Africa

• 22 January 2022
  AFRICA - Antibiotic resistance, a hidden scourge worldwide, particularly affects sub-Saharan Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More and more infections, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, bloodstream infections and gonorrhea, have become more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to treat due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...
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  22 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Local bishops against the cancer of corruption that is rampant in the Country Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) -"Call for a relentless fight against corruption", is the title of the statement issued by the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEM) on January 19, 2022, on the spread of the phenomenon. Corr ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Christians in Algeria rediscover the relevance of the Fathers of the Church Constantina (Agenzia Fides) - "He who does not know where he comes from cannot know where he is going". This is the conviction of the Catholics of the Diocese of Constantina in Algeria, who embark on a "journey in stages ...
• 21 January 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Staff of the Anti-Corruption Bureau must be protected" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "No one should be pressurized, intimidated or influenced by threats or any other means in the carrying out of their work for the good of the country. We plead, in the interest of building a mor ...
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  21 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The blockade of humanitarian aid records the lowest rate of stocks of all kinds in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the ongoing fighting in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the transport of humanitarian aid has been suspended since 14 December. Although there are more than 800,000 people who should be a ...
• 20 January 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The bishops meeting for the first time since 2020 confirm the resumption of pastoral activities slowed down by the pandemic Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "How nice it is to be here physically after so long", said His Exc. Mgr. João Rodrigues, Bishop of Tzaneen, at the beginning of his homily during the opening Mass of the plenary session of ...
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  19 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Hundreds of innocent people lose their lives every day. An unprecedented crisis in Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian situation in Tigray is worsening day by day. Millions of children suffer from severe malnutrition, just as many people are starving, including internally displaced persons. Ever ...
• 19 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "The wild exploitation of the country's resources is destroying the environment" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The degradation and destruction of our ecosystem are frightening", denounce the Bishops of the Central African Republic in the message published at the end of their first Plenary Assembly this y ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Food and medicine for the population! Humanitarian corridors must be opened": Tigray in the grip of heinous crimes Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately it is all true, come and see for yourselves", a member of the local Church of Ethiopian Tigray tells Agenzia Fides, who for security reasons requests anonymity. The tragedy he ref ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Joy for the release of the nuns, who "share the suffering of the people" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I spoke to her directly and found her to be very calm and generally in good shape. She still does not know the reasons why she was arrested, nor why they released her. After so much fear an ...
• 18 January 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Kidnapped priest released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Bekong Tobias, the Cameroonian priest captured by armed men in military uniform on January 12 (see Fides, 14/1/2022) near the parish of St. Charles Lwanga, Checkpoint-Molyko, Buea, in th ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Islamic-Christian dialogue: meeting to get to know each other in depth and respect and appreciate the values and spirituality of the other Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "It is only a beginning, but we will do everything possible to make it a reality", Fr. Rafael Marco Casamayor, from the Dosso mission in Niger, writes to Agenzia Fides. "In my opinion, this is a s ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Opening of the Jubilees of the Pontifical Mission Societies: all the baptized must become aware of their missionary identity Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "To make all the Catholic Christians of Benin live the four commemorations of the PMS in 2022": this is what Father Cosme Tayéwo Adjomale, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Sisters detained in Addis Ababa released: they are all fine Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Letemaryam Sibhat, Sister Tiblets Teum, Sister Abeba Tesfay, Sister Zaid Moss, Sister Abeba Hagos and Sister Abeba Fitwi, belonging to the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity Sai ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Crislam" does not exist. Judge Mahmud Salam unmasks fake news on the Abu Dhabi Document Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The campaigns fueled in the West and in Arab countries to make people believe that the Document on Human Fraternity (signed in Abu Dhabi by the Bishop of Rome and the Grand Imam of al Azhar) would ...