Africa

• 6 September 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnappings and murders: Bishop of Abakaliki complains about lack of security Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - We no longer believe that the current government has the capacity to restore security," said Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu of Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State in south-eastern Nigeria, to journalis ...
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  6 September 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Lodiong: "Parents cannot afford to send their children to school" Yei (Agenzia Fides) - "Murders and violence are still ongoing, although not as frequent as in 2016-2018. There are street raids and robberies by armed men, killing of peasants on their farms by armed shepherds ( especial ...
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  6 September 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Child protection: Ivorian missionary wants to support children and young people Abidjan il (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus said to them: 'Let the little children come to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them'" (Matthew 19:14). Father Raoul Kouamé, a priest from the Diocese of Agboville, a town in ...
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  5 September 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Dam of the Renaissance, the Churches support agreed and beneficial solutions for Egypt and Ethiopia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia continue to put their ties of ecclesial communion at the service of the ongoing political negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia on the contr ...
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  5 September 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Food insecurity in Tigray: Salesians provide people with essential goods Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Wheat, multivitamins, cooking oil, noodles, rice and salt are some of the relief items sent to the people of Tigray. From May to July, hygiene items, soap and 400 blankets were also sent". ...
• 5 September 2022
  AFRICA/CHAD - National Dialogue: Bishops suspend participation N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "There was no dialogue. For us, dialogue is based on mutual listening. (...) We have the impression of witnessing an election campaign in which on the one hand there are those who advocate c ...
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  3 September 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Stop the War! The Ethiopian Catholic Church urges parties to dialogue and peace Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody war that has been raging in the country since November 2020 is leading to the destruction of national wealth and economic depression. In this context, the Ethiopian Catholic Churc ...
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  3 September 2022
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The path of national reconciliation, led by religious leaders, awaiting the last step Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Guinea Bissau in recent years has experienced many moments of instability, in addition to various armed conflicts and the war of the late 1990s. The country has experienced great difficulties in ...
• 2 September 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Civil society: "We want to have a say in the plan to withdraw the Blue Helmets" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of civil society in South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), following a meeting in the Archdiocese of Bukavu, called for ensuring a peaceful transfer of responsib ...
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  2 September 2022
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The country plagued by sudden floods: bridges, schools, hospitals and water pipes damaged Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - From August 14 to 17 and August 27 to 28, 2022, Sierra Leone was affected by a series of floods that devastated some areas of the country, leaving more than 10,000 people homeless. Caritas Free ...
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  1 September 2022
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - IMBISA: Bishops invite young people to the assembly Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Southern Africa (Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa, IMBISA) invite young people to participate in their next Plenary Assembly to be held in Windhoek from 22 to ...
• 1 September 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After being held hostage for five months: American nun released Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Sister Suellen is safe. She is on American soil, but not in America", confirms Sister Mary Lacour of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary of the Holy Cross on the release of her fellow s ...
• 31 August 2022
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A project to support young mothers and their children Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 570 young mothers and their children are receiving assistance from the HELINA project, an aid program run by the Catholic Relief Services for young mothers and their children in the ...
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  31 August 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A family home built by the missionaries for the albinos of Tanzania Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - In the new building of the Society for African Missions in the city of Mwanza, fourteen boys and girls find a safe home, quality education, good living conditions, but above all the affection and ...
• 30 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to save the life of a human rights activist threatened with death Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Congolese human rights activist from Kasogomba is in danger of death. According to a note from the Coordination de la Société Civile du Hauts Plateaux à Milimba, sent to Fides through miss ...