Africa

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  16 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped on September 13 released after 24 hours Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Barely 24 hours after his kidnap, our beloved brother priest was released by his abductors". Thus Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu, Chancellor of the diocese of Kafanchan, announced the release of Fr. Luk ...
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  16 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Suffering is God's accomplice": a small church is born inside the hospital of Naandi Naandi (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary Church wants to be witness to the love of the Heart of Christ for all the inhabitants of this remote village, people who suffer so much, are wonderful, sensitive, who pray so much ...
• 15 September 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The split within the Vice President's movement weakens the peace agreement Juba (Agenzia Fides) - At least 20 soldiers were killed on September 13 during new clashes between rival factions of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Opposition Movement (SPLM-IO), the main opposition group in South ...
• 14 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped from a village in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Luka Benson Yakusak, parish priest of St. Matthew parish in Anchuna, in Ikulu Chiefdom, in the local government area of Zangon Kataf of the State of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria was kidnapped b ...
• 14 September 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - "A whole generation grows up amid death and destruction" due to the violence of the jihadists Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Tillabéri region of Niger, an entire generation is growing up in the midst of death and destruction", denounces Amnesty International's deputy director for emergency relief, Matt Wells. ...
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  14 September 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Diocese of Lira founds new parishes Lira (Agenzia Fides) - The need to create new parishes in the diocese of Lira was confirmed in response to the requests of Christians in need of spiritual support from pastoral workers. In the note from the Bishops sent ...
• 13 September 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Assault on a military convoy kills 3: from April to today 13,000 people a week are forced to leave their homes due to violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least three gendarmes were killed last Sunday and several are missing. The attack took place yesterday, Sunday, September 12, at around 1 p.m. near Sakoani, a town along the road conne ...
• 13 September 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AMECEA delegation visits Ethiopian Bishops' Conference Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - A sign of solidarity is an opportunity to seek the best possible ways to restore peace in the Country. This is how Fr. Anthony Makunde, Secretary General of the Association of Bishops' Conf ...
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  11 September 2021
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Music, an instrument of joy and fraternity for the lives of children Fez (Agenzia Fides) - In the suffering time of the pandemic, music can be, especially for children, a joyful, uplifting experience, capable of giving new hope. With this conviction, the World Youth Orchestra Foundation b ...
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  11 September 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A missionary: "New Catholic schools for the good of all, giving the Gospel of Jesus" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "We have decided to build a Catholic school. The head of the village assured us of collaboration and now Christians and Muslims are building the new building together". Thus reports in an interview ...
• 10 September 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Regional efforts are needed to stop terrorists linked to Daesh" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The support of neighboring states in the fight against the terrorists of the ADF/MTM (Allied Democratic Forces/Madinat Tawhid wa-l-Muwahidin, a group of Ugandan origin that over the years have ...
• 9 September 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA - ECOWAS suspends Guinea; Catholic leaders had long warned about the crisis that resulted in the coup Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO/ECOWAS) suspended Guinea from their regional organization after the military coup on Sunday, September 5 (see Fides, 6/9/202 ...
• 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 ...
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  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 ...