Africa

• 3 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “If there is a change of regime the 800,000 Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa are ready to repatriate” a missionary in Cape Town told Fides Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a change of government in Zimbabwe there will be a return en masse of about 700-800,000 Zimbabwean refugees presently in South Africa” said Scalabrinian missionary Fr. Mario T ...
• 1 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “A reestablishment of civil coexistence is needed,” veteran Jesuit missionary in Zimbabwe tells Fides Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe remains in uncertainty as word of the March 29 general election results “trickles out” from the electoral commission (see Fides 31/3/2008). Of the 109 of the 210 seats already accou ...
• 1 April 2008
  AFRICA - Intense protesting in Ivory Coast and Senegal for the rising cost of basic materials Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The rise in the cost of food supplies and other basic materials have provoked intense protest demonstrations in Senegal and Ivory Coast. In both the western African nations, violent confrontatio ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New mission of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in the largest hospital in the Ikonda-Njombe region Ikonda (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, April 2, the new mission of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Ikonda-Njombe (Tanzania), located near the border with Zambia, will open its doors. At the moment, there are ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The opposition claims victory in March 29 elections, while official results are still unknown Harae (Agenzia Fides) - While the counting of votes continues, the opposition claims to have won the general elections that took place on Saturday, March 29 (see Fides 28/3/2008). In addition, they affirm that their pres ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Politics cannot divorce itself from morality,” says the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Political power only has meaning if its actions guarantee the common good of society, or at least the necessary conditions that allow access for all members of the community to an integral d ...
• 31 March 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Yaoundé hospitalized in Paris following serious car accident Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - “Archbishop Tonye Bakot underwent a preliminary operation in Paris, the results of which were positive. However, he will have to undergo future operations,” sources from the Apostolic Nunci ...
• 28 March 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Awaiting the peace signing with guerillas in north Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “A peace accord has been reached. We are only waiting for the signatures of President Yoweri Museveni and LRA leader Joseph Kony. The ceremony was expected to take place this week, however it ...
• 28 March 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Tensions on the eve of elections in a country impoverished from its regime’s disastrous economic policies Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe is in a state of tension as it prepares for presidential, legislative, and local elections to take place Saturday, March 29. The police and armed forces are on maximum alert for fear of ...
• 17 March 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical dispensary in Baidoa, where the 2007 Holy Thursday Mass collection was sent by Pope Benedict XVI, serves 170 people a day Mogadiscio (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the contribution made by Pope Benedict XVI from the collection taken up at Holy Thursday Mass in 2007 (see Fides 2/4/2007), this outpatient facility run by Caritas Somalia has ...
• 14 March 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Presidents of Chad and Sudan meet in Senegal’s capital to sign agreement ending tensions between the two countries Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - A day behind schedule, the Presidents of Chad and Sudan signed a non-aggression treaty placing an end to the tensions that have plagued relations between the two countries for five years. The ag ...
• 13 March 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 6,000 Ugandans assigned to security in Iraq Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - There are 6,000 Ugandans working as mercenaries or “contractors,” as they call them in the official language, in Iraq. This is what has been revealed in a statement from Ugandan Employment M ...
• 12 March 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “The Church is non-bias, however she invites all to respect the laws of democracy and the commitment to the common good.” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “An authentic democracy is fruit of a committed acceptance of the values that inspire democracy - the dignity of the human person, respect for human rights, vigilance for the common good - as t ...
• 12 March 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Government assessment of late-February fighting: 40 dead, numerous injured Yaoundé (Agencia Fides) - 40 people were killed in the fighting that broke out in late February, between demonstrators and government forces of Cameroon (see Fides 26/2/2008), according to a press statement from Marafa ...
• 11 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The Community of Sant’Egidio serving to mediate in the dialogue between the government in Kinshasa and Rwandan hutu rebels in east Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the Community of Sant’Egidio to sponsor an encounter in Rome, between representatives of the Congolese government and the leaders ...