Africa

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  14 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest: “Caution in the application of Sharia in religiously mixed areas” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The extension of the application of Islamic law (Sharia) in the States of Nigeria where there are religiously mixed families was the warning expressed by Fr. Lawrence Chukwunweike Emehel, Director ...
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  13 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Meeting of the Catholic and Protestant delegation in Goma with the M23 rebels Catholic and Protestant delegation: "Armed struggle is not a solution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim was to convince them that armed struggle is not a solution and that we come with a proposal that can contribute to building a lasting peace, hence the so-called 'Social Pact for Peace ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 advances in South Kivu; airport serving Bukavu is in its sights Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire declared in recent days has been broken. In reality, it has only served to supply the M23 rebel movement and the Rwandan army with weapons, ammunition and provisions to their tro ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In the small village of Kom Ghareeb, the Church is a refuge for the young and the most needy Kom Ghareeb (Agenzia Fides) - These days, the Coptic Church celebrates the feast of the prophet Jonah, a deeply felt commemoration, marked by three days of prayer and fasting that prepare the faithful for the time of Len ...
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  8 February 2025
  Cardinal Bernardin Gantin and his Roman and missionary heart by Antonella Prenna Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The main airport in Benin, his homeland, is named after Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, who died in 2008. Seventeen years after his death, it was the Bishops of the Episcopal Con ...
• 7 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was kidnapped yesterday morning, February 6. He is Fr. Cornellus Manzak Damulak, who studies at Veritas University in Abuja, the federal capital. According to the diocese of Shen ...
• 6 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Bishop of Tenkodogo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. David Koudougou, of the clergy of Tenkodogo, until now Diocesan Administrator of the same Diocese, as Bishop of the Diocese of Tenkodogo. His Exc. M ...
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  6 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Turning point in the Sudanese conflict? The Sudanese Armed Forces advance in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The advance of the SAF (Sudan Armed Forces) soldiers continues to regain control of Khartoum, the Sudanese capital disputed with the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) militiamen. The offensive of Ge ...
• 5 February 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Local health authorities forced to suspend HIV & AIDS program in Yambio: thousands of lives at risk Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – The suspension of the HIV & AIDS program in Yambio has placed thousands of lives at risk. Healthcare workers, patients, and local authorities are now calling for urgent intervention to restore ...
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  5 February 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - A debate in Parliament revives the question of the incompatibility between the Catholic faith and membership in Freemasonry Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Since the end of January, various statements have been made by bodies of the Catholic Church in Ghana, aimed at reaffirming the incompatibility between the Catholic faith and membership in Freem ...
• 4 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Goma: "The ceasefire is holding, but people are afraid. Hospitals and refugees are the most worrying situations" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The city is calm, but people are still afraid to leave their homes because security is not fully guaranteed," reports Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, Bishop of Goma, speaking to Fides from the capital ...
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  3 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “In Bukavu, young people are joining self-defense militias” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bukavu is calm at the moment, but young people are flocking en masse to the recruitment centers of the self-defense groups of the so-called 'Wazalendo' militias," report Fides ...
• 3 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Poverty, food insecurity, inadequate health care and high cost of living Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the serious waves of violence that are affecting the Nigerian population, including kidnappings, clashes, terrorist attacks and brutal murders, there is poverty, food insecurity, in ...
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  31 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Without electricity and water: Catholic parish in Goma welcomes 2000 displaced people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest danger for the population of Goma is the so-called 'Wazalendo' militiamen," local church observers told Fides about the situation in the capital of the Congolese province of North ...
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  30 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Foreigners leave Bukavu: fears of advance of the M23 rebel movement on the capital of South Kivu province” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing,” missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. “The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to ...