Africa

• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Opposition group threatens more demonstrations as grave humanitarian conditions continue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, and opposition leader, Raila Odinga, continue in a tense climate due to threats from the opposition to return to the streets in demonstrations ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New foundation of Daughters of St. Paul in Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - After 25 years of civil war, southern Sudan is experiencing a time of peace. Following a peace signing in January of 2005, Bishop Paris Taban, Bishop of Torit, offered an invitation to all religiou ...
• 6 February 2008
  AFRICA/BENIN - “Smile it's Lent!” : a Letter from Bishop of Natitingou Natitingou (Agenzia Fides) - “The word Lent does not mean sadness, aridity… instead it is a special 40 days given to us by the Church. In the Bible the number 40 evokes a special time in which God calls us to live cl ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - “It is time for weapons to be silent and negotiations to prevail” N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- “It is time for weapons to be silent and negotiations to prevail” say Fides sources in Chad commenting the decision of the rebel troops which had besieged the capital N’Djamena, to acce ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The people are hungry. The crisis must end as soon as possible ” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Kofi Annan is a realist, thank goodness” said Fides sources in Kenya with regard to resumed talks between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, with the mediation of the ...
• 5 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Standing Committee of the Symposium of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Africa and Madagascar meet in Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- From 4 to 7 February the Standing Committee of SCEAM, Symposium of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Africa and Madagascar, will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa, for its first assembly of 2 ...
• 4 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The Holy Father's words come at a delicate: we have not lost hope for peace and reconciliation ” says National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Holy Father's appeal for peace to return in Kenya was given ample space in the local media, in some papers it was on the front page” Fr. Eugenio Ferrari Consolata missionary and national ...
• 4 February 2008
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - New Archbishop of Kinshasa Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya installed with solemn Eucharistic Celebration Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Kinshasa, arise and shine in the light of Christ”. With these words addressed to the faithful, Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo, former Archbishop of Kisangani, was installed as Archbishop of K ...
• 4 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Bishops of Southern African condemn police raid on Methodist church sheltering Zimbabwe refugees Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Southern African have condemned a police raid on Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church which was providing shelter for refugees from Zimbabwe. Cardinal Wilfrid Nap ...
• 1 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya Analysis Part I: The crisis in Kenya should mark a turning point in African Union policy: the dangers are too great just to sit and watch Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The dramatic situation in Kenya should force the African Union to revise its policy of intervention for African crises. It can no longer look the other way. After Darfur, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Cong ...
• 30 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Hope stirred by the meeting between Kibaki and Odinga should mean improved security in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Cautious hope was felt in Kenya after the meeting on 29 January between the president Mwai Kibaki and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, in the presence of former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, c ...
• 29 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Murdered Kenyan MP was a Catholic social activist Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Mugabe Were a Catholic social activist, shot dead yesterday outside his home, was married to an Italian women from Lecce” local Church sources in Kenya told Fides. Mugabe Were was an MP for ...
• 29 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “There is a split in the President's ethnic group: crisis more complex than it appeared” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Grave escalation of the Kenyan crisis: for the first time army helicopters opened fire to disperse angry mobs in Naivasha city, Rift Valley, 90 km from Nairobi, the centre of violence in recent ...
• 25 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Opposition leader Odinga meets President Kibaki, but violence continues Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This was a good sign, but there is still long way to go to reach pacification ” said a local Catholic source in Nairobi after Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga ...
• 25 January 2008
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - This year's floods worse than 2000 for quantity of harvest loss Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- Over 180,000 homeless of whom 57,000 have lost everything. This is the result of floods in Mozambique this year which are worse that those in 2000/2001, according to Françoise Le Goff head of Red ...