Africa
8 September 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Endemic insecurity in the 3 eastern provinces is creating a humanitarian drama
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Endemic insecurity in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (North and South Kivu and Ituri) has serious humanitarian consequences. In the province of Ituri alone, according ...
7 September 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA - Coup leaders try to reassure the international community and investors
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to place the transition that is opening under the sign of hope and of a new Guinea, reconciled with itself, with all the children of the country. (...) There will be no spirit of hatred ...
7 September 2021
AFRICA/eSWATINI - Calm situation, but without indications on how the problems raised by the unrest will be addressed
Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the country remains 'calm' with sporadic episodes of violence. Some school buildings were set on fire. The army was deployed on June 29 and has not been called back to the barr ...
6 September 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA - Coup: "Calm situation in Conakry; waiting for the meeting between the coup leaders and the deposed ministers"
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm in Conakry. Traffic in the city is normal and people have gone to work like every day", Church from the capital of Guinea sources told Fides, where yesterday, Sunday, Sept ...
4 September 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Biblical Month: Bishops urge the faithful to read, meditate and put into practice the Word of God
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Word of God is a source of nourishment and spiritual growth. Its importance in our daily life obliges us to know it and to fully appreciate it. The Biblical Month, therefore, offers Cathol ...
4 September 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ending the Culture of Murder: Call for Peace by Religious Leaders in Western Equatoria
Tombura (Agenzia Fides) - "We are horrified to learn that insecurity and acts of terror continue to increase in our State. We are all tired of this situation, we continue to live with dismay the massacre currently underw ...
4 September 2021
AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishop of Wa: "Let's not isolate the mentally disabled"
Wa (Agenzia Fides) - “In December 2020, while I was distributing meals together with the volunteers, I met Agostino and Mary. Agostino, lived on the street, used cocaine and alcohol. . Mary, married and mother of three ...
3 September 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Attack on a convoy of civilians in the east of the country by alleged members of the Islamic State
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Islamists of DAECH-DRC ambushed 14 cars and 2 large trucks on the morning of September 1 around 10 am local time, in Ofaye, on the Komanda-Eringeti road (RN4) in the Territory of Irumu". T ...
3 September 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - "My father catechist": a mission carried out with joy, dedication and passion
Nyangusu (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Ruth Bwaru Joseph, of the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, SSPC, originally from Kenya, shares the testimony of faith received from her father, Joseph, a catechist for 25 years, a ...
2 September 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - 73 school pupils kidnapped; the Bishops: "Too many kidnappings of children. We risk a traumatized generation of young people"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The abductions of school children present us with the prospects of a traumatized generation of young people". The words of the Bishops of Nigeria resound as a grave warning after the kidnapping, ...
1 September 2021
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Catechists in Africa: reference point for Christians of small communities
Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa I would never have been able to carry out my missionary service without the help and support of so many catechists", said Fr. Walter Maccalli in reference to the Motu Proprio “Antiquum ...
1 September 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe kidnapped last Sunday has been released
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe, in the south-west of Cameroon, was released without paying the ransom, kidnapped on Sunday, August 29 (see Fides, 31/8/2021). This was announced yeste ...
31 August 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Vicar general of the diocese of Mamfe kidnapped
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the diocese of Mamfe in the English-speaking region in the south-west of the country was kidnapped last Sunday. There is a war there between the regular army and militiamen ...
30 August 2021
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop of Dar es Salaam orders vaccination of all priests
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Every priest has to be vaccinated against Covid 19 ... It is a disease that touches us deeply because it costs us the lives of our loved ones. Let's take it seriously", said His Exc. Mgr. ...
30 August 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - More than 3,000 young people from the diocese of Yopougon participate in the Diocesan Youth Days
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic youth of the diocese of Yopougon will meet from August 27 to 30 at the Saint Laurent parish of Yopougon Kouté to live its traditional annual activity, the Diocesan Youth Days (JDJ) ...
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