Africa

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  3 July 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Training seminar" for judges and prosecutors canceled Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Under pressure from legal experts, lawyers, and members of civil society, an order requiring Zimbabwean judges to participate in a series of training courses at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideo ...
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  2 July 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "disproportionate" violence Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the unacceptable and disproportionate violence, regardless of its origin, perpetrators, or justification," the bishops of Togo issued a joint statement ...
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  1 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Insecurity and lack of services worsen the situation in the capital: teachers disagree in the reopening of schools Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Most areas of Khartoum are without electricity and water, exacerbating the country's already precarious security situation and the lack of other services such as internet and telecommunications ...
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  1 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace agreement between the Democratic Party and Rwanda: another mockery Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The impression created by the people of Bukavu, exhausted by more than four months of occupation, is one of perplexity and the feeling of being deceived again and again, even if they do not gi ...
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  30 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Let us continue the dialogue with young people instead of blaming the bishops" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to ask everybody — the government, the leaders, and the political spheres — to look at the fact that we are taking care of the dignity of the young people,” said Archbishop Ph ...
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  30 June 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - New Bishop of Bafatà: Listening, dialogue, and walking with the people are among his priorities Bafatà (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to be a pastor present in the villages, in our most remote communities, in our wounded hearts," said Victor Luís Quematcha (OFM) in his homily at the first Holy Mass he celebrated as th ...
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  27 June 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Washington Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to be signed today, June 27, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. ...
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  26 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Deaths and injuries during a demonstration commemorating the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police in Kenya yesterday, June 25. This figure was released this morning by Amnesty Kenya, which stated that most of the victi ...
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  26 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Memorial Park to the 41 victims of the attack on the church in Owo demolished Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Diocese of Ondo unequivocally condemns and finds unacceptable the sudden and unannounced demolition of the Memorial Park in Owo," said Msgr. Jude Ayodeji Arogundade, Bishop of Ondo i ...
• 26 June 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana, until now vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, as auxiliary bishop of ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions rise during the protest march in memory of the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Nairobi is tense. There are roadblocks everywhere and shops are closed. Young protesters have taken to the streets, while the police have erected barricades along the roads le ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “They are destroying our communities”: Catholic Archbishop in Angola calls for criminalization of diviners Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) – “They are destroying communities, dividing families, and hindering development,” said José Manuel Imbamba, Archbishop of Saurimo, speaking to a group of journalists at the end of a pastor ...
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  24 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' message for tomorrow's day of protest: "No to violence, yes to life" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are seriously concerned about the serious disregard for human life in our country," said the Bishops of Kenya in a statement issued today, June 24, in anticipation of tomorrow's day of prote ...
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  24 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest killed: He tried to mediate a family dispute Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was killed in Nigeria while attempting to mediate a family dispute. Father Godfrey Oparaekwe, parish priest of St. Ambrose Church in Ubakala (Umuahia South LGA), in Abia State (s ...
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  23 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - The appeal of the Archbishops of Nyeri and Nairobi for the march in memory of last year's victims: "Let dialogue prevail" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Let dialogue prevail between the government and young people. This is the appeal for the march in memory of the victims of last year's protests against the budget law (see Fides, June 21, 25, ...