Africa

• 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 ...
• 25 June 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Serious outbreak of cholera in various parts of the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Kenyan Ministry of Health has announced that a serious outbreak of cholera in areas of Nairobi, the Rift Valley and the coastal is propagated by a scarcity of hygiene and sanitation and th ...
• 25 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux in South Africa: 10 July evening prayer vigil on the eve of the World Cup Final Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- The relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux arrive today 25 June, at the Carmelite Convent in Benoni, Johannesburg, where they will be welcomed by the clergy of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, ...
• 24 June 2010
  AFRICA - Disjointed economic growth benefits only a small minority Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “It is unquestionably true that Africa is growing, but also that it lacks the policies to turn this growth into financial policies which will promote the prosperity of the people ” Fides learne ...
• 24 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Caritas Goma runs programmes for victims of a “forgotten war” in eastern Congo Goma (Agenzia Fides)- The silent victims of “forgotten wars” are mainly women and children. This is the case of women in north Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where bands of armed men, local an ...
• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disquieting attacks continue, but efforts are being made to clear the political picture Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “These episodes of violence are signs of the tension present in this country, however we have not yet reached the point of no return: we can still go back, violence can be stopped” Fides wa ...
• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 46th plenary meeting of Catholic Bishops focuses on fifty years of national independence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-“Losing one's life for others. This is the path which the local Church indicates to the Congolese people as they prepare to celebrate on 30 June, 50 years of independence. What is needed is sin ...
• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Newly inaugurated Clinic offers medical, psychological and nutritional care, as well as micro-credit projects and basic education for children Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – In Burundi a small Clinic recently opened by the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), a programme run by Jesuit Fathers, provides treatment for AIDS and preventative therapy against HIV. News of the in ...