Africa

• 9 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The toll of the assault on a UN convoy worsens Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions remain high in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This morning, February 9, new clashes are reported between the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and M23 rebels ...
• 8 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The military parade through the streets of Goma to "reassure the population" and silence the protests Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In Goma, the protests against the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) and the Blue Helmets of MONUSCO, accused of lack of action against the rebel advance towards the capital of North ...
• 7 February 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of archbishop of Tanger, Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M., until now apostolic administrator Sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the archdiocese of Tanger, Morocco, a ...
• 7 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Fundamental decisions on war and peace are now in the hands of the South Sudanese" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Fundamental decisions on war or peace are now in the hands of the South Sudanese", says to Fides Herena Balatti, Comboni missionary in Malakal, the day after the apostolic visit of Pope Francis in ...
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  7 February 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Prefect inaugurates neuro-psychiatric clinic: In the footsteps of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "Before the Father there are no first and second class children. Important children and those who are worthless. Honorable children and despicable children", said the Apostolic Prefect of Robe, Fat ...
• 6 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New demonstrations in Goma as M23 rebels advance Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Also today, February 6th, protests broke out again in Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), Barricades in the streets, where demonstrations that began on Febru ...
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  6 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Doctors with Africa Cuamm: peace also passes through taking care of people's health Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "South Sudan is a mother that dies at about 20 years of age, due to a birth gone wrong, because assisted only by her grandmother, in her hut made of earth and mud. Two babies born at home, a third ...
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  4 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Knowing how to suffer for Africa". Pope exalts Daniele Comboni's missionary adventure By Gianni Valente Juba (Agenzia Fides) "I have only the good of the Church in my heart. And for the conversion of my African loved ones I would give a hundred lives if I could". This is what Daniele Comboni said of hims ...
• 4 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A Church that grows, but with the scourge of tribalism that persists Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There are 64 ethnic groups that make up the complex social mosaic of South Sudan. Coexistence not always easy between the different populations to the point that it ended up fueling the civil war t ...
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  3 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Pope Francis to Congolese Bishops: "Christian prophecy" is not "political activity" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian prophecy" is not "political activty". Christian prophecy becomes incarnate "in a wide variety of political and social activities, yet that is not generally the task of Bishops and pa ...
• 3 February 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Demonstrations in Goma against African peacekeeping force. Tensions between Kigali and Kinshasa: extraordinary summit in Burundi tomorrow Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the right to study like the students in Kinshasa," shout the students in Goma, who took to the streets today, February 3, in the capital of North Kivu as well as in other localities of ...
• 2 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - In the east of the country: rape as a weapon of war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "An action aimed at humiliating and killing a community through singular and sometimes systematic acts perpetrated in this or that village." Thus a report sent to Fides, signed by Fr. Justin Nk ...
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  1 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Pope Francis to Congolese Christians: Jesus knows your wounds. Become missionaries of peace Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus knows the wounds of the Congolese people and of the peoples of the other African lands. Wounds "that ache, continually infected by hatred and violence". He himself tells all the wounded a ...
• 1 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The "3Ts" that exemplify the exploitation of Congolese resources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The "3T" - cassiterite ("Tin" in English), wolframite (tungsten), coltan (tantalum) are the main minerals mined in eastern DRC. This comes from reports from the various UN organizations that ha ...
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  31 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Pope Francis speaks about people's suffering and hope: 'Hands off Africa' Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hands off Africa". The words of Pope Francis, shortly after his arrival in Kinshasa "in the name of Jesus as a pilgrim of reconciliation and pea ...