Africa

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  25 May 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Catholic Girls Arise": girls from the diocese of Mangochi committed to living Christian charity Mangochi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of about 200 young women from all over Malawi have chosen to live their lives reaching out to others, in response to the Catholic faith and oriented to change the world. They are the yo ...
• 24 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic lawyers call for "a summit to address insecurity in the country"; no news of the kidnapped priest" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately convene a summit on security in Nigeria". This is what the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) is asking in the face of the increasing ac ...
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  24 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Xenophobia is the denial of the teachings of the Gospel and the Koran Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, acts of xenophobia have been unleashed by the Ivorian population against Nigerians residing in Ivory Coast following a fake video spread on social media. "Xenophobia is the denial o ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the national "Holy Family" major Seminary and appointment of the Rector Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the national "Holy Family" major Seminary in the district of Mwe ...
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  22 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Recession, inflation, poverty: population exhausted Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Anger and frustration, as well as poverty, circulate in Sudanese society. The fear is that in this impasse a strong man will break through, as so many times in the history of the country", a m ...
• 22 May 2021
  AFRICA /D.R.CONGO - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, transferring him from the diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga. ...
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  21 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed and another kidnapped in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A priest killed and another kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault perpertrated by unidentified armed men against the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the State of Katsina, in no ...
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  20 May 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - $ 500 million for the Gaza Strip: Christian churches welcome President al Sisi's initiative Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarchs and bishops support the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who plans to allocate $ 500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to remedy the damage caused by Israeli ...
• 20 May 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Land grabbing and forced deportation of farmers increased during the lockdown for Covid-19 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is worsening as the populations of entire districts are forcibly evicted from their lands. Forced evictions are a clear indication that people's rights are being violated", says a ...
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  20 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The global Catholic climate movement celebrates significant progress on the path of ecological conversion Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a ...
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  19 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Young Christians and Muslims united by sport to trace the path of coexistence and peace Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This initiative is part of a logic of resorting to young people of different religious confessions, to trace paths of peace in the perspective of reconciliation in Ivory Coast", says Fr. Richar ...
• 19 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid" denounces the Bishop of Embu Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, ...
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  18 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Free access to secondary education: the doors of the Seminary open to all children of the local community Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio has opened the doors of the major Seminary of St. Joseph to the public. In a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Bishop Eduardo Hijboro Kussala informs that ...
• 18 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary denounces: "The Catholic heart of Niger is on the run" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of Catholics who have fled the Dolbel area, the heart of the Catholic Church in Niger, are about a hundred. The number is expected to increase in these days due to the massacre of som ...
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  17 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New cry of alarm from the Bishops on the serious insecurity in the Country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of Nigeria in different parts of our country with so much violence, insecurity and anxiety is a source of major concern to us Bishops. We are speaking to you, our people at various leve ...