Africa

• 5 May 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Justice and Peace Commission confirms that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission can no longer be relied on as a “neutral and nonpartisan electoral umpire.” Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) can no longer be relied on as a “neutral and nonpartisan electoral umpire.” That was what the Justice and Peace Commission of the Zimbabwean Bishops’ ...
• 5 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Crisis in Somaliland, an island of stability in the midst of the Somali chaos, endangers Western strategy in the area Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - The violent confrontations carried out between the police and demonstrators last week in Hargeisa, capital city of Somaliland - a Somali region that declared itself independent in 1991 - has in ...
• 2 May 2008
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Close of the National Eucharistic Congress of the Church in Ethiopia, part of the Great Jubilee of Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, May 4, the National Congress of the Church in Ethiopia will come to a close. The event is situated within the celebrations being held for the Great Jubilee and the new Christian M ...
• 2 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A conflict that is increasingly more international Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The death of a alleged member of the terrorist network Al-Qaida at the hands of US armed forces, tensions in the port city of Bosaso, trafficking center for all kinds of merchandise and launch ...
• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to the culture of death that is imposed by others,” Mozambique’s Bishops say, at the close of their Plenary Assembly Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “Once more, we wish to reflect on the evil of abortion, a very worrisome matter (in its existence and in the project underway that seeks its legalization and/or decriminalization).” This was ...
• 30 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Talks on hold between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki sympathizers, following the assassinations of two of its top-ranking leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A mediation effort being carried out between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki supporters (see Fides 9/11/2006) was interrupted when two of the organization’s representatives were killed by a sho ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The Holy Father’s words are an incentive for the international community to take greater interest in Burundi,” the country’s Apostolic Nuncio says. Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “We are very grateful to the Holy Father for the appeal for Burundi. It is a way to remind the international community of the country’s situation, so that they can make a greater effort in ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Crisis in Mogadishu continues to worsen Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the situation worsens in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city where fighting between military soldiers of the transitional government, supported by Ethiopian troops, and Islamic mili ...
• 29 April 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Darfur drama so far: 300,000 dead; over 2,000,000 driven from their homes; 260,000 refugees in neighboring countries Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - A conflict that has been ongoing since 2003, claiming the lives of over 300,000 people. This is the drama of Darfur, a region of western Sudan, where since February 2003, a series of armed grou ...
• 25 April 2008
  AFRICA - Facing the energy crisis, Uganda and Nigeria attempt to use their own uranium reserves to generate electricity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From uranium suppliers to nuclear energy manufacturers. This is the transformation being attempted by Uganda and Nigeria, the latter being one of the most important uranium providers in the world. ...
• 24 April 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Twenty new Nigerian missionaries sent out to different parts of the world participate in a course organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Giving a new impulse to the missions abroad on behalf of the Catholic Church in Nigeria was the aim of the two-week Orientation Program held at St. Benedict’s Monastery, Ewu-Ishan, in Edo (Niger ...
• 23 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Nunciature also suffers damages from further attacks on Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “No one has been injured or killed and the material damages have been fairly minor,” sources from the Nunciature in Bujumbura told Agenzia Fides, after it was hit by a mortar explosion tha ...
• 22 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Veterans of the war for independence, a threat to Zimbabwe’s future Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Are the veterans from the war for independence the President Robert Mugabe’s last card in the play for power versus the opposition? Judging by recent events, the answer would be “yes.” Firs ...
• 22 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “If nothing is done, we shall soon be witnessing genocide”: appeal from the Christian Churches of Zimbabwe to the international community Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives from the Christian Churches in Zimbabwe have launched an appeal to the international community, asking that they intervene in their country’s crisis. In a statement sent to Agen ...
• 21 April 2008
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Peace returns to Bujumbura: “with their attack, the rebels have sent a sign; now they await a response” Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - After three days of fighting between the army and rebel forces of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL), peace and calm have returned to Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital city. “Yesterday, A ...