Africa

• 28 October 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Polls open in Mozambique: situation is calm, incumbent President and party declare victory, uncertainty as to voting participation Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Mozambicans are coming to the polls calmly. The electoral campaign has been fairly tranquil, although there have been a few low-key incidents,” Agenzia Fides has been told by local Churc ...
• 27 October 2009
  AFRICA - Arms Trade Treaty talks to resume in early November, mentioned in Propositions of Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In early November, the United Nations Disarmament Commission will examine the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The Treaty was also mentioned in the Final List of Propositions of the Special Assembly for ...
• 27 October 2009
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique to vote tomorrow: incumbent President is the favorite Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – Over 10 million Mozambican voters (of a population of a little over 22 million) will hit the polls tomorrow, October 28, for presidential elections, nationals and provincials. It is the fourt ...
• 26 October 2009
  AFRICA - African mineral resources worth 46.2 billion dollars; with 12% of this, Africa could finance infrastructures on par with Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The earth is a precious gift from God to humanity. The Synod Fathers give thanks to God for the abundant natural resources of Africa. However, they affirm that the people of Africa, instead of b ...
• 24 October 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 42,000 Angolans expelled from Democratic Republic of Congo in need of urgent aid Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Over 42,000 Angolans have been sent back to their homeland from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what the Angolan press agency ANGOP was told by Bohdan Nahajlo, representative in Angol ...
• 24 October 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Africa approves first Continental Convention worldwide for protection of refugees and evacuees; “We launch an appeal to the UN, that a similar instrument be extended to the entire world,” says President of Zambia Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Africa is the first continent in the world to have adopted a convention for the protection of refugees, the repatriated, and evacuees. The Convention was signed by the extraordinary summit of ...
• 22 October 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Caritas International launches campaign for 35,000 drought and violence victims in South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas International has launched a campaign to feed 35,000 people threatened by drought and violence in South Sudan. The objective is to raise 3.4 million US Dollars (2.3 million Euros) to ...
• 21 October 2009
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Forgiveness has a freeing effect, especially for the victims,” says Bishop Biguzzi of Makeni, describing the experience of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the Seminar Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa, being held in Rome during the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops promoted by the “Giuseppe Toniolo” Instit ...
• 21 October 2009
  AFRICA - Example of the Gacaca Courts in Rwanda and the role of the Church in Burundi for reconciliation and peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The contribution of justice in the process of reconciliation in Africa was debated in the Seminar “Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa” held in Rome, during the Second Special Assemb ...
• 20 October 2009
  AFRICA - “Will for peace and pardon in African thought”: a talk by Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia, professor at the Lateran and Gregorian Pontifical Universities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa needs a process of reconciliation 'ad intra' and 'ad extra,'” said Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia from Cameroon, who teaches Culture, Religion, Art, and African Thought in the Lateran ...
• 20 October 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian President and rebel leaders meet; government willing to give 10% of oil profits to the region - is the Niger Delta conflict coming to an end? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria recently met with Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in his presidential palace, to discuss peace agreements. ...
• 19 October 2009
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Association of Nigeria asks “that all join hands in promoting the rights of children” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “We underline the urgent need of priests, religious, parents, guardians, catechists, teachers and government to be informed about child’s rights in the Church and society, so that they may bec ...
• 19 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 13 years after the death of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa of Bukavu: reflections from a missionary Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – October 29 marks the 13th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa, then Archbishop of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
• 15 October 2009
  AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - “Awaken Catholics to the Church's mission”: the objective of World Mission Sunday Port Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - “Thanks to Fr. Leon des Avanchers and the first missionaries, we received the Good News of the Gospel. This Good News is what we must make known around us,” writes Fr. Edwin Mathiot, D ...
• 15 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Missionaries in defense of the people troubled by war in eastern Congo, where nickel is among resources powering the war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – As the participants of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops discuss Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recent testimoni ...