Africa

• 26 January 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Wiawso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wiawso, Ghana, presented by Bishop Joseph Francis Kweki Essien. The Holy Father has appointed the Reve ...
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  26 January 2023
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - In the east of the country: postulants of the Comboni missionaries attacked by rebels Butembo (Agenzia Fides) - Last January 22, in the province of North Kivu, Mai-Mai rebels assassinated a group of postulants from the Comboni Missionaries. Fortunately, no one was killed in the attack. "The rebels attack ...
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  25 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops' Conference: 'Published figures of priests killed or abducted are incorrect' Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the information we have, the data is not entirely correct". Thus Father Zacharia Nyantiso Aya Samjumi, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), when qu ...
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  25 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The slow peace process in Tigray: still violence and too many restrictions for humanitarian aid Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The slow implementation of the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), signed in Pretoria on Nov ...
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  24 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Timkat, one of the holiest days in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – The celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany, locally known as Timkat, began on Wednesday afternoon, January 19. Following tradition, worshipers set out on Lake Ziway in canoes, motorboats an ...
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  23 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Migrants: the story of those who did not make it and cross the Sahel again to return home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Niger, since the 1990s, has been an important transit area for migration from West and Central Africa to Libya and Algeria and in some cases to Europe. All must face the desert before reaching th ...
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  23 January 2023
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - The good seed and the fruits. The long path of Christian proclamation in the Land of the "Mighty River" By Crispin Kimbeni, Bishop of Kisantu Kisantu (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) offers an opportunity to retrace one of the most interesting adventures rela ...
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  21 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Bible and machete". "ora et labora" of the catechists of the diocese of Lolo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We await with joy the visit of Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In all the churches the prayer composed for this occasion is recited", says to Fides Msgr. Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndon ...
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  21 January 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - First mass kidnappings of women in the north of the country and anti-French demonstrations in the capital Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The news of the release of 27 of the approximately 50 women kidnapped between January 12 and 13, 2023 together with their children in the northern province of Soum dates back to a few days a ...
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  20 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A catechist kidnapped instead of a priest already kidnapped last year Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A catechist was kidnapped by bandits who probably intended to kidnap the priest of the Catholic church of Santa Monica, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of the local government of Kauru, Kaduna stat ...
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  19 January 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Beware of land grabbing: Central Africans are in danger of becoming foreigners in their own country", say the bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Shortage of fuel, increase in the prices of basic necessities, insecurity in which vast areas of the country live. These are the main challenges facing the Central African Republic, according to ...
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  19 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Controversial trials over the effects of the truce in Tigray, while the conflict in Oromia reopens Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray that the peace agreement is successful. It is not over yet, many of our faithful and our parishes are still besieged by foreign forces", writes Tesfaselassie Medhin, Bishop of the Catho ...
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  18 January 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "A new chapter of hope and inspiration" for God's people in the country Torit (Agenzia Fides) - The next ecumenical visit scheduled for early February in South Sudan, which will see Pope Francis accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the moderator of the Church of Sco ...
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  18 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Michael Olubunimi Olofinlade, the Nigerian priest kidnapped on Saturday, January 14, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Michael Olubunimi Olofinlade, a Nigerian priest kidnapped on Saturday January 14 by unidentified gunmen in the state of Ekiti, in southwestern Nigeria, is free (see Fides, 16/1/2023). Fath ...
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  17 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Eastern DRC: not only jihadists but a complex network of local and foreign interests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are amazed to see the arrival of the EACRF military, considered as a foreign army on Congolese soil against the will of the citizens, and embarrassed by the paradoxical support of the Ugand ...