Africa

• 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 ...
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  27 February 2024
  AFRICA MALI - Father Maccalli: "We rejoice at the release of the Italian family kidnapped in Mali on May 19, 2022" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Italian family, consisting of Giovanni and Rocco and Donatella Langone, who were kidnapped in Mali on May 19, 2022, are doing well. "They are expected in Rome at the Foreign Mi ...
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  27 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Ambongo: "Sustainable" mining agreement between Rwanda and the EU focuses on resources plundered in our Country" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The European Union signs an agreement with Rwanda for sustainable cooperation in the mining sector because of the plundered resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Isn't this to be unde ...
• 26 February 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 15 dead in Catholic church attack Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The small remaining community of Catholic faithful who had gathered for Sunday prayers under the leadership of a catechist were gathered yesterday, Sunday, February 25, in Essakane, a villag ...
• 23 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops: “Counter poverty with measures to combat insecurity and promote agriculture” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - " The legitimacy of government depends on its capacity to protect life and property" emphasize the Nigerian Bishops in the final declaration of their first general assembly in 2024. The Catholic B ...
• 23 February 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D., until now director of Caritas for the diocese of Bouar, as coadjutor bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic. ...
• 22 February 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Church helps migrants and asylum seekers Accra (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the drama in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, there are many other situations of displacement and people seeking refuge that deserve the attention of international institutions. This is ...
• 22 February 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Erection of the diocese of Boké, Guinea, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Boké, Guinea, with territory taken from the archdiocese of Conakry. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moïse Tinguiano, of the cler ...
• 22 February 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Naval agreement between Somalia and Turkey to counter the one between Ethiopia and Somaliland? Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Somalia does not want foreign powers to fight on its territory," said Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, assuring that the naval military agreement approved yesterday February 21st (but ...
• 21 February 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The ten-month war has devastated the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war that broke out in Sudan ten months ago has triggered a devastating humanitarian crisis. As of January 2024, there were over 10.7 million displaced people, the largest displacement crisi ...
• 21 February 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Gorom: Precarious conditions in refugee camps Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The most basic services are lacking, refugees in the Gorom camp, west of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, are struggling to get food," report local sources, given the deteriorating conditions ...
• 20 February 2024
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean bishops warn of increasing poverty in their Country Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Another Bishops' Conference in Africa warns that the government's economic policies are worsening the poverty in which the majority of the population lives. Like the Bishops of Nigeria (see Fides ...
• 19 February 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resumption of jihadist attacks in the north, but with a new "modus operandi" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks by jihadists linked to the ISIS militia "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamma'ah" have increased in the Pemba province, northern Mozambique. In recent days, the small Mozambican fishing village of Q ...
• 19 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: “Economic reforms lead to extreme poverty” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - " As a result of the government’s reform agenda, millions of Nigerians have been reduced to a life of grinding poverty, wanton suffering, and untold hardship as never before in our national hist ...