Africa

• 1 September 2008
  AFRICA - Turkey looks towards Africa: First Turkish-African Summit in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Following China (see Fides 6/11/2006) and India (see Fides 9/4/2008), Turkey has also organized a Summit with the African nations in order to improve the business and economy possibilities on ...
• 1 August 2008
  AFRICA/TOGO - Over 50,000 people affected by floods in western Africa, while a rise in food prices is feared Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50,000 people in various West African countries have been affected by floods. 10,000 people have been forced from their homes in Togo and the country's trade links with Burkina Faso have ...
• 1 August 2008
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou, over 50 years in Africa preaching the Gospel to the sick, the youth, and children amidst dramatic circumstances Yako (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou arrived in Yako (Burkina Faso) on January 6, 1957, where they began their first missionary experience outside France. The journey was made by three Sisters, an ...
• 1 August 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Federal High Court blocks the cession of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Nigerian Federal High Court has blocked its own national government from ceding the remaining part of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, scheduled to take place on August 14. Judge Mohamme ...
• 31 July 2008
  AFRICA - The Blue Helmets pull out of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border; increased worries about peace in the region New York (Agenzia Fides) – The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to withdraw the remaining UN peacekeepers monitoring the ceasefire in the buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The two countries wer ...
• 31 July 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Daughters of Charity in Madagascar, assisting women and children to fully integrate in society Andemaka (Agenzia Fides) – Andemaka is a town with nearly 3,000 inhabitants in the south of Madagascar with a small community of volunteers of St. Vincent De Paul and Daughters of Charity, among whom is Sr. Giuseppina ...
• 30 July 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Prisonniers Sans Frontières,” a Christian organization for rehabilitation of inmates Maradi (Agenzia Fides) – In the prison and correctional facility in Maradi, Father Dondeynaz, of the Redemptorist Order, has spent years serving as a pioneer in prison ministry, especially with Christian inmates (mainl ...
• 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 ...