Africa

• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 25 July 2008
  AFRICA/MALI - Progress in peace talks between Mali authorities and Tuareg rebels Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from the Mali Government and members of the Tuareg Rebellion will meet in the coming days to continue dialogue on the peace agreements of July 2006. The accords, mediated by Al ...
• 25 July 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Another attack on the Bakassi Peninsula kills 12 persons Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is worsening in the Bakassi Peninsula, where 12 people lost their lives on July 24. An armed group arrived in three motorboats and attacked a Cameroon military battalion. Among t ...
• 24 July 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Grave concern at the wave of violence and unrest in schools”: A Message from Kenya’s Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Kenya have expressed their “grave concern at the wave of violence and unrest in secondary schools” (see Fides 23/7/2008) in a Message signed by Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowle ...
• 24 July 2008
  AFRICA - Food emergency for 14.6 million people living in the Horn of Africa; 20 million people living in slums at the mercy of rising food prices Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 14.6 million people in the Horn of Africa now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, and animal disease. The alarm has been launched by the World ...
• 23 July 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Students’ rebellion also affecting the Seminary in Nairobi: “The frustration of the young people is not the only excuse for the violence,” a local Church source informs Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Over 300 secondary schools are in revolt in Kenya and in some cases, the students have sacked and burned the school buildings. The dormitories of Queen of Apostles Minor Seminary in the Archdi ...
• 23 July 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan’s President on a “promotional” visit to Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – It is a “promotional” tour to show the world his own popularity, even in Darfur. This is how international analysts have interpreted Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the turbul ...
• 22 July 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Talks scheduled between the government and the opposition in the statement signed yesterday by Mugabe and the opposition leader Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 22, negotiation talks begin in South Africa, between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition party. The talks are a direct result of the preliminary agreement signed yesterday in ...
• 22 July 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the generalized chaos: even the control mechanisms on Somali clans have been broken”: an expert on the Horn of Africa gives his perspective Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the extreme fragmentation of Somalian society,” Agenzia Fides was told by Federico Battera, Professor of Political Science at the Uni ...
• 21 July 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Change for Zimbabwe: the government and opposition sign an agreement to begin direct dialogue Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Is the political climate in Zimbabwe changing? This is what international analysts and the country’s population are all asking after it was announced that on July 21, an accord would be signe ...
• 21 July 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Cocaine: a threat to fragile local establishments from Guinea Bissau to Sierra Leone Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The confiscation of over 500 kilograms of cocaine from a plane in the Bissau airport is showing the gravity of the drug-trafficking situation, especially, the extent of its complexity on all le ...
• 18 July 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pastoral prospects on globalization and its consequences on African cultures: Convention of African Members of the Pontifical Council for Culture Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – The African Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture will meet from July 23-26, 2008 with the aim of providing a new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture. The theme ...