AMERICA/MEXICO - “Vote in Peace” say Mexican Bishops
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Fides News has received a letter published by Bishop Felipe Arismendi Esquivel, Bishop of San Cristobal de Las Casas in Mexico, in which he asks that everyone participate in ...
AFRICA/TANZANIA - First African Common Market opened
Arusha (Agenzia Fides) – The East African Community (EAC) Common Market was officially opened on July 1, 2010. Its members are: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.
Under the terms of an agreement reached in ...
2 July 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Divisions within the Rwandan military: an analysis
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – "The recent arrest of General Jean Bosco Kazura and the attack on Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa in South Africa (where he fled because he was wanted by the authorities of his country) show the division ...
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Heavy rains augment precarious conditions in Brazil
Branquinha (Agenzia Fides) – In June, heavy rain falls in the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, have caused 40 deaths and 600 missing persons. The situation became dramatic when rising water levels in the two ...
1 July 2010
AFRICA/GHANA - SECAM to hold 15th Plenary Assembly in late July
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – The 15th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar ( SECAM) will take place in Accra, Ghana from July 26 to August 2, 2010, according to a statement s ...