Africa

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  9 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New government taking office: drought and insecurity are the biggest challenges Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis affecting Somalia due to the dramatic drought is intensifying. Almost 7 million people are affected, about 50% of the population. Meanwhile, the newly elected governmen ...
• 8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Assault committed by a well-organized group. The number of victims is probably higher than the official number" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who committed the June 5 massacre in the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo are a well-organized and well-trained group", sources of the Church in Nigeria report to Fides, who, for securit ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Forgotten crises: "The time of the African martyrs is not over yet" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the massacre of the Catholics in the small Nigerian town of Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) published its annual list of the ten forgotten crises ...
• 7 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped, as Nigeria remains shocked over the massacre in the church of Owo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Although it is still not clear who was responsible for the massacre in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo, Ondo State (south-western Nigeria), which took place on Sunday June 5 (see Fides, ...
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  7 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Confusing and inaccurate news about one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies on the planet Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "Intervene to save the lives of the 18 soldiers who are still in Ethiopia and others who are hiding along the Eritrean border with the country at war" is the latest appeal launched to the United ...
• 6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian and Muslim religious leaders condemn the massacre in the church of Owo; uncertainty about perpetrators Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no information on who perpetrated the massacre in the church of St Francis of Owo, in the state of Ondo (south-west of Nigeria), which took place yesterday, Sunday, June 5. This was ...
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  6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Between precariousness and prayer, the community of Dosso celebrates 40 years of the parish of St. Charles Lwanga Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the great joy of celebrating 40 years of our parish. In 40 years we have experienced many things, we have celebrated joys, but we have also gone through dark times. That is why we thank G ...
• 6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "No priest was kidnapped in the assault on the church of Owo" clarifies the diocese of Ondo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the attack, which took place yesterday, Sunday June 5, on the Church of Saint Francis of Owo, in Ondo State, no priest was kidnapped. This was announced in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 3 June 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Yendi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Yendi, Ghana, presented by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Ma ...
• 3 June 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Thousands of pilgrims flocked from across Africa to celebrate Ugandan Martyrs' Day Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We are not alone. The Lord is with us. He was with the martyrs to sustain them during their tribulation", said His Excellency Msgr. Robert Kisaija Muhiirwa, Bishop of Fort Portal, during the Ma ...
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  3 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - A small Catholic community in a Muslim country Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "A breath of fresh air in this time when the heat burns us and the monotony of the desert distorts our horizon", was the definition that Father Rafael Casamayor gave of a group of seminarians from ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II on the Feast of the Entry of the Holy Family: “A Blessing for the Country” Kafr el Sheikh (Agenzia Fides) - May the time that Jesus and all the Holy Family spent in the land of Egypt be an eternal blessing to all Egyptians. This was confirmed by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II on Wednesda ...
• 2 June 2022
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "Torture by police officers is inhumane and disturbs social cohesion", says Cardinal Piat Port Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "Together with the population I was horrified by the torture inflicted by members of the police on citizens who were in their custody. That is why it is essential that those guilty of this ra ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. It lives in the world without being of the world" Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. She lives in the world without being of the world, totally and seriously in the world. Living the reality of the world as an evangelizing presence is no ...
• 1 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops’ appeal a few weeks before Pope Francis' visit: "Stop the war in North Kivu" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The nightmare of war has been going on for too long. We ask the belligerents to return to reason", exhort the Bishops of CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of the Congo), in a statement in w ...