August 05, 2022
Mozambique: More Than 600 Hostages of the Islamic State Freed but Attacks Continue
More than 600 hostages have been freed by the Rwandan military contingent together with their Mozambican counterparts and the forces of the Southern African Development Community… Read more »
August 04, 2022
East Africa: The United Nations Intervenes - Crisis, Drought and Terrorist Attacks
"The recent attack by Al Shabab in Ethiopia is another demonstration of the will of the terrorist group to become an international structure and not just Somali". This is reported… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Anger Is Understandable, but Violence Is Never Tolerable' - Bishops
Tensions continue in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the local population and the UN Blue Helmets of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), after the assaults… Read more »
June 01, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Stop the War in North Kivu' - Bishops' Appeal Ahead of Pope Francis's Visit in July
"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… Read more »
May 27, 2022
Burkina Faso: More Than 50 Killed in the East
More than 50 people have been killed near Madjoari, a village in eastern Burkina Faso. The massacre took place on May 25, but it was not known until yesterday, May 26. Read more »
May 07, 2022
Nigeria: Kidnapped Priest Has Been Freed - Diocese
Fr. Felix Zakari Fidson, priest of the diocese of Zaria, in the state of Kaduna, northern Nigeria, kidnapped on March 24, has been released (see Fides, 25/3/2022). Read more »