Africa

• 13 March 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Miarinarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 9, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Msgr. Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa, of the clergy of the diocese of Tsiroanomandidy, until now vicar general and national director of the Pont ...
• 12 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mass kidnappings widespread: a criminal and political phenomenon rather than “religious” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Safe Schools Initiative, a Nigerian organization founded after the kidnapping of 276 students from a secondary school in Chibok in 2014 (the fate of 100 of them is still unknown) and is commit ...
• 11 March 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Situation appears to be calm during the day: At night, opposition members are arrested N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In N'Djamena, capital of Chad, where arrests took place during the night, the situation appears to be calm during the day, despite ongoing tensions. "During the day the situation seems calm, e ...
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  9 March 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The 'small domestic church' in Bengo: "Lent began with the washing of feet" Terreiro (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite all the rain, there is no shortage of people attending church services. And with the invitation to the path of prayer and meditation on the Word of God, the creation of a 'small domest ...
• 8 March 2024
  AFRICA/RWANDA - No to the "sustainable mining" agreement between the EU and Rwanda Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - How can the European Union sign an agreement on the sustainability and traceability of strategic minerals with a country that does not produce them itself, but obtains them illegally from a neigh ...
• 7 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 pupils kidnapped from a primary school in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200 pupils (some sources say 232) were kidnapped this morning, March 7, in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State, in northern Nigeria. The hostages are pupils from the LEA ...
• 7 March 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - More than 67,000 people fleeing jihadist violence in the north of the country Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 67,321 people have been displaced in recent weeks by armed attacks in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. This was announced by Filimão Suaze, spokesman for the gove ...
• 6 March 2024
  AFRICA/GABON - President of the Bishops' Conference: "People can breathe a sigh of relief, but we remain cautious" Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The leaden cloak that hung over the country seems to have dissolved," says the President of the Bishops' Conference of Gabon, Bishop Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene of Oyem, in an interview with Fid ...
• 5 March 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - One week after the death of an opposition figure: calm appears to have been restored in N'Djamena N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In N'Djamena, capital of Chad, there is apparent calm a few days after the assassination of Yaya Dillo, leader of the opposition party PSF (Socialist Party Without Borders). Dillo was killed o ...
• 4 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Pankahin: “We must enable displaced people to return to their homes” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The government must intervene to help displaced people return to their homes", said Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum of Pankshin, in the central Nigerian state of Plateau, in his homily on Sunday March ...
• 29 February 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Salesian missionaries in Sunyani: Protecting the childhood of the most fragile children Sunyani (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of street children in the extremely poor area of Sunyani represents a major challenge. It threatens the survival and future of hundreds of thousands of minors who come from diffic ...
• 29 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After clashes: fate of opposition politician Yaya Dillo uncertain N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Rumors are circulating about the assassination of Yaya Dillo, but at the moment there is no confirmation", report to Fides local sources from N'Djamena, capital of Chad, where the armed force ...
• 28 February 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrovia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Monsignor Gabriel Blamo Jubwe, of the clergy of Monrovia, Diocesan Administrator and Parish Priest of St. Pius X, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrov ...
• 28 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Shootings in the night in N'Djamena: an opposition leader accused of having attacked the headquarters of the secret services; is the presidential clan tearing itself apart? N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard gunshots in the night but we do not yet know what is happening", local sources tell Fides from N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, who woke up today, February 28, in a state of siege. "N ...
• 27 February 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Investigation continue into the murder of 4 Orthodox monks of the historic Ziquala monastery in Oromia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Investigations continue to identify the culprits of the tragic attack on the historic monastery of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) in Ziquala, Oromia, last Tuesday, February 2 ...