Category: Niger

Catholic Relief Service works to battle hunger in Africa’s Sahel region

by bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Burkina Faso, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, chad, Church in Africa, lead, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel | 0 |

Several experts are warning that the humanitarian situation in Africa’s Sahel Region could spiral out of control, without outside intervention.

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

by bcadmin | Apr 1, 2021 | Burkina Faso, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic-Muslim relations, Christian-Muslim relations, Church in Africa, Ghana, Islam, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel | 0 |

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.

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

by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Niger, Sahel | 0 |

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.

Freed missionary priest recounts harrowing tale of kidnapping

by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Niger, priest kidnapped | 0 |

With his feet chained during two years of captivity somewhere near the Sahara Desert, Father Pierluigi Maccalli said he found new hope on Pentecost Sunday as he huddled near a shortwave radio to listen to Mass celebrated by Pope Francis.

CRS report says poverty, not religious conflict, causes Sahel violence

by bcadmin | Oct 3, 2020 | Burkina Faso, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel | 0 |

The rise in violence in West Africa’s Sahel region is a result of unequal access to wealth rather than clashes of religious beliefs, a new report from Catholic Relief Services said.

Catholic expert calls attacks on humanitarian workers “affront to humanity”

by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2020 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Interviews, lead, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel, South Sudan, United Nations | 0 |

It’s been a particularly trying year for humanitarian workers, as they face unprecedented hurdles to assist people in pre-existing crises in 54 countries, plus a further nine which have been catapulted into situations of need by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caritas Helps Hand-Washing in Niger

by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2020 | Caritas, Charities and Volunteering, Coronavirus, Feature3, News, Niger | 0 |

Key to Stopping Spread of Covid-10

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CRS tackles root causes of African migration as COVID-19 closes borders

by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2020 | Africa, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, lead, Mali, migrants and refugees, News, Niger | 0 |

A leading Catholic aid agency is helping Africans stay in their home countries and avoid often perilous journeys abroad to seek work.

Catholic experts, UN warn coronavirus may exacerbate terrorism in Africa

by bcadmin | May 14, 2020 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Church in Africa, COVID-19, Jihadists, lead, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel, Terrorism | 0 |

While terrorist attacks have been steadily increasing in countries such as Mali, Niger and Burkina Fasso, Moussa Dominique Bangre, country representative for Catholic Relief Services in Mali, believes the impact of COVID19 could weaken the country’s “capacity to respond to jihadist attacks.”

African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic

by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Al Qaeda, Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Boko Haram, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, COVID-19, Islamic extremists, Islamic State, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel, Somalia, Terrorism | 0 |

Catholic clergy in Africa’s northern Sahel region have warned that Islamist insurgents could intensify attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic while police and troops are diverted to civil order duties.

Niger, Burkina Faso bishops warn of ‘inter-communal conflicts’ if jihadist attacks continue

by bcadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | Boko Haram, Burkina Faso, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, France, lead, News, Niger, Sahel, Terrorism | 0 |

As terrorist attacks continue unabated in Africa’s Sahel region, the Catholic bishops in Niger and Burkina Faso have warned against the situation “degenerating into inter-communal conflicts.”