Africa

• 16 October 2008
  AFRICA - World Food Day: 923 million people, most of them in Africa, risk hunger. Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Some 923 million people all over the world suffer from hunger, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation promoter of World Food Day marked today, 16 October. About 90% of t ...
• 15 October 2008
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Montfort Missionaries’ work with the youth of Malawi at the heart of the celebration of World Mission Day Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – The laborious activity of the missionaries is the best way to celebrate World Mission Day in Malawi. Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Montfort Missionary who has been working in the small African natio ...
• 15 October 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mbeki’s mediation raises cautious hope for an agreement between the majority and the opposition Harare (Agenzia Fides) – There is a cautious hope for reaching an accord in the drawn out crisis of Zimbabwe. After President Robert Mugabe decided to name key Ministers (Defense, Exterior, Interior, etc...) for the go ...
• 14 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops speak out against war in East Congo, with the message: “Innocent blood in the Democratic Republic of Congo” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “Thousands of deaths, peoples condemned to inhumane conditions, children who are kidnapped an forced in to armed groups, etc....It is truly a human drama that we see before our eyes and tha ...
• 14 October 2008
  AFRICA - Stealing from the African people: between 1970 and 2004, 607 billion dollars from sub-Saharan countries have been deposited in countries abroad Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While the world is witnessing a dramatic international financial crisis, very few are worrying about the fact that, according to the President of the World Bank, this economic situation “will p ...
• 13 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The Holy Father’s appeal for Kivu sheds light on an area that is often left in darkness,” a missionary from East Congo tells Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “I saw the Holy Father’s address at the Angelus, live on the television. My fellow brethren and I wish to give him our heartfelt thanks for the appeal for peace in Kivu,” one missionary ...
• 13 October 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Former South African President Mbeki in Zimbabwe to solve political crisis; however Mugabe proceeds unilaterally with the appointment of key Ministers Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will arrive today, October 13, in Zimbabwe to try and overcome the crisis occurring in the formation of the government of national unity, called for b ...
• 10 October 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Guarantee food for Kenyans”: exhortation from the Catholic Church to the leaders of the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Kenya is showing its great concern for the situation of internal refugees and the sharp rise in the price of food products, which is threatening the lives of millions of ...
• 10 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “As in Darfur, here there are over a million people who have lost their homes, and yet there is no public opinion group working to help them. Why not?” says a missionary from east Congo, currently at risk for war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “I don’t think that there will be a great war after another invasion of both Kivus. My impression is that they are limiting themselves to conquering several strategic locations in the nor ...
• 9 October 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Do not forget the drama of more than 3 million Somalis! Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The international community continues to fix its gaze on the ship “Faina,” the Ukrainian cargo ship being held hostage by Somali pirates that remain under permanent surveillance by ships ...
• 8 October 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue leads Catholics in the fight against abortion: “start submitting signatures so that after gathering them in their millions we move to petition the competent authorities to stop this campaign of discussing how to kill the unborn babies.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “Now, I call upon you to stand firm and defend the life of the unborn babies. Say and shout it aloud that: Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn and def ...
• 8 October 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Dramatic testimony of a Salesian missionary in East Congo, housing 2,782 children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The humanitarian situation in North Kivu, in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo, is worsening each day, due to fighting that has broken out between the regular army and rebels l ...
• 7 October 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Jesuits founding a house in Abidjan in a School of Moral and Political Sciences, for the students of Western Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Form an elite African people so they can take on important leadership roles in the public and private sector, according to the Church’s social doctrine. This is the objective behind the Scho ...
• 6 October 2008
  AFRICA - From “Angolagate” to “Faina”: the mysteries of arms trafficking in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While the cargo ship “Faina” remains blocked and surrounded by ships from other countries such as the US and Russia, with its arms in the hands of Somali pirates, the Court in Paris is openin ...
• 6 October 2008
  AFRICA - The international financial crisis also affects Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – What are the consequences for African countries suffering from the crisis that is hitting international financial markets? According to experts, the continent is also suffering a financial crisi ...