Africa

• 4 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Joe Keke, kidnapped with the priest who was later found dead, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Joe Keke, the priest kidnapped on the night of May 20 in the attack on the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina, in northern Nigeria (see Fides, 21/5/2021) has b ...
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  1 June 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Stop violence against women in Tigray: an immediate solution is urgently needed Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "The residents of the Tigray region are calling for an end to violence", denounces the leadership of the Europe External Program with Africa and Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) in a state ...
• 1 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop Sokoto: "The State does nothing to protect citizens" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nowhere else in the world do people die as in our country. There is no place in the world where citizens can be killed every day without the government showing the slightest sign of empathy or co ...
• 31 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops urge citizens to vaccinate and demand that drugs be released for the treatment of AIDS patients" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We find it extremely sad that while our places of worship are closed to the public, every time the lockdown is imposed, people can still go to markets and other public places without restrictio ...
• 31 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of bishop of Morogoro, His Exc. Mgr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, SDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania, the Reverend Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S., until now apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum San ...
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  31 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - After a bloodless coup, "people want a return to normality", notes a local priest Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "On the evening of May 28, the Constitutional Court of Mali ruled that the presidency of the Republic is vacant and appointed Colonel Goita, the leader of the coup leaders, president of the Trans ...
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  29 May 2021
  AFRICA/CHAD - Missionary: “The population wants democratic change” N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "In the center-north of Chad tension is decreasing and the situation is calmer. There is currently no fighting. The border crossings to Sudan are open", confirms Fr. Franco Martellozzo, an Ita ...
• 29 May 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The State of siege to stop violence risks being a failure" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - " Can the militarization of civil administrations and intensification of armed pressure be enough to end the spiral of violence that has plagued the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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  28 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Laudato Sì Week: Environmental protection requires a change of heart Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not enough to plant trees if there is no change in mentality", said Archbishop Philip Arnold Anyolo, Archbishop of the diocese of Kisumu and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference o ...
• 28 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Military coup: Bishops condemn “illegal” takeover of power Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishops of Mali are aware of the need for a strong executive and a reconciled and strengthened army and strongly condemn the recent seizure of power outside the rule of law", said the Cathol ...
• 27 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Escalation of violence by young rebels, despite appeals for peace Pibor (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 1,736 homes have been attacked, of which about 700 have ended up reduced to ashes, nearly 44,962 head of cattle looted, 112 women and 84 children kidnapped, 128 men and 28 women kill ...
• 27 May 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Burundian government and opposition armed groups are fighting each other on Congolese soil, denounces a local NGO Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Burundian armed groups of opposite tendency are fighting in the plain of Ruzizi, in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This was stated in a note sent to Agenzia ...
• 26 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "A transparent process for the October 2022 vote immediately" ask the religious leaders of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) continues to suffer from a serious case of leadership and credibility crisis", says the Dialogue Reference Group of the main religious ...
• 26 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Coup within the coup: old practices that starve African peoples Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - What happened yesterday, May 25, 2021, has been described as a "coup within the coup" by the military against the leaders of the transitional executive as well as the colonels who carried out th ...
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  25 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Protests in Abuja against kidnappings; the Bishops: "Citizens are losing faith in the State" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria yesterday, May 24, blocking a highway, to protest against the increasing cases of kidnappings for ransom, which ...