Africa

• 7 July 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Greater commitment to fighting diabetes, which could cause 24 million deaths in sub-Sahara African by 2030 Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – A recent study - “Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa” - led by the University of Yaoundé and published in British medical journal The Lancet, said inadequate national prevention programmes an ...
• 6 July 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 2.7 million children aged 6-14 working Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Ahmed Ramadan, aged 13, works 11 hours a day in a bakery in Cairo’s Kherbet Kheirala slum, where he says he works with hazardous machinery in unpleasantly hot surroundings, and is ill-treated ...
• 6 July 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “We were politically persecuted in our homes,” say refugees from autonomous region of Somaliland in protesting Government declaration Hargesia (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement by the government of Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland that there were no refugees in the region - only economic migrants from neighboring countries - has angered ...
• 5 July 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Champions for South Africa - Join the game”: education for a world view and integration during World Cup Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the World Cup, the Salesian South African Planning and Development Office and Salesian NGOs “Jugend Eine Welt” (Austria), “Jovenes y Desarrollo” (Spain), “Sal ...
• 3 July 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 300 feared dead following tanker explosion in Congolese village Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – "It is a tragedy whose precise dimensions are not yet known. According to the local radio, the number of dead could be 300," Fides was told by Sister Teresina Caffi, a Xaverian missionary from ...
• 3 July 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Priest describes tank explosion as “an apocalyptic scene” Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – "It's an apocalyptic scene; burned bodies are strewn about the main street of Sange. The dead are definitely more than 200 and dozens of houses have been destroyed," Fides has been told by Fr. ...
• 3 July 2010
  AFRICA/SAO TOME - The fight against poverty: Bishops of Portuguese-speaking countries meet in Sao Tome Sao Tome (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from the Bishops' Conferences of Portuguese-speaking countries are meeting in São Tomé, July 2 to 9, to discuss the theme: “The Church and The Fight Against Poverty – Sh ...
• 3 July 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Former opposition leader Ahmed Mohamud Silaanyo elected new President of Somaliland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – A state not recognized by the international community, where democracy seems more solid than other African states that are part of the UN and African Union... This is the paradox of Somalila ...
• 2 July 2010
  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 ...
• 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 ...
• 1 July 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Don Bosco Radio: 14 years at the service of the truth and the youth Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “We are one of the most popularly heard radio stations in the capital, as our listeners consider us a reliable news source,” says Fr. Luca Treglia, Director of Don Bosco Radio in Antana ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Onaiyekan following release of Fr. Ukpong: we will not pay a ransom Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - "The Reverend Professor Justin Ukpong, and his driver were released Sunday, June 27, without payment of any ransom, thanks to the work of police at the place where the two were held by their kidna ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese Bishops: “Let us restore the shattered dream of independence” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Our beloved country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, is celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence. The Congolese people are called to use all their energies to reconstruct its ide ...
• 30 June 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Awaiting election results, religious leaders unite to preach peace Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – June 27 presidential elections were held in calm and with a high turnout in the Republic of Guinea, the first truly free elections in the country since its independence in 1958. The interim re ...