Forced Islamization in Congo's eastern provinces worries Catholic bishops
- Apr 16, 2021
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U.S. coronavirus package also offers aid to developing world
- Mar 22, 2021
One aspect of President Joe Biden’s colossal $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that has flown under the radar is the anti-COVID-19 measures for the developing world.
Catholic bishops have ‘reservations’ on Rep. of Congo’s elections
- Mar 20, 2021
After 36 years in power, Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou N’Guesso appears poised to extend his tenure as one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders in the elections to be held Sunday amid opposition complaints of interference with their campaigns.
Catholic charity says world ‘too silent’ on Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis
- Mar 20, 2021
After five years, the international community has been “too silent” about Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, according to a leading Catholic charity.
Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine
- Mar 18, 2021
Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned.
John Magufuli, Tanzanian president who downplayed COVID-19, dies at 61
- Mar 18, 2021
Tanzanian President John Magufuli died of heart-related complications March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. He was 61.
Irish missionary in South Sudan says her task is to empower locals
- Mar 18, 2021
In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See highlighted the significant and historic role that missionaries from the island have played and are playing in service of those most in need on a daily basis.
Clergy seen as ‘fourth branch of government’ in coup-stressed Mali
- Mar 17, 2021
Malians have come to see the African nation’s Islamic clergy as a “fourth branch of government” in a country that has been buffeted by two coups in the past decade, said a professor from the University of Notre Dame who spent two years between the coups surveying Malians’ attitudes on war, peace and politics.
Bishops in Senegal urge dialogue amid upsurge in political violence
- Mar 14, 2021
Bishops in Senegal have appealed for an end to violence after at least eight people died and hundreds were arrested in street protests over the detention of an opposition leader.
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