Africa

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  16 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace summit in Luanda cancelled: fighting in the east of the country has flared up again Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The peace summit between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mediated by Angola and scheduled to take place yesterday, Sunday 15 December, in the Angolan capital Luanda, has been cance ...
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  14 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Three Indian Capuchins attacked Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Three Indian Franciscan Capuchins were brutally beaten by an angry crowd at a petrol station in Nkwanta, in the eastern Volta region of Ghana. The three religious are Father Robinson Melkis, Fath ...
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  13 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference responds to the accusations of the Deputy Prime Minister Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret these news stories, which are full of allusions and attacks against the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo," says a statement from the General Secretariat of the Bis ...
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  13 December 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro-Kussala complains about violence against the church and innocent people which does not stop by Antonella Prenna Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacks on sacred places are an attack against humanity and a violation of human dignity. A church, a mosque, a hospital, a school and an embassy are sacred place ...
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  11 December 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Ongoing protests against election results have significant impacts on the economy Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Protests continue in Mozambique against the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections of October 9, won by FRELIMO (Mozambican Liberation Front, which has ruled continuously since t ...
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  10 December 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop Doeme Dashe: "Maiduguri is more peaceful today thanks to Mary’s protection" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Mother Mary promises to protect her children and we have seen this come true in the diocese of Maiduguri," said the Bishop of Maiduguri, Oliver Doeme Dashe, on the anniversary of the consecra ...
• 10 December 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Resignation of bishop of Bata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bata, Equatorial Guinea, presented by Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (Agenzia Fides, 10/12/2024) ...
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  10 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops: "Democracy is a gift that we must respect and preserve" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Democracy in our country is a gift and we must continue to respect and preserve," write the Bishops of Ghana after the announcement of the official results of the presidential and parliamentary e ...
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  9 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Former President Mahama wins presidential election of December 7 Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Former President John Dramani Mahama won the presidential election in Ghana on December 7. While the final result of the election is not yet available, outgoing Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, ca ...
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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - "Church of Discretion": Interview with the Archbishop of Algiers and future Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco by Gianni Valente “I have not lost any of those you gave me,” this quote from the Gospel of John is the title of the last pastoral letter of the French Dominican Father Jean-Paul Vesco, who took office as Archbis ...
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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - SWAPO candidate wins presidential election Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won the presidential election in Namibia on November 27 (see Fides, 27/11/2024). The candidate of SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization), ...
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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Spiritan Father kidnapped on November 30 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Gerald Ohaeri, who was kidnapped on the evening of November 30th, is free again and in good health," says a statement from the South-East Nigeria Province of the Missionary Society of the ...
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  5 December 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Keep praying for Sudan so that this senseless and tragic war comes to an end”: missionaries evacuated from Dar Mariam by Antonella Prenna Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “On the day the war began in Khartoum, on April 15, 2023, we had the last exams of the school year. Around 11 am, we noticed that there were many people at the school gat ...
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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Presidential election: Bishops hope for a peaceful outcome Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "If any party were to stand out and say I don’t want peace, then, they do not deserve to be voted for in the country, so it is their own interest that they put their signatures and accept this p ...
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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New Apostolic Vicar of Soddo: “The strength of our people is faith” by Antonella Prenna Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Our strength, the strength of our people, our vicariate and our diocese is faith. We have a very deep-rooted faith, people trust in God, they place their hope in God that ...