Africa

• 3 March 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Queenstown, South Africa, the Reverend Fr. Paul Siphiwo Vanqa, S.A.C., until now diocesan administrator of the same see. Msgr. Pau ...
• 3 March 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of Bishop of Kimberley Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Kimberley, South Africa, Bishop Duncan Theodore Tsoke, until now titular of Orreacelia and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdioces ...
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  3 March 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Mobilization of the Church in favor of the population of Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The Eritrean army controls the cities of Adoua, Shire and Adigrat, as well as the streets and suburbs of Mekele. The news, denied by both the Eritrean and Ethiopian authorities, is however confi ...
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  2 March 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi confirms Board of Directors for Catholic foundations Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi confirmed by decree the establishment of the council for the administration of the foundations of the Catholic Church in Egypt. The presidential decree of F ...
• 2 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Release of kidnapped students and favorable reception of Nigerians at the Pope's appeal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The 279 students of the GGSS Jangebee Secondary School in the state of Zamfara, in the north-west of Nigeria, kidnapped on the night of February 25 (see Fides, 26/2/2021) have been released. "Yes, ...
• 2 March 2021
  AFRICA/ DR CONGO - Denunciation of the Bishops about the differences between promises made and reality in the east of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in our country, especially in the eastern part, remains dangerous and worsened by the recurring presence of armed groups that the National Army, supported by MONUSCO (UN ...
• 1 March 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 32 civilians killed in one week in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 32 civilians were killed in a week in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, between Ituri and North Kivu (see also Fides, 27/2/2021). This was announced by CEPADHO (Center for Stu ...
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  1 March 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Health authorities are calling for extreme caution despite the decline in coronavirus infections Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The severity of the pandemic is unabated, the situation in the region is unstable and worrying", warns the Supreme Committee on Health Emergencies in Sudan. Despite a slight decrease in infect ...
• 27 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After the fatal attack on the Italian Ambassador: More civilians are victims of massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In North Kivu, the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where on February 22nd, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, his Italian ...
• 26 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 300 students of the GGSS Jangebee Secondary School in the state of Zamfara, in the north-west of Nigeria, were kidnapped by gunmen on the night of 25 February. This was stated by the teac ...
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  26 February 2021
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - Mutual solidarity, rediscovery of fundamental human values: Christians and the pandemic Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - Covid-19, the devastating floods in some areas of Hirshebelle, Southwest, Jubbaland and Puntland, and a new plague of locusts were the three factors that triggered the crisis and aggravated the ...
• 25 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The destruction of the church of the Holy Family of Kikwari denied Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of strong ethnic and religious tensions, it may happen that there are people who spread false news to further increase tensions", says to Agenzia Fides Father Patrick Tor Alumuku, Di ...
• 25 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Testimony of the Bishop of Uvira on the prevailing insecurity in particular due to the struggle for land grabbing Uvira (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened on February 22 in Goma, with the assassination of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and the policeman who accompanied him, only confirms what we have been saying for some time: ...
• 24 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of a split in the country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigeria is in danger of falling apart", warn the Nigerian bishops, who complain about the serious shortcomings of state institutions and, in particular, their inability to ensure security for all ...
• 24 February 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After the attack on the Italian ambassador: "The population has been suffering from terrorist attacks for years" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese human rights organization CEPADHO expresses its own regret over the recent attack, in which the Italian ambassador in the Congo, an Italian policeman and the Congolese driver were ...