Africa

• 17 March 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fruits, failures, wounds, the new beginnings. Archbishop Nahimana recounts 125 years of the Gospel in Burundi. by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of our evangelization, the family has been the first cell of the Burundian Church", says Msgr. Bonaventure Nahimana, Archbishop of Gitega and President of the ...
• 15 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Protests over the just demands of healthcare workers must not harm patients,” says Bishop of Mthatha Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The South African Labor Court of Appeal has ordered public health workers to end a week-long strike that has affected some of the country's main hospitals. Members of the National Educatio ...
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  15 March 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - Faith can grow even in the difficulties that all missionaries face every day Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Each of our young people has a story to live, to tell. We would like to share some of their reflections on mission, the joys, the difficulties, the challenges". It was Fathers Walter Woamede and ...
• 14 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 5 million trees to be planted in 5 years: the project to combat desertification promoted by the Nigerian Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is to plant 5.5 million trees over the next five years to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country. Consequently, the conference laun ...
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  10 March 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Maasai people forced to leave their homes in the protected area of Ngorongoro Malambo (Agenzia Fides) - The Tanzanian authorities are pushing the Maasai people to move away from the protected area of Ngorongoro, where most of the population resides, proposing financial 'aid' which is not sufficien ...
• 10 March 2023
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Paul Lithebe Tjokosela, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Maseru, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
• 10 March 2023
  AFRICA/RUANDA - "Forgiveness comes from listening to the other". Interview with Cardinal Kambanda, Archbishop of Kigali by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that conflicts arise from the fact that we do not want to listen to the other. Listening to the other involves us, it asks us to change", says Cardinal Antoine Kamban ...
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  9 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Catholic Bishop of Obala offers his condolences for the murder of the priest of the so-called Gallican “Church” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We learned with pain of the heinous murder in Obala of Father Olivier Ntsa Ebodé, priest of a separated Christian community", says Msgr. Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei, bishop of Obala, in ...
• 9 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Durban, Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Durban, until now vicar general and parish priest of Saint James in Lam ...
• 8 March 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - March 8: Women in Goma call for more security and an end to the scourge of kidnappings Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to security, we demand the eradication of all "negative forces" and armed groups that collaborate with foreigners". "We demand more security and the closure of the communication networ ...
• 7 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" kidnapped and murdered Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" in Cameroon was kidnapped and murdered. Father Olivier Ntsa Ebode was found dead on March 1 in Obala, a municipality in the department of Lékié in ...
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  7 March 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Armed conflicts continue in the north of the country, thousands of people are fleeing Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - Abductions, disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property, including schools, health centers and places of worship, are the main causes of the flight of thousands of people in se ...
• 6 March 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Independence day is celebrated, amidst international restrictions due to foreign debt and security concerns Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 6, Ghana celebrates its national independence, obtained from the United Kingdom in 1957, albeit still with Queen Elizabeth as Head of State. On July 1, 1960, the Republic was proclaim ...
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  6 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Peace talks for the serious humanitarian crisis in Las Anod Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - Peace talks are underway to put an end to the fighting that does not seem to have subsided around the town of Las Anod, capital of the Sool region in southeastern Somaliland, about 1000 km nort ...
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  4 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children innocent victims in the poorest countries. “They take refuge in remote corners trying to make themselves invisible” Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "On my return from Dosso I had to face a very delicate problem: one of the boys who had been living with us for seven years, and who had created a sewing workshop with his wife, suddenly found hi ...