Africa

• 24 January 2008
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - An American peace for east Congo? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- On January 23 at the end of negotiations, postponed several times, the warring parties in north and south Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed an agreement for an immedi ...
• 24 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Bishops of Kenya express “full support” for Annan as mediator and ask for immediate cessation of violence Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “It is not too late, however, for our leaders to change their ways and to talk to each other. This is not the time to pass the buck with regard to who is right or wrong. For this reason, we giv ...
• 24 January 2008
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa expresses solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel CM Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia sent the following message expressing solidarity wi ...
• 23 January 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Growing demand for electricity and power cuts affected millions in southern Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- Interruption of electricity supplies are having serious repercussions on southern African countries. The situation is most critical in Zimbabwe, where people already suffer from an economic ...
• 22 January 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Towards a divided Somalia? Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- While the crisis in central southern Somalia becomes ever more acute, Somaliland (northern region self-proclaimed independent in 1991) receives signals of possible international acknowledgement ...
• 22 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes in Kenya continue, situation of displaced persons ever more serious, expectation for mediator Kofi Annan Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - While Kenya awaits the arrival of former UN secretary general Kenya Kofi Annan, charged by the African Union to head a delegation to mediate the political crisis, clashes continue between the p ...
• 21 January 2008
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Kivu peace Conference due to close but fighting continues Goma (Agenzia Fides)- The 22 January should mark the closing of a Conference for peace in north and south Kivu being held in Goma, main city of northern Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (see Fides ...
• 21 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “ In chaos of political clashes crime thrives” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Life in Nairobi has returned to normal although in the slums there are still areas of tension” said a local Church source asking not to be named for security reasons. Yesterday Sunday 20 Ja ...
• 18 January 2008
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Everyone here was shocked by the news, Christians and Muslims alike” Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - From Tunis Fr. Eugenio Elías, a missionary of the Community of the Incarnate Word, writes: “Tunisia is a mainly Muslim country. Its position in northern Africa and its closeness to Europe make ...
• 18 January 2008
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “Peace in Somalia is possible, because to abandon hope means to accept the reign of death” Bishop of Djibouti in Rome for the ad limina visit speaks to Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a political question concerning relations between states” Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, told Fides expressing his opinion with regard to th ...
• 17 January 2008
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “As missionaries for years we have sensed in secular circles hatred towards the Catholic Church" Cairo (Agenzia Fides)-“I sympathise with the Holy Father because as missionaries we are familiar with discrimination on the part of secular circles” said Italian Comboni missionary Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, who has serv ...
• 16 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - For almost 20 years the Catholic Bishops of Kenya have denounced the exploitation of tribal tension for political ends and have worked to promote social harmony Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- The violence which has disrupted Kenya in recent weeks did not come unexpected: For almost 20 years the Catholic Bishops of Kenya have warned about the exploitation of ethnic tribal tension for p ...
• 14 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, strongly condemns tribalism. A missionary says: “people are quietly but resolutely moving away from mixed areas to places where there are people only of their own tribe.” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) -“This wounded country is still assessing the damage caused by insane violence ” said a missionary in Kenya who asked not to be named for security reasons. “In Nairobi at least in appearanc ...
• 14 January 2008
  AFRICA - What causes people to emigrate from West Africa? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - What stories lie behind the flow of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe? Mere figures cannot describe the dramas which push growing numbers of Africans to risk their lives in order to reach Eu ...
• 11 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - The door of dialogue is still open” local Church source tells Fides after mission of mediation by African Union president ends Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The door is not closed, it is still open, even though the mission of the international mediator cannot be called a success. But the situation is complex and cannot be solved in a few days” s ...