Africa

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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi grants land for the construction of the "Bambino Gesù" Pediatric Hospital in Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the first African pediatric hospital to bear the name of the Child Jesus and will belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. It will guarantee health care for children and pregnant women in ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Living with Dignity and Freedom: Dosso Mission Summer Camp for Blind Children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Our appeal was followed by all, the children and young people and their families", says to Fides Fr. Raphael Casamayor, of the Society for African Missions in Niger, about the recent initiatives ...
• 29 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Yei's appeal: "Protect South Sudanese refugees in Uganda from unlawful attacks" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The international community represented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, should take note of the fact that politicians go to the camps to make false promises to the refugees t ...
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  29 August 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Sisters of Our Lady of the Church of Togo celebrate 70 years of founding Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "This jubilee must represent for you a moment of reflection on your fidelity to the commitments made personally and collectively before the Church", said Archbishop Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan of ...
• 27 August 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Clarification of the Bishops on the creation of a Catholic credit institution Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Benin announced and initiated the creation of a Catholic credit institution in mid-July, but in a recent statement indicates that the project is still being studied in ...
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  27 August 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Spiritans: " First Evangelization in urban and rural areas" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Spiritan missionaries in the Central African Republic work to heal hearts and rebuild people's daily lives, preaching and living the Gospel in its entirety. Despite the limited resources and ...
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  26 August 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The "Days of Augustinian of Hippo" relaunch St. Augustine's teaching on peace Annaba (Agenzia Fides) - "God" - writes St. Augustine in the XIV book of his work "The City of God" - "desired not only that the human race might be able by their similarity of nature to associate with one another, but a ...
• 26 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "Jobs have to be created especially in rural areas" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Pretoria on August 24 to protest against the worsening economic conditions. The protest was organized by the eight unions, which called for govern ...
• 25 August 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops warn of increases in drug abuse in schools Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the growing frequency of drug abuse and violence in our schools". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, an Anglopho ...
• 24 August 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Resumption of fighting in Tigray: government and rebels accuse each other of having interrupted the truce Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - War resumes in Tigray, the region in northern Ethiopia, devastated by the conflict that broke out in November 2020. "The Ethiopian forces, together with the special forces and the Amhara mi ...
• 24 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Unconditional release" of the 4 Nigerian nuns kidnapped on Sunday Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With hearts full of joy the sisters of Jesus the Saviour wish to announce the unconditional and safe release of four of our sisters, who were abducted around Okigwe-Umulolo axis on August 21, 202 ...
• 23 August 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - President of CEAST: "May tomorrow's vote take place in a spirit of peace, reconciliation, unity and fraternity" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Angolan people show on August 24 the maturity that they have always shown at other times and may political leaders abandon all resentment, all hatred, and not seek power for power's sake ...
• 22 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Four nuns kidnapped in south-east Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Four nuns of the Sisters of Jesus the Savior have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Four nuns Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu were abducted while traveling on the Oki ...
• 20 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence in the east of the country: at least 21 dead in attack on gold mine in Bigaragara Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Various armed groups led by former leaders of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) named Makanika, Sematama, Mitabu and their allies have carried out another massacre of civilians and miners in ...
• 19 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Confiscate the assets of human traffickers": the campaign also promoted by the Catholic Church is underway Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Confiscate the assets of human traffickers". This was stated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja, Msgr. Anselm Umoren, who together with the president of the Justice, Peace and Development Commissio ...