Africa

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  19 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped priest released; over 150 violent deaths in a week Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Isaac Agubi, a priest who serves at the Holy Name church of Ikpeshi, 230 km away from Benin City, capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria was released by the police. The priest had been kid ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Islamic State in the east of the DRC; the concern of local bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is also the mysterious Islamic State in the Province of Central Africa among the armed groups that rage in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose violent actions are at t ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Interfaith prayer for Father Maccalli in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After nine months of Father Pierluigi Maccalli’s absence, there was the first common moment of prayer with the Muslim leaders of the capital": says Father Mauro Armanino, priest of the Society ...
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  17 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - A Christian church set on fire in Maradi Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, in Maradi, the third largest city in Niger, a group of protesters demonstrating against the arrest of a prominent local imam set a Protestant ...
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  14 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Political tensions and identity crises in society: the prophetic role of the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The turbulent declarations of Ivorian politicians continue to feed serious threats to the political stability of our country, especially in view of the presidential elections of 2020", says Fat ...
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  14 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Boko Haram threaten Christians in Diffa. "Real news, but there is no mass flight of the faithful" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians have been threatened but there is no mass flight of the faithful" says Mgr. Anthony Coudjofio, Vicar General of Niamey to Agenzia Fides, to whom we asked if it is true that the Christ ...
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  13 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALI - President and Cardinal Zerbo bring their solidarity to the victims of Sobame Da massacre Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jean Zerbo Archbishop of Bamako and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta are in the village of Sobame Da this morning, in the Mopti region in central Mali, where in the night between 9 and ...
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  12 June 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A new priest and seven deacons in the diocese of Tambura-Yambio: a sign of hope for the Church Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Tambura-Yambio celebrated the first ordination of a priest and seven deacons of the Seminary of St. John Paul on 7 June. This is what was reported to Agenzia Fides by Father Christ ...
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  12 June 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Bishops denounce: "Political intolerance threatens peaceful coexistence" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried about the progressive increase of political intolerance which, in different parts of the country, provokes clashes and even victims", says the final statement, sent to Agenzia ...
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  11 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALI - New massacres in Mali and Burkina Faso increase fears regarding the stability of the Sahel Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - A clash between the Peuls and Dogons populations is most probably at the base of the massacre of the inhabitants of the village of Sobame Da, in the Mopti region in central Mali, where at least 9 ...
• 11 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ilorin and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ilorin (Nigeria), presented by H.E. Msgr. Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. He is succeeded by H.E. Msgr ...
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  10 June 2019
  AFRICA/SUDAN - African religious leaders condemn the brutal suppression of protests in Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - 4 people died on the first day of protest in Khartoum to persuade the transitional military Council, which replaced President Omar El Bashir in April, to cede power to a civilian government. A ...
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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Celebrata la giornata mondiale della gioventù a Bissau e a Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “La vendetta non risolve i problemi, ma piuttosto diventa un fertilizzante per i problemi. In questo ordine di idee, i cristiani dovrebbero evitare la via della vendetta e dello scandalo, speci ...
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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - World Youth Day celebrated in Bissau and Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Revenge does not solve problems, but rather becomes a fertilizer for problems. Christians should avoid the path of revenge and scandal, especially those who are engaged in politics", says the Au ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the monastery in Smalut Smalut (Agenzia Fides) – To make a pilgrimage and ask for the intercession of the Virgin Mary for security and peace in the country: with this spirit thousands of Christians and Muslims took part in the week of celebra ...