Africa

• 22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Students and schools targeted in English-speaking separatist regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There is also a Catholic school among the schools attacked in recent weeks in the southwestern region of Cameroon. On February 8 and 11, armed groups burned down two schools, respectively the p ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children rediscover dignity, hospitality and love at the Foyer totonn Gilles Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "With the street children I met in Niamey, we organized a cleaning campaign in a field near our house", says Gilles, a Nigerian journalist who spends most of his time with these young victims in ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Malnourished children, exhausted population, destroyed livestock: the environmental crisis worsens the living conditions of the population Ginir (Agenzia Fides) - "People are starving in our area and the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly. My health colleagues say that the increase in cases of acute malnutrition among children will only get worse. T ...
• 21 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Onitsha rejects the statements of a religious that risk fomenting ethnic hatred Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is not a tribal institution and should", says His Exc. Mgr. Valerian Maduka Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha, in a statement in which the Archdiocese warns the faithful that Fr. E ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prolonged drought, erratic and unpredictable rainfall, increased flooding: the population reduced to hunger Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in the tents is not easy because of the lack of water supply and the hygienic-sanitary challenges that we face every day", said the diocesan radio station of Ndola, the victims of the floods ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "We must put discord aside and act together against the real enemies: terrorism and drought" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church in Somalia is to be always well informed of what is happening and not to forget this part of the world. The mandate that I see for myself and for the Church here, is ...
• 19 February 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi, presented by Archbishop Simon Ntamwana. The Holy Father has appointe ...
• 18 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kisumu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, currently Bishop of Nakuru, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 18/2/2022) ...
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  18 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Forced to beg to keep Ayder CS Hospital in Mekelle running Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "We trust that the whole world, through international, continental and regional institutions, has all the tools to stop this man-made tragedy and allow humanitarian aid to reach our region very ...
• 18 February 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The presence of the Burundian militia Imbonerakure is expanding in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Burundian Imbonerakure militia have camped on the Ruzizi river coast, where they have established at least three camps in the towns of Mwaba, Ngendo and Ndunga, where the Burundi ...
• 17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Regional security uncertain after the withdrawal of French and European troops from Mali Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "There are no longer the political, operational and legal conditions" to continue our military missions in Mali. In a joint press release published this morning, February 17, France and its Europe ...
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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Churches of North Africa continue their synodal journey under the sign of Charles De Foucauld Algiers - "For our Church in North Africa, the forthcoming canonization of Charles de Foucauld is an opportunity to rejoice and further deepen his insights". So write the members of the Bishops' Conference of the North A ...
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  17 February 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Kuwala FM: Catholic radio station, an important instrument of evangelization Limbe (Agenzia Fides) - "May this radio be an instrument of unity and help us to promote political and cultural tolerance in our country", said the Archbishop of Blantyre, Msgr. Thomas Msusa, on the occasion of the offic ...
• 16 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Appeal by Trocaire and other humanitarian NGOs: "Act now to save millions of Somalis from hunger" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - In Somalia, one and a half million children, almost half of the population under five, are at risk of suffering from acute malnutrition due to the drought that has affected more than four mill ...
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  16 February 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The synodal journey of small Christian communities that are open and welcoming Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "After eight years of service in Italy, I am joining the parish of the Sagrada Família, recently born in the district of Desvio da Barra, one of the many new anonymous suburbs of Luanda", says F ...