June 02
Ghana: Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi After Xenophobic Violence - 'No to Retaliation Against South Africans Living in Other African Countries'
"Ghanaians will continue to live in South Africa and South Africans will also continue to live in Ghana. Ghanaians have businesses there and South Africans also have businesses… Read more »
April 16
Sudan: Tragic Toll After Three Years of War - Over 150,000 Dead and 14 Million Displaced
Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 (see Fides, 17/4/2023), remains… Read more »
March 17
South Sudan: Respect - Women With Disabilities Face 'Invisible Wounds' of Violence and Trauma
"Mental Health - Invisible Wounds: Mental Health, GBV, and the Lived Realities of Women with Disabilities in South Sudan - Let us take action!" is the title of the roundtable… Read more »
December 05, 2025
Tanzania: Appeal for the Release of Political Prisoners
Political prisoners must be released and the bodies of missing persons returned. This is the joint appeal launched to the Tanzanian government by the embassies of Great Britain,… Read more »
October 13, 2025
Sudan: Sign Language in Sudanese Arabic - Comboni Missionaries' Initiative for the Hard-of-Hearing People
Promoting inclusion, communication, and awareness in Sudan, particularly among teachers, families, and organisations that support communities of deaf or hard-of-hearing people.… Read more »
October 07, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Bishops React to the Death Sentence Handed Down Against Former President Kabila
"The death penalty is not compatible with the Gospel and does not promote national cohesion," the bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo stated after the death sentence handed… Read more »
October 03, 2025
Sierra Leone: Food, Drinking Water, Medical Care, and Psychosocial Support for a Group of 220 Juvenile Prisoners
Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences - this is the goal of the… Read more »
August 12, 2025
Somalia: Massacre in Catholic Church in Owo in 2022 - Five Defendants Go On Trial On August 19
Three years after their arrest, the trial of the five men accused of the Pentecost Sunday massacre in the Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides,… Read more »
