Africa

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  31 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Qualified presence of Christian publishers at the 53rd International Book Fair in Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year the International Book Fair hosted in Cairo, now in its 53rd edition in 2022, has registered a substantial number of publishing houses linked to Churches and ecclesial institutions ...
• 31 January 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 30, 2022, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by His Exc. ...
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  31 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The hopes and energy of the little 'kings of darkness', the blind children of Gaya Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - King of darkness, blind, danawo, koubey koy, in the Djerma language of the peoples who live in the westernmost part of Niger, are some of the insults that young blind students in the inclusive Cat ...
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  29 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Inculturation and evangelization, priorities for future priests Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "When a priest is rooted in culture, he finds an adequate language for proclaiming the Gospel, as close as possible to the daily reality of the faithful to whom he is addressing", said father Je ...
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  29 January 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Schools have been reopened, a missionary: "Eradicating poverty among children through education" Moroto (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last two years, in addition to government measures, which have not reached everyone, especially in rural schools, there have been some support projects for education financed from abroad. ...
• 28 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops remind the coup leaders: "Governing is putting oneself at the service of the common good" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We acknowledge the changes that have taken place", say the Bishops of Burkina Faso, where in the night between Sunday 23 and Monday 24 January, a military coup overthrew the civil governmen ...
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  28 January 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A future of hope for women who become protagonists of a society that ignores their rights Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - Many girls between the ages of 9 and 20 who had dropped out of school are coming back to dream, make life plans, look to the future with hope and courage. All this is made possible thanks to the ...
• 27 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray blockade Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 5,000 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the ...
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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The contribution of the Church to the formation of new generations through education Gagnoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast, gathered at the 120th Plenary Assembly, are debating these days on the centrality of the new generations and on a global educational project that looks at the inte ...
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  27 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Poverty, disorganization and music: the mission among the Pygmies is beautiful and full of stimuli Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of the missionaries here does not consist only in pastoral care strictly understood, such as catechesis and liturgy, but also in helping people to stand up, to invest in the future", ...
• 26 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Calm situation, demonstrations in favor of the military who took power Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in Ouagadougou is calm. People move freely without any problems. In the aftermath of the coup, several groups of young people took to the streets to show their support for t ...
• 25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military junta introduces itself: the UN condemns the coup Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The soldiers who overthrew the government of Burkina Faso were seen on national television yesterday, January 24, as they had previously announced (see Fides, 24/1/2022). The spokesperson ...
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  25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Documenting the History of the Catholic Church in Africa: “Catechists as Mediators” Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We will never stop praising the work of catechists in Africa", writes Father Basil Soyoye, from Nigeria, of the Society for African Missions (SMA), regarding the 'Memory of Catholic Africa' pro ...
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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionaries always ready to start over in increasingly disparate areas and contexts Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Having left Kolowaré on December 30 last year, I am now in Lomé in the Propaedeutics Seminary, the preparatory year for entering the Society of the African Missions before beginning the three-y ...
• 24 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Militaries in revolt announce the arrest of the President; Fides sources" expected speech on TV by the coup leaders" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The military has announced that they will speak on national television shortly and perhaps we will know better what is happening", local sources say to Fides from Ouagadougou, the capital o ...