Africa

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  20 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Chaplain and nuns prevent Bukavu prison from burning down completely Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is thanks to the chaplain and some nuns that the prison was not completely burned down," reports a source from the local Church in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kiv ...
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  20 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Damulak escapes after his kidnapping on February 6 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Cornelius Manzak Damulak, kidnapped on February 6 (see Fides, 7/2/2025), managed to escape from the hands of his kidnappers. According to the police in the State of Niger (central Nigeria) ...
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  19 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The M23 advance continues and now threatens Uvira Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The M23 advance in the Congolese province of South Kivu continues after the capture of Bukavu, the capital of this province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (see Fides, 17/2/2025 ...
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  19 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Crisis between Sudan and Kenya after the signing in Nairobi of the constitutive act of an alternative Sudanese government Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – A violation of "international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide." ...
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  18 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kinshasa: Police thwart threats by supporters of the ruling party against Catholic and Protestant churches Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The religious services in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), both in the Catholic parishes and in the Protestant communities of the Church of Christ in Congo (Église ...
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  18 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Behind names like AFDL or M23 lies the Rwandan intervention in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes you have the feeling that the poor are hopelessly lost," reports a Church source from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, which was taken by the M23 troops s ...
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  17 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Mourning in the diocese of Dédougou: two catechists murdered on their way back from a training course Dédougou (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Dédougou in Burkina Faso mourns the death of two catechists who were murdered on their way back from a training course. The crime occurred on Saturday, January 25. As the di ...
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  17 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bukavu in the hands of the M23; the testimony of a local source Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The shops are still closed, but people are still seen on the streets, albeit few. Since yesterday, February 16, the gunfire has stopped. Bukavu is living in apparent peace after being taken ov ...
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  17 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic priest kidnapped on February 12 in southern Nigeria has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest who was kidnapped on February 12 along with two other people has been released. The priest is Fr. Livinus Maurice, parish priest of St. Patrick's Church in Isokpo, in Rivers S ...
• 15 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Rutana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Léonidas Nitereka, until now Vicar General of the Diocese of Bururi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Rutana (Burundi). His Exc. Msgr. Léonidas Ni ...
• 15 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Bubanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., until now Coordinator of the Council for the creation of the Catholic University of Burundi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Bu ...
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  14 February 2025
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “People are forced to travel almost 8 miles every Sunday to go to Mass”: new mission stations in the diocese of Kenema Buedu (Agenzia Fides) – “Our mission in Sierra Leone is gradually growing, as is the number of Christians and small communities. People continue to come and live their faith with great enthusiasm and participation,� ...
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  14 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest: “Caution in the application of Sharia in religiously mixed areas” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The extension of the application of Islamic law (Sharia) in the States of Nigeria where there are religiously mixed families was the warning expressed by Fr. Lawrence Chukwunweike Emehel, Director ...
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  13 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Meeting of the Catholic and Protestant delegation in Goma with the M23 rebels Catholic and Protestant delegation: "Armed struggle is not a solution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim was to convince them that armed struggle is not a solution and that we come with a proposal that can contribute to building a lasting peace, hence the so-called 'Social Pact for Peace ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 advances in South Kivu; airport serving Bukavu is in its sights Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire declared in recent days has been broken. In reality, it has only served to supply the M23 rebel movement and the Rwandan army with weapons, ammunition and provisions to their tro ...