Africa

• 16 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Sahel region: propaganda war between jihadist extremists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - In a propaganda war, the jihadist extremist groups GSIM (also known by their Arabic acronym JNIM) and EIGS (also known as IS Sahel) operating in Mali claim through their respective social media t ...
• 16 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - After suspicion of human trafficking: Five seriously injured in explosion in Dzaleka refugee camp Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of December 14, five refugees were injured when a hand grenade exploded in the main market of the Dzaleka reception center in central Malawi, about 30 km from the capital Lilongw ...
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  15 December 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Campaign to fight drugs: substance abuse as early as the age of 12 Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented increase in crime related to drug addiction in the Kassala region has been denounced by the Head of the Department of the National Campaign against Drugs (NCCD). The phenomenon ...
• 14 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Six months after the massacre of the Saint-François-Xavier church in Owo, questions are being asked about who committed it Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than six months after the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022), Nigerians are waiting for the holding a trial against those arrested for their ...
• 14 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Erection of the Diocese of Wukari and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has established the new diocese of Wukari (Nigeria), with territory separated from the diocese of Jalingo, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Jos. The ...
• 14 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Appointment of the Bishop of Sikasso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Sikasso (Mali) Msgr. Robert Cissé, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently ad interim Rector of St. Augustine’s Major Seminary ...
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  14 December 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Hundreds of dead, wounded and missing, serious damage to buildings: floods in the capital of the country that is preparing to welcome the Pope Kisantu (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-four neighborhoods of Kinshasa, where some 12 million people live out of a total population of more than 17 million, have suffered serious damage due to the movements of earth caused by t ...
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  13 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Overcoming Ethnic Conflicts: Education as an Instrument of Peace Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We firmly believe in education as an instrument of peace. Even in South Sudan, to manage the transition from arms to dialogue, it is necessary to invest in schools, which is essential fo ...
• 13 December 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Beira Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J., until now provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and chair of the ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Assaults on road construction sites in Imo State. The Bishop of Okigwe wonders who has an interest in blocking development in the area Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of Okigwe, Msgr. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu regretted the attacks on the construction company that works on the improvement of the Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe roads, in the State of ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kroonstad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kroonstad (South Africa) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Peter John Holiday. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 1 ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 10, 2022, the Holy Father appointed rev. Gabriel Msipu Phiri, of the clergy of Chipata, currently in charge of raising funds for diocesan activities, as Auxiliary Bishop of the ...
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  10 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - German humanitarian activist released after four and a half years of hostage detention Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - German aid worker Jörg Lange has been released after four and a half years of hostage detention. According to information from Der SPIEGEL, the Moroccan secret services in Mali acted as intermed ...
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  10 December 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Story of Paolino, the cook of the nuns of Kanawat Kanawat (Agenzia Fides) - "Paolino was the cook of our community in the last ten years. He was a good man, and he also had some village-level responsibilities". Sister Laura Gemignani, a Comboni missionary, tells the sto ...
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  9 December 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ration cuts and price increases seriously affect refugees in Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The living conditions of refugees continue to worsen due to the sharp reductions in food rations and the increase in prices. Sister Laura Gemignani, a Comboni missionary working in Kanawat, dioc ...