Africa
23 November 2021
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Angolan migrants: rainy season leads to a deterioration in living conditions
Etunda (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 4 000 Angolans fleeing unemployment, drought and hunger in their own country, are currently in Etunda, in the Omusati region. The already poor conditions these migrants live in are now bei ...
23 November 2021
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - West African bishops complain that the situation is worsening
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in the country is worsening day by day, armed groups are advancing and the army is being attacked again and again. And they are subordinating the population to their ...
22 November 2021
AFRICA/MOROCCO - Farewell to monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, last companion of the martyrs of Tibhirine
Fez (Agenzia Fides) - "It was so beautiful!", the Trappist monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher repeated with emotion, when he recalled the long years of fraternal life spent together with his confreres in the Algerian monastery ...
22 November 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - Adequate resources are lacking to deal equally with the pandemic as well as the severe drought
Wajir (Agenzia Fides) - Programs of recovery and resilience, food security (sustainable agriculture), supply of water, health and sanitation are among the priorities that the Camillian Disaster Service (CADIS) Kenya, Int ...
22 November 2021
AFRICA/CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Brazzaville and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 21, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Anatole M ...
22 November 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of bishop of Kankan, Mgr Alexis Aly Tagbino
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 20, 2021, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexis Aly Tagbino as bishop of the diocese of Kankan, Guinea, transferring him from the office of auxiliary of the same diocese. (SL) ...
20 November 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - "Now you are adults in faith": more than 300 young people and adults receive the sacrament of Confirmation
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in the faith, despite the many challenges to be faced", said the Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi Msgr. David Kamau on the occasion of the Confirmation ceremony during which he ...
20 November 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - The population refuses to return to the military regime
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The tones are getting more and more exasperated. The military, after the failure of the hypothesis of a national unity government - after the failure of talks with the deposed Prime Minister A ...
20 November 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Against human trafficking and abuse: Comboni missionary sisters help street children
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Girls between 10 and 15 years of age are crammed into a tin hut, where they even 30 or 40 sleep", says Sister Fernanda Cristinelli about the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking. "The pov ...
19 November 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Salesians: we share what we are and what we have with the people who suffer
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Above all, displaced persons want the war to end and peace to reign so that they can return to normal lives. Those who have fled their homes desperately need something to eat, drink, sleep ...
18 November 2021
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Tanzania Episcopal Conference launch the 20th AMECEA Plenary: "Environmental Impact on Sustainable Human Development"
Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a responsibility to evangelize ourselves first so that we can change our attitude towards the environment and remind the people about the importance of caring for the environment as we e ...
18 November 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Attack in Kampala: "Ugandans are united in prayer", says a missionary
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kampala still remains of a state of alert. Parliament remains closed and it is not known when the working sessions will resume. The police have invited citizens to stay at home ...
17 November 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Two attacks, against the Police and the Parliament: "The people are shaken, but faith and prayer give us strength"
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kampala is very tense, residents have been told to avoid the city center and stay at home if possible. The security forces are trying to get the situation back under control, b ...
16 November 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Protocol between the Coptic Church and the Egyptian government to improve living conditions in rural areas
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "For a dignified life". This is the formula that expresses the inspiration and objectives of the protocol just signed by representatives of the Egyptian government and the Coptic Orthodox Church t ...
16 November 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Peace is not the absence of war: the country celebrates the National Day of Peace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is certainly not the absence of war, but it must be recognized that the absence of war says something about peace", wrote to Fides, Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian theologian of the Society fo ...
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