Africa

• 20 November 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Talks to complete peace agreements for Ivory Coast resume in Burkina Faso Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- On Sunday 18 November talks resumed in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the Ivorian parties which signed the peace agreement last March which ended the division of Ivory Coast (see F ...
• 20 November 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Tensions in Nigeria, key country in the balance of oil prices Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Nigeria, one of Africa's largest oil producers, suffers from tensions in north and south which sometimes explode in violence. In the southern Niger Delta region which has most of the country's r ...
• 19 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “The Catholic Bishops of Europe and Africa have addressed a letter to the Heads of State on both continents on the scandal of new forms of slavery” the Secretary General of the Council of the Bishops' Conference of Europe told Fides Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- “We experienced our being Catholics, in the “universal” sense, and discussed our common responsibility with regard to the scandal of new forms of slavery” Mgr Aldo Giordano, Secretary ...
• 19 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “There is an urgent need for knowledge sharing and economic cooperation between Africa and the Diaspora,” says President of South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- Sharing resources and experience to help Africa and the African Diaspora to growth together. This was the call launched by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa at when he addressed the Afri ...
• 16 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - There are over 27 million modern slaves: intervention by the secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples at Seminar on New Forms of Slavery promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- In our world today 27 million people live in an enslaved condition. This was affirmed by Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants an ...
• 15 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - Seminar on slavery and the continuation of the Symposium of African and European Bishops of 2004: intervention by the secretary general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- The Seminar for African and European Bishops continues in Cape Coast, in Ghana, on the theme of new forms of slavery (see Fides 14/11/2007). The Seminar is a new step in collaboration among th ...
• 15 November 2007
  AFRICA - Energy for Africa: agreement signed in Rome in the context of World Energy Congress Roma (Agenzia Fides)- The World Economic Forum and the World Energy Council have signed an agreement to reduce the shortage of energy in Africa. The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 November, in Rome in the context of ...
• 15 November 2007
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Following the assault on Bakassi peninsula: Nigeria and Cameroon continue to collaborate Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- After the assault in which thirty men were killed in the peninsula of Bakassi (see Fides 14/11/2007) the mixed Cameroonian Nigerian Commission is meeting for its 20th session to settle last deta ...
• 14 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Many in Europe and Africa are still slaves of poverty and injustice” says vice president European Bishops in Ghana Seminar for 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Africa Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- “In this era of global inter-dependence and new technologies, 'traditional' forms of slavery as well as some new forms still exist and in fact many people in Europe and in Africa continue to ...
• 14 November 2007
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Mysterious assault on Bakassi peninsula: at least 20 Cameroonian soldiers and 10 assailants killed Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- At least 21 Cameroonian soldiers were killed in a shootout with armed men wearing military uniforms, in the Bakassi peninsula, a territory rich in oil, which after a long dispute with Nigeria wa ...
• 13 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The people can take no more” Catholic Bishop, Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “Dramatic news continues to arrive from Mogadishu. Fighting persists and the people cannot take any more. This is a rebellion to every effect” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti ...
• 13 November 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Fresh fighting in eastern Congo, more civilians move, the region has at least 800,000 internally displaced persons Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Rebel troops of Laurent Nkunda attacked a refugee camp near Goma, the main city in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo. Congo army sources say the attack was thwarted and 27 of the assail ...
• 12 November 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The people are ready to forgive the rebels” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu told Fides Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “There are concrete hopes for peace and we are confident for the future” said Archbishop John Baptist Odama of the diocese of Gulu, in northern Uganda, where the LRA delegation continues its ...
• 12 November 2007
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace makes pastoral visit to Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace made a pastoral visit to Madagascar to the diocese of Ambatondrazaka, in the occasion of the cente ...
• 9 November 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “The abolition of residence permits for immigrants from West Africa is a step forwards in national reconciliation ” a local missionary said Bouake (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a step forward towards national reconciliation” said a missionary in Bouaké, in the north of Ivory Coast where yesterday 8 November, the government announced the abolition of a resi ...