Africa
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3 September 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Elections in Angola: A Brief Sketch of the Country and the Church
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Over 8 million Angolans will go the polls on September 5 to elect 220 members of Parliament, from among candidates from 14 political parties in the first elections to be held since 1992. The two ...
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2 September 2008
AFRICA/GABON - The Libreville Declaration to face serious environmental problems behind the deaths of over 2.4 million people, World Health Organization says
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - “The African continent is rich in natural resources and has a potentially strong human resource base to sustain flourishing economies. Yet the continent’s natural wealth is being seriousl ...
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2 September 2008
AFRICA/UGANDA - Egyptian President’s visit to Kampala strengthens collaboration efforts between the two countries in the administration of the Nile, however other countries have reason to worry
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Uganda and Egypt reaffirmed their collaboration in the administration of the Nile, following the visit of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the Ugandan capital of Kampala in late August. ...
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1 September 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We have been blessed by Divine Providence and we should learn to respond accordingly,” says Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento on the eve of September 5 elections
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “The Angolan people have reached a high level of civil and democratic maturity,” said Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, in an interview on national radio in A ...
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1 September 2008
AFRICA - Turkey looks towards Africa: First Turkish-African Summit in Istanbul
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Following China (see Fides 6/11/2006) and India (see Fides 9/4/2008), Turkey has also organized a Summit with the African nations in order to improve the business and economy possibilities on ...
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1 August 2008
AFRICA/TOGO - Over 50,000 people affected by floods in western Africa, while a rise in food prices is feared
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50,000 people in various West African countries have been affected by floods. 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and the country's trade links with Burkina Faso have ...
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1 August 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou, over 50 years in Africa preaching the Gospel to the sick, the youth, and children amidst dramatic circumstances
Yako (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou arrived in Yako (Burkina Faso) on January 6, 1957, where they began their first missionary experience outside France. The journey was made by three Sisters, an ...
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1 August 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Federal High Court blocks the cession of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Nigerian Federal High Court has blocked its own national government from ceding the remaining part of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, scheduled to take place on August 14.
Judge Mohamme ...
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31 July 2008
AFRICA - The Blue Helmets pull out of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border; increased worries about peace in the region
New York (Agenzia Fides) – The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to withdraw the remaining UN peacekeepers monitoring the ceasefire in the buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The two countries wer ...
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31 July 2008
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Daughters of Charity in Madagascar, assisting women and children to fully integrate in society
Andemaka (Agenzia Fides) – Andemaka is a town with nearly 3,000 inhabitants in the south of Madagascar with a small community of volunteers of St. Vincent De Paul and Daughters of Charity, among whom is Sr. Giuseppina ...
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30 July 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Prisonniers Sans Frontières,” a Christian organization for rehabilitation of inmates
Maradi (Agenzia Fides) – In the prison and correctional facility in Maradi, Father Dondeynaz, of the Redemptorist Order, has spent years serving as a pioneer in prison ministry, especially with Christian inmates (mainl ...
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30 July 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The President of Ivory Coast offers the Parliament of Burkina Faso an “Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso Axis” to stimulate regional collaboration
Ougadougou (Agenzia Fides) – “I have come to tell you the storm has passed,” the President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo said in his address to the Burkina Faso Parliament, one of the most important moments on his ...
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29 July 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The countries of central Africa are looking for a common strategy in resolving the food crisis
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Finding a common strategy for fighting the food crisis is the focus of the meeting that has begun July 28 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing together the M ...
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28 July 2008
AFRICA/TOGO - The social consequences of drug-trafficking in western Africa, for example: Togo
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) – Social concern is growing regarding the rate of drug consumption in Togo, one of the western African nations used as a stopping point in the trafficking of narcotics on their way to Europe.
Th ...
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28 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Talks between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition continue in South Africa. Meanwhile, the country’s economy suffers with inflation at 12.5 million%
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – In South Africa, talks between representatives of the government, led by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and the opposition continue, in an effort to help the country overcome its most seri ...
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