Africa
23 June 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Lord's Resistance Army rebels assume responsibilities for crimes committed in over 20 years of civil war in northern Uganda
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The rebels of the Lord Resistance Army LRA have agreed to assume responsibility for the crimes committed against civilians in northern Uganda during more than 20 years of civil war. According to ...
22 June 2007
AFRICA/TOGO - “Our priority is the formation of the faithful” says the president of the Bishops' Conference of Togo in Rome for their ad limina visit
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The Church in Togo is maturing slowly but surely” Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba of the diocese of Sokodé and president of the Togo Bishops' Conference told Fides. The Bishops are in Rome for ...
22 June 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Common effort for education in Catholic social doctrine and education to peace ” Bishops of Central Africa announce
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A decision to make a common effort to promote the Catholic Social Doctrine at grass roots level was taken by the Bishops of the Association of Catholic Bishops of Central Africa ACEAC after thei ...
21 June 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The important conquests of peace in recent years must not be called into question again” the new president of the Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Central Africa warns
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “We need peace and stability to work in the interests of our peoples” said Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro one of the two vice presidents of Association of Catholic Bishops' Conf ...
19 June 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Intensify relations between to two sides of the South Atlantic to fight organised crime and promote peace and development: a meeting in Luanda
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- The sixth meeting of representatives of the South Atlantic Peace and Co-operation Zone closes today 19 June in Luanda, the capital of Angola. The SAPCZ was formed in 1986 by the 24 African and Lat ...
18 June 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Concern in Bukavu, eastern Congo, after the assassination of a local radio journalist. The trial of the suspected murderers postponed until the end of the month
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)- Postponed until June 25, the trial of the suspected murderers of journalist Serge Maheshe who ran Radio Okapi radio station in Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo sponsored by the United Nation ...
18 June 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Could strife within the President's party be behind and alleged coup plot in Zimbabwe?
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - An alleged coup plot has been revealed in Zimbabwe. Local press said 6 suspects arrested at the end of May are due to report in court on 22 June on charges of plotting to overthrow the government ...
15 June 2007
AFRICA - The abolition of the death penalty in Africa: scheda
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- In Africa the death penalty has been abolished in 14 countries: Angola, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome e Principe, Rwanda, Seyc ...
14 June 2007
AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan, UN and AU agree to deploy 19,000 peacekeepers in Darfur
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Sudan has reached an agreement with the African Union and the United Nations Organisation to deploy a 'hybrid' peace-keeping force in the western Darfur region devastated by civil war since 2003 ...
14 June 2007
AFRICA/LESOTHO - Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme warning: only a prompt intervention can save 400,000 people in Lesotho from famine
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Lesotho has urgent need of international aid to avoid a serious food shortage caused by rising cereals prices since the principal harvest was destroyed by one of the worst droughts in the past thirt ...
13 June 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The dignity of workers must be respected but the right to strike should not endanger lives” say Catholic Bishops in South Africa where the public servants strike is causing a deteriorating situation effecting especially school children and hospital patients
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has expressed concern at the deteriorating situation of the public servants strike. In a SACBC statement sent to Fides the Bishops ...
13 June 2007
AFRICA - CERNA Bishops conclude Ad Limina visit
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The Bishops and Vicars General of the Regional Bishops Conference of Northern Africa CERNA send Fides a report on their ad limina visit to Rome which concluded on 9 June. Last week Fides interviewed ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “Take the path of reconciliation and forgiveness ” says the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in northern Ghana, where the succession of the traditional king is a cause of dispute
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - No to “punitive” justice founded on revenge, yes to justice founded on reconciliation and pardon. This appeal was launched by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in nor ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - “The funeral of First Lady could build new unity in Malawi” says a Monfort missionary
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “On June 9 2007 the whole of Malawi stopped for the funeral of the First Lady Ethel Mutharika, wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika who died on 28 May” Monfort missionary Fr Piergiorgio Gamb ...
11 June 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A visit of great symbolic significance: the leader of radical wing of president's party goes to former rebel's stronghold
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “A small symbolic step but most important on the path to peace in Cote d'Ivoire” said local Church sources with regard to a visit to Bouaké in the north of the country by Charles Blé Goudé ...
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