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Africa

UN says situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate

Arms trafficking and humanitarian issues are escalating in Sudan, as smuggling networks profit from the country’s turmoil, with millions of people facing hunger, disease, and displacement. Source: Vatican News.

Africa

Church leaders urge calm as military seizes power ​in Madagascar

Catholic Church leaders in Madagascar have urged a return to dialogue after the Indian Ocean island’s president was forced into exile by a military takeover on October 14. Source: OSV News.

Africa

At least 36 dead and 200 injured after scaffolding in Ethiopian church collapses

Catholic bishops in Ethiopia expressed deep sorrow and solidarity after the collapse of wooden scaffolding in an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the north of the country that left at least 36 people dead and 200 injured. Source: OSV News.

Africa Persecution

ACN launches urgent appeal for Nigeria’s persecuted Christians

Aid to the Church in Need has launched an urgent appeal for persecuted Christians in Nigeria, to ensure protection for clergy, train seminarians, and provide urgent relief for displaced families.

Africa

Central African Republic music school changes the region through culture

A Capuchin-run music school and radio station in Central African Republic is bringing hope and the Gospel to young people in one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world. Source: OSV News.

Africa

Zimbabwe’s Christian leaders urge international community to cancel debt

Christian leaders in Zimbabwe marked the International Day of Peace with an appeal to the international community to cancel Zimbabwe’s debt, saying such a step would help revive the country’s economy, reduce poverty, and build lasting peace. Source: CNA.

Africa

Nuncio takes solidarity message to Sudan

The Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan has completed a 10-day visit to Sudan, where he carried a message of closeness and solidarity from Pope Leo XIV to the Catholic community amid the ongoing civil war. Source: Vatican News.

Africa

Nigerian priest murdered, as kidnapped colleague freed

The Church in Nigeria, ravaged by kidnappings of clergy, is mourning the death of a priest who was killed as he was returning to his parish in Eha-Ndiagu, in Enugu state. Source: OSV News.

Africa

Murder of priest in in Sierra Leone a ‘dark moment’

The brutal killing of a parish priest in Sierra Leone has been described as “a dark and painful moment for us as Church and people”. Source: Crux.