Africa
26 August 2021
AFRICA - Attacks in the Sahel are increasing: the bishops of Niger and Burkina Faso express concern
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The attacks by jihadist groups are increasing in the countries of the Sahel, especially in the so-called triangle between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (see Fides, 20/8/2021). In Burkina Faso ...
25 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Kussala on the murder of the former commissioner: "He was a man of peace"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I offer my condolences on the tragic death of Babiro Charles Gbamisi, who was shot and killed in an assassination attempt this morning," said Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in So ...
24 August 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches and ecclesiastical buildings "approved" by the Egyptian government rises to 1958
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In July and August 2021, the Egyptian government confirmed that a further 76 churches and buildings owned by the church comply with the regulations for the construction of Christian houses of wors ...
24 August 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops of Bamenda call for an end to the conflict: "Our people are tired of living in uncertainty and fear"
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore the violence, insecurity, kidnappings, torture and senseless killings, sometimes of innocent people and children", emphasized the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Bamenda Provi ...
23 August 2021
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Bishop of Solwezi hopes that "the new President will fight rampant corruption and pacify the nation"
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The newly elected President of Zambia will have to "fight the rampant corruption, which has reached unprecedented levels in our nation". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solw ...
21 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The two slain Catholic sisters are our martyrs", said the Archbishop of Juba at their funeral
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Mary Daniel Abut and Sister Regina Roba Luate are our martyrs because they were killed in cold blood", said yesterday, August 20, His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba ...
20 August 2021
AFRICA/MALI - After Burkina Faso, now also Mali: At least 15 soldiers die in a jihadist attack
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadist groups are again attacking soldiers from the regular armed forces in the Sahel. After the most recent incident on August 18 in Burkina Faso (see Fides 19/8/2021) it is Mali's turn, where ...
20 August 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Ethiopia is experiencing the most dramatic phase in recent history"
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While the world's eyes are on Afghanistan, a silent drama is unfolding in the Horn of Africa. The war that broke out in the Tigray region in November 2020 has long since spread beyond the bo ...
20 August 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Death of Iman Ustas Aladji Bubacar Djalo: "His commitment to dialogue will not be forgotten"
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 19, Imam Ustas Aladji Bubacar Djalo from Mansoa died completely unexpectedly. This is a great loss for Islam in Guinea-Bissau, but also for the Catholic Church, because throug ...
19 August 2021
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Almost 50 dead in an Islamist attack in the north of the country
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Forty-seven people, including thirty civilians, fourteen soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed yesterday August 18 in an attack by suspected jihadists on a military convoy in nort ...
19 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sisters killed; President Kiir: "The groups that did not sign the peace are responsible for their death"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The groups that did not sign the peace agreement are, according to the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, responsible for the deaths of the two nuns of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jes ...
19 August 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic priest, victim of an act of violence
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was violently killed in Uganda yesterday, August 18. Fr. Joshephat Kasambula from the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana was murdered in cold blood yesterday evening. It is believed th ...
18 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two nuns killed in an ambush; "Murdered cold bloodedly" denounce the sisters
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our sisters were killed cold bloodedly", says Sister Christine John Amaa, of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, providing details of the murder of Sister Mary Daniel Abut, and Sister R ...
17 August 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Why should criminals be rewarded": Nobel laureate criticizes the president's appointment of a former rebel leader
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should criminals be rewarded in this way?" Asks the Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, doctor and human rights activist, Dr. Denis Mukwegue, in connection with the appointment of a form ...
13 August 2021
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Waiting for the election result: Jesuits ask election winners to give priority to the poor
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The official results of the presidential elections in Zambia, which took place on August 12th, are expected on Sunday, August 15th. The election was overshadowed by clashes in which two people we ...
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