Africa

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  11 May 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Interreligious dialogue, education, evangelization in the Kingdom of Ashanti Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization, formation, health care and interreligious dialogue are at the heart of the activities of the priests of the Society for African Missions in the ancient kingdom of Ashanti. The miss ...
• 11 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Church structures mobilized to welcome people fleeing fighting in Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Mobilize religious congregations present in the Archdiocese of Juba, capital of South Sudan, to welcome people fleeing the war between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan. This is what Msgr. Steph ...
• 10 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Number of bodies found in the Shakahola forest rises to 133; the President creates a task force to review the law that regulates worship Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another twenty bodies have been recovered in the Shakahola forest, in south-eastern Kenya, bringing to 133 the number of followers killed in collective suicide by forced fasting (but some of th ...
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  10 May 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian aid to Tigray suspended, more than 500 schools remain closed Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Students in the northern region of Ethiopia have been unable to attend school regularly for three years. Specifically in the western, southern and northeastern parts of Tigray remain closed beca ...
• 9 May 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 400 dead due to floods: a tragedy caused by poor land management? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The catastrophic floods that hit the residents of the Kalehe area, in the province of South Kivu, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 4th, in particular inundating the villages ...
• 8 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Stateless children: An invisible problem in southern Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNICEF figures, there are more than 642,000 children living in South Africa as migrants or displaced persons. This number includes refugees, asylum seekers, victims ...
• 8 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New agreement for a 7-day truce: the population on the brink of collapse and the capital remains under siege Jeddah (Agenzia Fides) - There has been no truce for the Sudanese population since armed clashes began on April 15 between the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support F ...
• 6 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal for funds for refugees fleeing war in Sudan; "Beware of corruption" warns a member of civil society Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Since the fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, more than 32,500 people have been registered as having crossed the border between Sudan and South Sudan, according to the authorities in Juba. Th ...
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  6 May 2023
  AFRICA - After years of silence, the video of a Romanian hostage kidnapped in the Sahel in 2015 emerges Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Recent evidence has emerged that shows that Iulian Ghergut, a Romanian citizen forcibly kidnapped by the jihadist group Al-Mourabitoun from a mine in Burkina Faso on April 4, 2015, is alive. Iulian ...
• 5 May 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Mzuzu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda, of the clergy of Mzuzu, until now rector of the Kasina Spiritual Formation Center, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Mz ...
• 5 May 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation and succession of Archbishop of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique, presented by Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. He ...
• 5 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped on April 30 released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two Catholic priests kidnapped in southern Nigeria on the evening of April 30 have been released (see Fides, 2/5/2023). Chochos Kunav, a member of the congregation of the Secular Institute of ...
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  4 May 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Love in Christ, study, dialogue, prayer: the "four steps" of Pope Tawadros is to rediscover unity among divided Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the Churches and their path to rediscover full communion can only be founded and modeled on the cross of Christ. This was reiterated by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, on t ...
• 4 May 2023
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of Bishop of Sumbe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Firmino David, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Huambo, until now rector of the Christ the King Seminary, Theological Section, Huambo, as bisho ...
• 4 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Investigation into Shakahola forest massacre widens as calls for greater control of sects continue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another "telepreacher" has also been put under investigation for the massacre of more than 100 followers of the Kenyan sect "Good News International Church", found dead in the Shakahola forest ( ...