Africa

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  21 October 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ebola, malnutrition, illiteracy: Camillian religious health centers at the service of the poorest Musoli (Agenzia Fides) - Malnutrition, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are among the country's main challenges. To this is added, since the beginning of September, an epidemic of Ebola, which seems for the moment to ...
• 21 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A nun also killed in the assault on a village in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 7 dead, including a nun who worked in the health sector, and an unknown number of people kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault that took place in the night between 19 and 20 Octob ...
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  21 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New date proposed for peace talks in Tigray Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The African Union has set a new date for October 24 for peace talks on the war in Tigray. The news was also reported by Redwan Hussein, National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Abiy, con ...
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  20 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New mission in the north of the country among the poorest and most abandoned Buta (Agenzia Fides) - In a subsoil rich in diamonds and gold where no one is interested in the development of the country, the Comboni missionaries are not discouraged in promoting the Gospel. "If it weren't for the Gos ...
• 20 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Video of the hostages captured in the church of Nchang: "Do everything to free us as soon as possible" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "So far it has not been easy. If you take a good look at us, you will see our sad and tried faces", says Fr. Cornelius Jingwa in a video released yesterday, October 19, on social networks by th ...
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  19 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Emergency for populations affected by floods, malnutrition, disease and continuous armed conflicts Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the run-up to the presidential elections next February, violent floods have killed hundreds and displaced millions. These are the worst floods in Nigeria in a decade. It has been raining contin ...
• 19 October 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A deliberate depopulation strategy for Cabo Delgado: Unrest driven by interest in reserves? Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to gas and oil, the region also has graphite, an essential component of electric car batteries. The province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique is an “energy paradise” for a w ...
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  18 October 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - A bishop and two Eritrean priests arrested. Capture of the Tigrinyan city of Shire Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The Eritrean government has not yet commented on the arrest of Fikremariam Hagos, ordained the first bishop of Segheneity in southern Eritrea in 2012. The Catholic Church has asked the compe ...
• 18 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Southeast Nigeria: Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Once again a Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. "Fr. Joseph Igweagu, parish priest of St. Joseph Parish in Abata Nsugbe, Anambra state, was abducted while returning to the rectory afte ...
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  17 October 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Famine in refugee camps: children and young people search for food in the garbage Nyala (Agenza Fides) - In the Otash refugee camp in the town of Nyala, southern Darfur, in the face of a food crisis that continues to worsen, children are also forced to look for food in the rubbish. The head of the ref ...
• 17 October 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Exploitation and environmental damage: “We must fight the problem of illegal gold diggers together” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot continue like this" says Fr. Dieu-Donne Kofi Davor, Director of Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana, who was part of the delegation of different Christian confessions th ...
• 14 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Court of Appeal drops charges against Biafran separatist leader Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With a unanimous decision of all three judges who followed the case, the Nigerian Court of Appeal has withdrawn the charges of terrorism against the separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Ap ...
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  14 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity affects the living conditions of the local population and internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Bourzanga, in northern Burkina Faso, is difficult to access due to the presence of armed groups along the road. This uncertainty is also affecting an aid program initiated by the C ...
• 13 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, presented by Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane. He is succeeded by Bishop Neil ...
• 13 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Justice and Peace: "The bill on water resources goes against federalism" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The principles of federalism must be respected" says Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina, Director of Caritas Nigeria and national director of the Justice and Peace Development Commission of the Nigerian ...