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by bcadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | Cabo Delgado, Church in Africa, lead, Mozambique, News | 0 |
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – While the government of Mozambique continued to label the conflict in the southern Africa country as Islamist terrorism, a leading Catholic peace organization says its actually about the control of natural resources. Fighting broke out in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique in 2017 when a group […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 13, 2022 | Associated Press, Cabo Delgado, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, Islamic State, Mozambique, News | 0 |
Extremists allied with the Islamic State group have spread their attacks further south into Mozambique’s most populous province, Nampula, including an assault on a Catholic mission in which an Italian nun was among those killed.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 9, 2022 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, lead, Mozambique, Murder, News, Religious Sisters | 0 |
Perhaps just hours or less before her murder in northern Mozambique as militants swept into the area, Comboni Sister Maria De Coppi left a voice message with her niece, urging her to pray for the people on the run.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | Cabo Delgado, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, lead, Mozambique, News | 0 |
A series of gruesome attacks by Islamist insurgents has hit the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique over the past few weeks.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, Mozambique, News | 0 |
A Human Rights Watch report released in mid-January said the humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado and neighboring provinces intensified in 2021, despite the military’s efforts to defeat insurgents.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 6, 2022 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, lead, Mozambique, News | 0 |
As the province of Cabo Delgado in Northern Mozambique continues to struggle to contain violence, religious leaders released a statement underlining that the act of terrorism should not be attributed to Islamists.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, community of sant'egidio, Mozambique, News | 0 |
The suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in Mozambique fleeing war and persecution requires a commitment by the international community, a Catholic missionary says.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, child bride, child soldiers, Interviews, Islamic extremists, lead, Mozambique, News | 0 |
As the fighting intensifies in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, children are paying a stiff price.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | AVSI, Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Mozambique, News | 0 |
Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas deposits; Islamic insurgents have been in the area since 2017. More than 2,700 people have died and more than 670,000 others have been displaced.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Africa, Cabo Delgado, Church in Africa, Church in Mozambique, IMBISA, Mozambique, News | 0 |
Islamist militants have been launching violent attacks in the province since 2017, causing at least 2,500 deaths and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Last week, the UN’s World Food program said the latest attacks have affected more than 50,000 people and left thousands homeless.
The post Bishops of Southern Africa call for resolution to crisis in Mozambique appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, Interviews, lead, Mozambique, News | 0 |
As Islamic State-affiliated insurgents continue to wreak havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, tens of thousands are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Islamic State, Mozambique, News, Pemba | 0 |
Catholic bishops in Mozambique expressed concerns about ongoing violence in the country and increasing food insecurity — especially in the midst of the pandemic.
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