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  • Cameroon’s lone cardinal and ‘fearless preacher’ dies on Good Friday

    Cameroon’s lone cardinal and ‘fearless preacher’ dies on Good Friday

    • Apr 5, 2021

    Cameroon’s Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi on April 3 at the age of 91.

    By Ngala Killian Chimtom
  • $20 million loan allows mission society’s investment to expand in Africa

    $20 million loan allows mission society’s investment to expand in Africa

    • Apr 3, 2021

    A $20 million loan from the U.S. international development bank will allow a program started by the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States to expand social-impact investing in enterprises operated by the Catholic Church in Africa.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

    Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

    • Apr 2, 2021

    With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency and threats to its multibillion-dollar investments.

    By Andrew Meldrum
  • Priest, six others killed by armed gunmen at Nigerian parish

    Priest, six others killed by armed gunmen at Nigerian parish

    • Apr 1, 2021

    Father Ferdinand Fanen Ngugban and six others died of gunshot wounds after armed gunmen invaded the grounds of St. Paul Parish in Ayetwar March 30, said the Diocese of Katsina-Ala.

    By Peter Ajayi Dada
  • Nigerian bishop wants government to end oil spills

    Nigerian bishop wants government to end oil spills

    • Apr 1, 2021

    Bishop Hyacinth Egbebo of Bomadi called on the Nigerian government to put an end to the oil spills in the Niger Delta region.

    By Peter Ajayi Dada
  • Engaging Christian, Muslim youth in Sahel before terrorists do is seen as key

    Engaging Christian, Muslim youth in Sahel before terrorists do is seen as key

    • Apr 1, 2021

    Getting Muslim and Christian young people together to know each other before terrorist groups can sow divisiveness is seen as key to peace in the Sahel region of western Africa, said panelists during a March 30 online workshop presented by Catholic Relief Services.

    By Mark Pattison
  • Nuncio says violence in Sahel puts all, including Catholics, at risk

    Nuncio says violence in Sahel puts all, including Catholics, at risk

    • Mar 26, 2021

    A Vatican diplomat said people are at grave risk because of violence in Africa’s Sahel region, as Pope Francis prayed for victims of a recent terrorist attack on civilians.

    By Jonathan Luxmoore
  • Jihadi rebels hit town in north Mozambique near gas project

    Jihadi rebels hit town in north Mozambique near gas project

    • Mar 26, 2021

    Jihadi rebels are fighting to capture Palma, a strategic town in northern Mozambique where fighting continued Thursday after launching a three-pronged assault on the center a day earlier.

    By Andrew Meldrum and Tom Bowker
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