Sub-Saharan Africa has, for the first time, surpassed the Middle East as the center of terrorism activities, further putting at risk Christians and missionaries in parts of West Africa. The Global Terrorism Index 2024 report indicates that terrorism-related violence has significantly increased in Africa specifically in the Sahel region which spreads across a dozen countries from East, Central and West Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa has, for the first time, surpassed the Middle East as the center of terrorism activities, further putting at risk Christians and missionaries in parts of West Africa. The Global Terrorism Index 2024 report indicates that terrorism-related violence has significantly increased in Africa specifically in the Sahel region which spreads across a dozen countries from East, Central and West Africa.
CAR’s Cardinal Nzapalainga: Hopes and challenges of peacemaking.
In a recently published book, Cardinal Nzapalainga reflects on his life as a Spiritan priest, Archbishop of Bangui, Cardinal, peacemaker, hopes and challenges of life in CAR.
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City.
Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, the Archbishop of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), has just published a book with the French journalist Laurence Desjoyaux titled
Je suis venu vous apporter la Paix (roughly translated as
I come to bring peace).
Vatican News’ Cyprien Viet caught up with the Cardinal to talk about the book.
A complex conflict
As Archbishop of Bangui, Cardinal Nzapalainga has worked tirelessly to promote peace and reconciliation among the warring factions of CAR and a people fractured by civil war and constant insecurity.