Africa
29 April 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Crisis in Mogadishu continues to worsen
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the situation worsens in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city where fighting between military soldiers of the transitional government, supported by Ethiopian troops, and Islamic mili ...
29 April 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - The Darfur drama so far: 300,000 dead; over 2,000,000 driven from their homes; 260,000 refugees in neighboring countries
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - A conflict that has been ongoing since 2003, claiming the lives of over 300,000 people. This is the drama of Darfur, a region of western Sudan, where since February 2003, a series of armed grou ...
25 April 2008
AFRICA - Facing the energy crisis, Uganda and Nigeria attempt to use their own uranium reserves to generate electricity
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From uranium suppliers to nuclear energy manufacturers. This is the transformation being attempted by Uganda and Nigeria, the latter being one of the most important uranium providers in the world. ...
24 April 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Twenty new Nigerian missionaries sent out to different parts of the world participate in a course organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Giving a new impulse to the missions abroad on behalf of the Catholic Church in Nigeria was the aim of the two-week Orientation Program held at St. Benedict’s Monastery, Ewu-Ishan, in Edo (Niger ...
23 April 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Nunciature also suffers damages from further attacks on Bujumbura
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “No one has been injured or killed and the material damages have been fairly minor,” sources from the Nunciature in Bujumbura told Agenzia Fides, after it was hit by a mortar explosion tha ...
22 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Veterans of the war for independence, a threat to Zimbabwe’s future
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Are the veterans from the war for independence the President Robert Mugabe’s last card in the play for power versus the opposition? Judging by recent events, the answer would be “yes.” Firs ...
22 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “If nothing is done, we shall soon be witnessing genocide”: appeal from the Christian Churches of Zimbabwe to the international community
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives from the Christian Churches in Zimbabwe have launched an appeal to the international community, asking that they intervene in their country’s crisis. In a statement sent to Agen ...
21 April 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Peace returns to Bujumbura: “with their attack, the rebels have sent a sign; now they await a response”
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - After three days of fighting between the army and rebel forces of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL), peace and calm have returned to Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital city. “Yesterday, A ...
21 April 2008
AFRICA/GHANA - “It is time for wealthier nations to rethink old-fashioned programmes of agricultural subsidies that penalize poorer nations,” says UN Secretary General
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - “It is time for wealthier nations to rethink old-fashioned programmes of agricultural subsidies. Economists agree that they inhibit trade and disproportionately penalize poorer nations, contribu ...
17 April 2008
AFRICA - Food emergency and hunger map
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 36 countries have been heavily hit by the increase in the cost of food supplies. Of these 36, 21 are in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Latin America, and 2 in Europe. A study performed by the FAO, the Foo ...
16 April 2008
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Make an effort in maintaining a clean and honest vote”: Ivory Coast’s Bishops speak out following the announcement of upcoming presidential elections
Abijan (Agenzia Fides) - “Now that the elections dates have been made public, we ask that the people of Ivory Coast begin working peacefully in preparation for the elections, that they may be clean and honest.” This ...
15 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - A new era in the evangelization of Africa with the publication of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, edited by the Kenyan Bishops’ Conference
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the publication of “The Catechism of the Catholic Church” and the “Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” in English and Swahili (the two official languages in Ke ...
15 April 2008
AFRICA - Faced with the “alimentary tsunami” that threatens the world, “handouts” are not enough - a worldwide plan is needed to give a boost to agriculture in Africa and other underprivileged areas
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - International economic institutions are all hearing the same alarming news: the world is facing a serious food crisis that threatens to destroy the progress made, in recent decades, among the world ...
15 April 2008
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, in Madagascar for the 50th anniversary of the Cistercian monastery of Maromby
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, gladly responded to the invitation from the Cistercian monastery of Maromby, in Madagascar, to preside the 50th anniversary of its foundatio ...
14 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - New Kenyan government must face Mungiki violence in protest of the death of the leader’s wife
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “A government for peace,” read the front page article in the periodical “The Nation,” on the many-times reformed national constitution. On April 13, President Mwai Kibaki appointed oppos ...
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