Africa

• 26 October 2007
  AFRICA/GABON - Information Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Gabon, with an area of 267,667sq km. And a population of about 1,500,000 is situated at the heart of the continent of Africa. Irrigated by the basin of the River Ogoué, the country has an equator ...
• 25 October 2007
  AFRICA - Privatisation of peacekeeping in Africa: conference in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- In the midst of a heated debate over the role of Private Military Companies (PMC) in Iraq, a conference on how to employ “contractors”, or mercenaries, in peacekeeping operations in Africa wa ...
• 25 October 2007
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violence in north Kivu causes never ending flow of refugees Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- In recent weeks some 30,000 more people have fled violence in north Kivu in the east of D.R. Congo. This was denounced by the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR. “This latest explosion of v ...
• 24 October 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mission Sunday in Chaone mountain villages: greetings from the Bishop, the son of a local Muslim, and the inauguration of a new mill Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Mission Sunday in a mission country: a testimony from Italian Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba in Malawi. Fr. Gamba was reporting from Mount Chaone, near the great Chirwa swamp which fr ...
• 23 October 2007
  AFRICA/EGYPT - SECAM Standing Committee meets in Cairo: principal focus for the Bishops, human trafficking, 200 years since the End of Slavery in Africa Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be meeting in Cairo, Egypt from October 25-29, 2007. The issue of new slaveries or human traf ...
• 22 October 2007
  AFRICA - Africa rejoices for two new African Cardinals: the Archbishops of Dakar and Nairobi Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “I received the news of my appointment as Cardinal, as a call, a duty, to serve the Lord more and better” said Archbishop Théodore Adrien Sarr of Dakar in Senegal and President of the Bishops' ...
• 19 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We are called to help spread the Gospel”: national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies says in letter for World Mission Sunday Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on the urgency and importance of the Church's missionary activity, still today, 50 years since the Fide Donum Encyclical” Mgr Hypolite Adigwe, ...
• 19 October 2007
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - “Formation for young people, support for families and promotion of social justice: these are our priorities” says President of Catholic Bishops of Congo, in Rome for the ad limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The formation of young people and support for the family are the main concern of the Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo” Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu of Kinkala and President of the Bisho ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Government reshuffle to convince the southern leadership to resume its place in the coalition cabinet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir has approved a cabinet reshuffle, one of the conditions posed by the former Southern Sudan rebels, if they resume their place in the national transit ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We remain united to negotiate a trade system more favourable for poor countries” say India Brazil and South Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- Brazil, India and South Africa have called on developing countries to remain united to form a common front in Doha talks on the future of world. The call was launched by heads of state and gover ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - State of emergency announced in three regions in north east of Chad following clashes in last new days N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- Fresh outbreaks of inter-community violence forced the government of Chad to declare a 12 day state of emergency in three north east regions: BET (Borkou, Ennedi, Tibesti) in the north, Ouadd ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “We need concrete immediate help, we are a forgotten people” says Catholic Archbishop of Kampala from areas devastated by floods Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- An appeal for more humanitarian aid for flood victims has been launched by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where torrential rains have left thousands homeless ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “We are waiting confidently for the results” say local Church sources after legislative elections Lomé (Agenzia Fides)- “This time the elections were held correctly, without the violence we saw in previous years” say local Catholic Church sources in Lomé, the capital of Togo where legislative elections on Sunda ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Christians and Muslim must work together for the good of the countries in this region” say Catholic English-speaking Bishops of West Africa Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- “Christians and Muslims share a history of good as well as bitter memories. The Christian-Muslim dialogue is one way of recalling together times when communities lived in peace with each other ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics culture, GMO scientific research and food security, poverty, HIV/AIDS, justice, human rights, solidarity and respect of life Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) -Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, hosted the 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics 4-6 October organised jointly by the local Catholic Ethics Committee CECA and the Pontifical Academy for Life. The ...