Africa

• 23 June 2008
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Now, dialogue for tolerance and mutual respect,” Bishops plea, following the peace accord between the government and two main rebel forces in the country Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – “We hope and pray that political dialogue respects the established conditions that the parties have agreed to.” This is the wish of the Bishops of the Central African Republic expressed in ...
• 20 June 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Following clashes between military and police officers, it’s the teachers turn to take to the streets Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – At least 10 have died in the fighting that broke out between military and policemen in a revolt in the Republic of Guinea. The police are protesting for their withheld salary payments. A simil ...
• 18 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Ban against NGOs in the country lifted; following protests from various groups, including from the Catholic Church Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The government of Zimbabwe has lifted the ban that prohibited the entry of foreign Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), who would distribute food supply and offer assistance to AIDS victims i ...
• 17 June 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Let us avoid a humanitarian crisis that could cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people” - Appeal from the President of Caritas Internationalis and the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference Harare (Agenzia Fides) – “Zimbabwe is on the brink of an avoidable humanitarian crisis that could cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.” This was what has been confirmed in a joint statement i ...
• 16 June 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - 4 months after the conclusion of the Kenya crisis, an evaluation of its economic and social consequences on the region Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The grave crisis that Kenya fell into at the start of the year has had serious consequences on the economic development of the eastern and central African nations. This has been confirmed in a ...
• 13 June 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Foster better living conditions so that people are not forced to have to immigrate and offer immigrants an adequate reception” is the message from the African continental congress on immigration Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “The phenomenon of migration is a structural incontrovertible reality. Some people are forced into it, others freely choose it in the pursuit of better living conditions. Unfortunately, ever ...
• 12 June 2008
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Promote human and Christian development, and support a system of self-reliance for our Church.” The Apostolic Prefect of Donkorkrom dialogues with Agenzia Fides one year after his installation. Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to work on evangelization and human development in a difficult are of our country,” Fr. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, SVD, Apostolic Prefect of Donkorkrom (in eastern Ghana), told Agenzia F ...
• 12 June 2008
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - Fighting between soldiers of Djibouti and Eritrea near the strategic Strait of Bab el Mandeb Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) – 9 soldiers of Djibouti are dead and 60 wounded, after fighting broke out on the border between Eritrea and Djibouti 3 days ago. No information has been released regarding victims on the part ...
• 11 June 2008
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “Clear signs of hope are appearing, however we must act with strength in fighting the plague of AIDS and poverty.” Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – “We support and encourage those who are working in the peace effort. May they do their best so that all Mozambicans may have life and have it to the full,” the Bishops of Mozambique said in ...
• 11 June 2008
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The Church has the task of forming consciences, of spreading awareness, of preparing new leaders, so that tomorrow can see a better life and a new Sierra Leone can emerge,” a missionary tells Fides Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – “For the majority of the inhabitants of Sierra Leone, they barely make it to the end of the year. The world agriculture crisis and continual rise of fuel prices has got the nation on its kn ...
• 10 June 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Further talks in South Africa for reaching a definitive peace accord for Burundi Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – A new stage in the peace process in Burundi has opened following the return of the National Liberation Force (FNL), Agathon Rwasa, to Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. The FNL is the last of t ...
• 10 June 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The commitment of the international community is fundamental in bringing peace back to Somalia,” the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides, following the cease-fire signing Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – “It is definitely good news to hear of the accords and reconciliation meetings, although there have been many in recent years and the war continues,” Agenzia Fides was told by Bishop Gio ...
• 9 June 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement reached on Abyei, an oil-rich territory disputed over by northern and southern Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – An accord has been reached on Abyei, the land that has been in dispute between northern and southern Sudan, which has lead to the recent fighting over its control (see Fides 21/5/2008). The a ...
• 9 June 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The offensive against the “negative forces” has still not begun, say local sources in east Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “Right now the situation is calm and there are still no signs of the announced offensive on the negative forces,” Fides was told by a source from the local Church in southern Kivu, in the ...
• 6 June 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We want to expand the area of cultivated land to 4 million hectares by 2013,” Angola’s Foreign Affairs Minister announced in Rome Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola wants to increase cereals production between the 2009-2013 period, in about 4 million hectares of land, to produce over 15 million tons. This was its Foreign Affairs Minister, João Mirand ...