Africa
14 April 2008
AFRICA - Two missionaries killed in Kenya and Guinea remembered by the Holy Father
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The two missionaries remembered by Pope Benedict XVI in the recitation of the Regina Caeli on Sunday, April13 are Fr. Brian Thorp, Mill Hill missionary of 77 years of age, whose lifeless corpse was ...
11 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “We ask that a international mediator of the stature of Kofi Annan intervene in the Zimbabwean crisis”: appeal from Bishops of Southern Africa
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Botswana, South Africa, and Swaziland (gathered at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference), in a statement issued immediately prior to the Summit meeting of Southern A ...
11 April 2008
AFRICA/UGANDA - Peace signings adjourned in northern Uganda
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “We have returned to Uganda and we will stay here until the head of the negotiation tells us that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is read to sign.” With these words Ruhakana Rugunda, Mini ...
10 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Extraordinary Summit of 14 southern African nations for the crisis in Zimbabwe
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Zimbabwe worsens and the 14 countries that form part of the South African Development Community (SADC) are holding an extraordinary Summit meeting in Lusaka in order to find a commo ...
10 April 2008
AFRICA/UGANDA - Peace signing scheduled today for northern Uganda, after many long years of war
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Over 200 political figures and other influential members of society are expected to attend the ceremony to be held for the first phase in the signing of a peace accord between the Ugandan govern ...
9 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya cannot withstand another crisis,” missionary tells Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The worst incidents were seen in Kibera, the largest of the slums near the capital city and one which serves as electoral stronghold for Odinga, as well as in Kisumu, his hometown,” Agenzia ...
9 April 2008
AFRICA - “The 21st century will be the century of Africa and Asia” says Indian Prime Minister in his opening address at the India-Africa Summit
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Investments, businesses, energy security, climate changes, reform of the United Nations, and peacekeeping. These were the main topics of discussion in the first India-Africa Summit that began ...
7 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe still awaiting presidential election results, 9 days after voting day
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe continues to await, amidst tensions, the results of the presidential election that took place on March 29. Morgan Tsvangirai, the candidate for the opposition party, insists in declaring ...
4 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mugabe and leaders of his party meet to decide his political and personal future
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe political confrontation turns bitter between the Opposition which won a parliament majority and the government of outgoing President Robert Mugabe.
While the MDC Opposition party (M ...
4 April 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouahigouya Diocesan Jubilee will close with ordination of 7 new priests and the consecration of the Cathedral
Ouahigouya (Agenzia Fides) - A jubilee year to celebrate the 50 years of the diocese of Ouahigouya, in Burkina Faso, will close in November on the Feast of Christ the King with a triduum of celebrations including the pri ...
3 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - It is official: the Opposition takes parliament. Uncertainty about Mugabe's next moves
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Zimbabwe's Opposition has taken parliament. The electoral Commission announced the results for the lower house of the Zimbabwean parliament. For the first time in 28 years the ruling party of Pres ...
3 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “If there is a change of regime the 800,000 Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa are ready to repatriate” a missionary in Cape Town told Fides
Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a change of government in Zimbabwe there will be a return en masse of about 700-800,000 Zimbabwean refugees presently in South Africa” said Scalabrinian missionary Fr. Mario T ...
1 April 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “A reestablishment of civil coexistence is needed,” veteran Jesuit missionary in Zimbabwe tells Fides
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe remains in uncertainty as word of the March 29 general election results “trickles out” from the electoral commission (see Fides 31/3/2008).
Of the 109 of the 210 seats already accou ...
1 April 2008
AFRICA - Intense protesting in Ivory Coast and Senegal for the rising cost of basic materials
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The rise in the cost of food supplies and other basic materials have provoked intense protest demonstrations in Senegal and Ivory Coast. In both the western African nations, violent confrontatio ...
31 March 2008
AFRICA/TANZANIA - New mission of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in the largest hospital in the Ikonda-Njombe region
Ikonda (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, April 2, the new mission of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Ikonda-Njombe (Tanzania), located near the border with Zambia, will open its doors. At the moment, there are ...
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