Africa

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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Controversy over sending a regional military force to pacify eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A regional peacekeeping force to stabilize eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This was agreed in Nairobi during the June 20 meeting between East African leaders on security in this region of ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Forced recruitment of soldiers for the conflict in Tigray is rampant Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people were forcibly recruited to fight in Tigray, men, women and children were kidnapped and sent to the front lines. The recruitment of children by the Eritrean forces worsened, ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New massacre of faithful in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least three dead and about forty people kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault on worshipers at St. Moses Catholic Church, Robuh, Ungwan Aku, Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, whi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - In the English-speaking regions, terror prevents humanitarian aid, education, health care: women and children are the victims Bamenda (Agenzi Fides) - "Our intervention suffers from many objective limits. The first of these is the situation of terror that prevails throughout the region. I myself was kidnapped, along with three other operators, ...
• 20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “St. Charles Lwanga” National Major Seminary in Windhoek Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Taiju Thaliath, of the Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Ma ...
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  18 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop Kimbeni, newly elected in Kisantu: "The population is united and close to the Holy Father" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I never imagined leaving Kinshasa so soon, I have missed this archdiocese for so many years. Coming back here in September 2020 was a great joy, to work there even more". These are the words o ...
• 17 June 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Bishop of Manga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2022 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Msgr. Léopold Médard Ouédraogo asBishop of the Diocese of Manga (Burkina Faso), transferring him from the titular See of Sutunurca and ...
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  17 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Serving the Somali people and the entire country: among the first objectives of the newly appointed Prime Minister Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a lot of hope, a large part of Somalia welcomed the news. The choice of the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud fell on one of his personal friends, Hamza Abdi Barre." This is ...
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  17 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop Nkea's mission: to bring peace and reconciliation to the country Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The core of the inaugural speech of my appointment as President of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon reflects what I have hoped and dreamed for a long time: to dedicate my mission to restori ...
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  17 June 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Archbishop Houngbedji: "Look at Blessed Pauline Jaricot as a model to imitate" Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary conversion, prayer and charity: these are the elements that have contributed in the history of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to the spread of the Gospel. This was underlin ...
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  15 June 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A White Father from Malawi killed Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Samson was killed but we do not know by whom and under what circumstances" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Archbishop of Mbeya, the Tanzanian archdioc ...
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  15 June 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Professional training for girls and boys in the tailoring, hairdressing, catering and fishing sectors Musoli (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the post-COVID project to support young people in Musoli, Uganda, the intervention is bearing fruit. Launched by Camillian Disaster Service International (Cadis), the project "Live ...
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  14 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Female schooling is the way to give girls their rightful place in society Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The school is an effective means to eliminate early and forced marriages, and to spread family planning, freely chosen by the couple, and not imposed by tradition", reads a note sent to the Fide ...
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  14 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops invite the faithful to serenity and patience for the postponement of the papal visit Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask everyone to remain hopeful, despite the inconvenience caused by the postponement of the papal visit, and to remain patient and persevere in prayer (Rom 12, 12), because nothing is impos ...
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  13 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ondo: "Climate change has nothing to do with the massacre in the church of Owo" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To suggest or make a connection between victims of terror and consequences of climate change is not only misleading but also exactly rubbing salt in the injuries of all who have suffered terroris ...