Africa

• 5 January 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The population flees the Boucle du Mouhoun region, where Father Zerbo was murdered Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the area where Fr. Jacques Yaro Zerbo was assassinated on January 2 (see Fides, 3/1/2023), the local population is fleeing. In particular, since January 3, the inhabitants of the rural m ...
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  5 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Doctors with Africa Cuamm alongside refugees: "Tigray is in great need of aid but also many opportunities to change things" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - It is still difficult to translate into concrete facts the conditions defined by the peace agreement and signed by Addis Ababa and Tigray (see Fides, 3/11/2022). The clashes have exhausted the p ...
• 4 January 2023
  AFRICA - The memory of Pope Benedict XVI of some African Bishops: "A great theologian of profound humanity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in different parts of Africa remembers Benedict XVI with masses and suffrage prayers. The Bishops of Uganda, who said they had a close relationship with Pope Benedict XVI, reme ...
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  4 January 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Al-Shabaab violence continues: "apostate militias and soldiers" in the crosshairs Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Violence is rampant in Somalia. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab has been leading a bloody insurrection against the federal government for 15 years. The rebel group claims responsibility for the ...
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  3 January 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Catholic priest murdered in north-west of the country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest has been killed in Burkina Faso. Father Jacques Yaro Zerbo was assassinated by unidentified armed men on Monday, January 2. According to a statement sent to Fides signed by ...
• 3 January 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "The absence of war is not real peace. The country needs a real dialogue between the social and political partners" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe is experiencing a situation of "negative peace" says the Episcopal Commission for "Justice and Peace" of Zimbabwe, in its commentary on the message of Pope Francis for the World Day of P ...
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  3 January 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The news of the death of Benedict XVI in areas of the country exacerbated by ethnic conflicts Malakal (Agenzia Fides) - The news of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI reaches the most remote and critical corners of the planet every day. Among these, Agenzia Fides received a testimony from the outskirts of So ...
• 2 January 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A new attack on a village in the north of the country claimed by ISIS-Mozambique Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – The attack on December 30 on the village of Namande, in the district of Muidumbe, province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, has been claimed by ISIS-Mozambique. The jihadists posted im ...
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  30 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - A special day of joy, faith and sharing in the Dosso mission Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Hand in hand we can achieve great things and bring joy to those around us". Beyond the clichés, Christmas is a difficult time in a Muslim country where Christians are a tiny minority. “However ...
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  30 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The re-birth of two of the three priests kidnapped before Christmas, in prayer for the third who is still kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two of the three priests kidnapped before Christmas, within five days, have been released within a day of each other. This is Father Mark Ojotu, from the diocese of Otukpo, in the eastern state of ...
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  29 December 2022
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In prayer for the victims of the tragic accident of Ampasimanjeva: the Bishop of Farafangana immediately on the spot Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It was Msgr. Fulgence Rabemahafaly who promptly communicated to me the news of the accident in which five people lost their lives", Msgr. Gaetano Di Pierro, bishop of Farafangana told Fides, ...
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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Important agreement reached between the government and Tigrayan leaders Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - The talks held in recent days between a delegation from Addis Ababa and the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (TPLF) regarding the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from t ...
• 28 December 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Joseph Kakou Aka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Joseph Kakou Aka, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa as Bishop of the ...
• 28 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Warri, Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido as the new Bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Warri (Nigeria). Anthony Ovayero Ewherido, of the same clergy, cur ...
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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA - 'You came to this country with nothing and you will leave with nothing': the story of an exiled family far from home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - They had left Liberia in 2019, where the civil war forces its population into a daily struggle for survival. An old friend had advised dad Francis, an electrician by trade, to try to revive the l ...