Africa

• 11 January 2008
  AFRICA - Millions affected by floods in southern Africa; children most at risk Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Floods in some countries in southern Africa have caused considerable loss of life and material damage. Southern Zambia is devastated by floods, following weeks of torrential rain. Some 3,000 people ...
• 10 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - A compromise could end the crisis. Bishops call national day of prayer for peace Sunday 20 January Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This could be a solution for the crisis” Italian Consolata Missionary Fr. Luigi Anataloni, of CISA Catholic news service in Nairobi told Fides with regard to an idea presented by some Africa ...
• 10 January 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur: amidst attacks and tensions between Sudan and Chad UN/AU peacekeeping mission starts Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - While international observers and media focus attention on the crisis in Kenya, concerning developments are registered in the situation in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. On 9 January ...
• 9 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - President Kibaki launches new government, fierce opposition protests, “but no one wants to bring the crisis to a head” national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies tells Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The President has made his move, the opposition reacted swiftly also not to lose supporters' consensus, however I really hope the meeting on Friday 11 will take place and that the parties will ...
• 9 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya's crisis has serious economic repercussion on neighbouring countries: fuel imported through Mombasa port ever scarcer Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Kenya is affecting the economies of bordering nations which depend to a large extent on Kenyan infrastructures for exports and imports, especially with regard to fuel. The ...
• 8 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders committed to finding peaceful solution to Kenyan crisis; violence has serious economic impact Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya's religious leaders are actively committed to helping find a peaceful solution to the country's dramatic crisis. A delegation of religious leaders, including Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of N ...
• 8 January 2008
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “No to the division of Congo, yes to respect for the will of the people”: Catholic Bishops' Memorandum for Goma Peace Conference Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - To resolve the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, root problems must be settled “in every dimension: humanitarian, land ownership, historical, economic, political, ethnic ...
• 7 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Signs of hope: most Kenyans want peace and are praying incessantly for peace; criminal as well as political interests behind the clashes” a missionary tells Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “There are small signs of hope which show that the majority of Kenyans want” Fr. Luigi Anataloni, a Consolata missionary told CISA Catholic News Agency in Nairobi. Calm has returned after tra ...
• 21 December 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “It will be a Christmas of hope for peace and witness, a missionary in the north of Ivory Coast tells Fides Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “It will be a Christmas of hope for peace ” Fr Dino Dussin, PIME missionary in Ivory Coast tells Fides. Fr. Dino, who serves a few villages around Bouaké, in central-northern Ivory Coast ...
• 20 December 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “I hope a strong populist line imitating Zimbabwe will not prevail ” says a missionary in South Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- “Corruption is widespread in South Africa and the new accusations against Zuma come as no surprise, except for the timing perhaps …” said a missionary in South Africa, where Mokotedi Mpshe ...
• 19 December 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Zuma's election as leader of the party in power marks a political turning point in South Africa, but there is uncertainty with regard to which way the country will go Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- The ruling African National Congress has changed leadership and South Africa faces an uncertain political turning point. Jacob Zuma defeated head of state Thabo Mbeki, in elections for the party ...
• 18 December 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Demobilisation of Ivory Coast combatants to start on 22 December Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The long awaited process of disarmament, demobilisation and social reintegration of combatants in Ivory Coast will begin on 22 December. This was announced by General Philippe Mangou, Ivory Coast ...
• 18 December 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Without an immediate intervention on the part of the international community Somalia risks a humanitarian catastrophe” says UN special envoy Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- More than 720,000 people have been forced to leave Mogadishu over the past few months because of Ethiopian soldiers and Transition government troops fighting militia groups linked with the Isla ...
• 14 December 2007
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - “These people deserve all the fraternal solidarity our little local Church can offer, however modest our means” said the Catholic Bishop of Laghouat after visiting Saharawi refugees in camps Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - “I have desired to visit these camps since the day I was appointed Bishop” Bishop Claude Rault of the diocese of Laghouat, in the Sahara region of Algeria writes in a letter to Fides after h ...
• 14 December 2007
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” says Catholic Bishop of Djibout commenting the priest's detention Djibouti (Agenzia Fides)-“We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibout diocese whose vicar general Rev Sandro De Pretis has been in prison since 28 October ...