years," reports the diocese of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, which was flooded on September 10 following the collapse of ...