Africa

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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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 16 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest burned alive. "They came to kill", says the auxiliary bishop of Minna to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They have come to kill. If their purpose was robbery or kidnapping, they would have acted differently", says Msgr. Luka Sylvester Gopep, Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, the diocese where the robbery i ...
• 16 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Islamist attack on church in Kasindi: "Act of revenge for losses suffered" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - During the attack yesterday, Sunday 15 January, on the Pentecostal church Eglise du Christ au Congo (ECC) in Kasindi, in the Beni region (North Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of ...
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  14 January 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II: homosexuality contradicts God's plan and the Bible Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Homosexual behavior does not conform to the Bible and to the creative will of God, who «created Adam and Eve». This was reiterated by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, in an Egyptian televi ...
• 13 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The serious insecurity in the region has contributed to aggravating the consequences of the fire at the Kateri Seminary Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The insecurity in which large parts of Nigeria live can have unexpected consequences. According to the rector of the minor seminary of Kateri, in the state of Kaduna (northwestern Nigeria), Father ...
• 12 January 2023
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation of the Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Ernest Sambou. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
• 12 January 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - The drama of the village of Douna, threatened by jihadists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still blocked. We continue to pray for our brothers while we hope that mediation efforts will be successful to allow the faithful to continue to live in peace", says to Fides Ms ...
• 11 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mass kidnappings in Nigeria: a complex scenario Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Mass kidnappings committed by well-organized armed groups are becoming more frequent in Nigeria. On January 7, gunmen attacked the Tom Ikimi railway station in Igueben, in the Igueben local govern ...
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  10 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 rebels withdraw from Rumangabo military base, but does not withdraw from other locations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) officially handed over the Rumangabo military base they seized in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in October, to the ...