Africa

• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Crowds attend the festival for Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – According to the local Church, the festivities held in honor of the Ugandan Martyrs (celebrated June 3) 1.2 million pilgrims, including many from Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Co ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Church objects to the new law on land property Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “The church objects to the spirit and substance of the Land Amendment Bill of 2007,” said Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya of Lugazi, President of the Ugandan Bishops’ Conference, at the close ...
• 5 June 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Regional offensive against “negative forces” in the Great Lakes Region: population of eastern Congo showing serious concern Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The offensive announced against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA, see Fides 4/6/2008) is giving way to an even greater participation on the part of countries in the Great Lakes Region in pla ...
• 4 June 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Include migrants in the local pastoral ministry, for an increasingly ‘catholic’ Church”: address given by Cardinal Martino at the African Meeting on migration Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, presented the Instruction “Erga migrantes caritas Christi” tha ...
• 4 June 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Regional war against the Lord’s Resistance Army follows failed peace negotiations Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “The negotiations are no more, the man (Kony) doesn't know what he wants and we have resolved to go the military way.” This was how Major Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the Ugandan Army, ann ...
• 3 June 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Do not remain only on the aspect of security in order to understand migration,” said Cardinal Martino in the African Meeting on migration inaugurated in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Migration is “constantly on the policy agendas of governmental legislative bodies. There remains, however, the suspicion that the phenomena of migration may not be perceived in all their com ...
• 3 June 2008
  AFRICA - African programs for improving the continent’s food self-sufficiency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To improve African small farmers’ access to the market and increase the use of better technologies in agricultural production. These are some of the measures being taken to reach food self-suff ...
• 2 June 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “No to violence! No to xenophobia!,” declare Mozambican Bishops in a message on preventing retaliation for the violence against immigrants in South Africa Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – “As Pastors of the local Church in our country, we wish to manifest our profound concern for the situation of the relatives of Mozambican residents in the neighboring country of South Africa, ...
• 30 May 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Fighting between the Presidential Guard and rebel soldiers: crisis worsens and the population continues to face more difficulties Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – “We are trapped inside our houses. The people do not dare to go out and the businesses and offices are all closed. Every so often, a gun shot is heard in the distance,” Fides was informed ...
• 30 May 2008
  AFRICA - Africa is the continent suffering most from the world food emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Africa is the suffering most from the food emergency that is affecting many of the world’s countries, to the point that various experts fear that the African nations implied in the rise of pric ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Xenophobia challenges the very Catholicity of the Church,” says Archbishop of Johannesburg, inviting Catholics to take action in helping the victims of the violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, Catholic Archbishop of Johannesburg has called for an emergency response by Catholic parishes and institutions in Johannesburg, asking that they offer aid to the ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Soldiers rebel and “the population pays the consequences,” local Church source tells Fides Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in the Republic of Guinea continues to be tense and rebellious soldiers are demanding the retreat of all officials that do not support their petitions. “The soldiers have beg ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA - “Thanks for the help, but what we really need is a world market that better supports are products,” the African nations say at the Japan-Africa Summit. Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) – “Thanks for the help, but we want an increased openness on the market by developed nations and more investments in our countries.” This could be a summary of what African leaders invited ...
• 27 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The violence in South Africa as seen by other African nations Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - While the violence against immigrants in South African towns seems to have died down, the international community continues to express their reactions to the grave events of recent days. Ca ...
• 27 May 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Cease-fire between the government and the last active rebel group. Will there really be peace? Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “Will there really be peace?” the people of Burundi are wondering after the umpteenth accord signed between Burundi’s government and the National Liberation Front (FNL), the last group o ...