Africa

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  19 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "The wild exploitation of the country's resources is destroying the environment" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The degradation and destruction of our ecosystem are frightening", denounce the Bishops of the Central African Republic in the message published at the end of their first Plenary Assembly this y ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Food and medicine for the population! Humanitarian corridors must be opened": Tigray in the grip of heinous crimes Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately it is all true, come and see for yourselves", a member of the local Church of Ethiopian Tigray tells Agenzia Fides, who for security reasons requests anonymity. The tragedy he ref ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Joy for the release of the nuns, who "share the suffering of the people" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I spoke to her directly and found her to be very calm and generally in good shape. She still does not know the reasons why she was arrested, nor why they released her. After so much fear an ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Kidnapped priest released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Bekong Tobias, the Cameroonian priest captured by armed men in military uniform on January 12 (see Fides, 14/1/2022) near the parish of St. Charles Lwanga, Checkpoint-Molyko, Buea, in th ...
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  18 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Islamic-Christian dialogue: meeting to get to know each other in depth and respect and appreciate the values and spirituality of the other Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "It is only a beginning, but we will do everything possible to make it a reality", Fr. Rafael Marco Casamayor, from the Dosso mission in Niger, writes to Agenzia Fides. "In my opinion, this is a s ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Opening of the Jubilees of the Pontifical Mission Societies: all the baptized must become aware of their missionary identity Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - "To make all the Catholic Christians of Benin live the four commemorations of the PMS in 2022": this is what Father Cosme Tayéwo Adjomale, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi ...
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  17 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Sisters detained in Addis Ababa released: they are all fine Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Letemaryam Sibhat, Sister Tiblets Teum, Sister Abeba Tesfay, Sister Zaid Moss, Sister Abeba Hagos and Sister Abeba Fitwi, belonging to the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity Sai ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Crislam" does not exist. Judge Mahmud Salam unmasks fake news on the Abu Dhabi Document Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The campaigns fueled in the West and in Arab countries to make people believe that the Document on Human Fraternity (signed in Abu Dhabi by the Bishop of Rome and the Grand Imam of al Azhar) would ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Equalization and the health of the priest": General Assembly of the Fraternity of Diocesan Priests of Togo Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The question of equalization and the health of priests is not the exclusive competence of the Bishops" declared Mgr Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, Archbishop of Lomé and Apostolic Administrator of ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Terrorism and violence in the Sahel: "More than 30 million people will need help and protection" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Three high school students had gone to spend a few days of vacation with their families in the village of Ngoula. Their return to school last Monday was fatal. One of the four friends managed to ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ursulines of Gandino worried and saddened for their sister still in prison Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the leaders of the Ethiopian community told me that Sr. Abrehet Teserma is still in prison. The biggest problem, besides the imprisonment itself, is that we have no news and today, 4 ...
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  14 January 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Catholic priest arrested in the south-east of the Country Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Fr. Bekong Tobias, was arrested last January 2 near the parish of Saint Charles Lwanga at Checkpoint-Molyko, Buea, in the Anglophone region of south-east Cameroon by gunmen beli ...
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  14 January 2022
  AFRICA - Being true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace: Jubilee celebration for the 75th anniversary of the Redemptorists of West Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "This Jubilee celebration is also an invitation for us to be true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace, following our vocation and living the charism of the Congregation", writes Fathe ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Accidental fire destroys refugee camp near the Cathedral of Alindao Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,500 houses destroyed by flames and extensive material damage to other structures, about twenty people were hospitalized. This is the toll of the violent fire which devastated the refugee ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: for Copts there is no longer any "ban" on visiting Jerusalem Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Coptic Christians of Egypt who go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem do not contravene any provision of the ecclesiastical authority. The prescriptions laid down in the past by the leaders of the Co ...