Africa

• 5 October 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - UN general secretary warns: “Drug trafficking is a threat to democracy in Guinea Bissau” Bissau (Agenzia Fides)- “Drug traffickers threaten to subvert the nascent democratisation process in Guinea Bissau, entrench organised crime and undermine respect for law” UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon said in a ...
• 4 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We resolve to continue to proclaim the Word following the example of the first missionaries”: National Mission Congress 50th Fidei Donum anniversary resolutions Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “We have just held our first National Mission Congress to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous encyclical by Pope Pius XII Fidei Donum” Mgr. Hypolite Adigwe, national director of the Pontifi ...
• 4 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Good prospects for second South Africa, Brazil and India summit in mid October Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - Ever stronger is the South Africa, India and Brazil alliance in the field of negotiations on free trade agreements with northern hemisphere countries. This was announced by Ambassador Jerry Mat ...
• 3 October 2007
  AFRICA - African countries ever more conscious of the close connection between terrorism and trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings Algiers (Agenzia Fides)- Drug trafficking in West Africa is connected with terrorism and other illegal activity. This emerged from a series of reports issued by international bodies such as the United Nations Office anti ...
• 3 October 2007
  AFRICA - African Diaspora sends 17 billion dollars home every year; “but transferring money it is still too costly” says African Development Bank Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Every year African emigrant workers on other continents send between 14 and 17 billion US dollars home to family members or friends in money transfers. This was said in a report published by the Afr ...
• 2 October 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - A tribute to Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki: first Bishop of Lusaka, then for 20 years national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)-“I would recall Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki with the words used by the French Ambassador in 2006, when he presented the Cardinal with the Legion of d' Honneur: “Your life, Your Eminence, is ...
• 2 October 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Because of floods the people in Gulu, for years victims of cruel civil strife, depend again on international aid Kampala (Agenzia Fides)-“The rains have stopped for the moment but the waters have not subsided and most of the country is isolated due to a break down in communications” said local Church sources in Uganda, one of s ...
• 1 October 2007
  AFRICA - Helping Africa join world trade to reduce its poverty: international meeting opens in Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides)- Help Africa finds its place in international trade system and promote its economic development. This is the goal of a meeting for African ministers of the economy which opens today 1 Octobe ...
• 1 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “An attack led by someone not invited to the peace talks” says a local source in Darfur with regard to attack on AU peacekeepers at AMIS base Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “The attack was perpetrated by some faction not invited to the peace talks at the end of the month in Libya ” Fides was told by a local Church source near to where the AU peacekeepers were k ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Publications, meetings with seminarians and girls in formation on the Fidei Donum Encyclical during October mission month and next Easter the sending of first four Fidei Donum priests to Mauritania Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “In my country we are giving great importance to the celebration the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum encyclical” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Guinea Bissau, Mg ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Help us stop the violence”: President of Congo asks UN General Assembly Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “United Nations assistance is crucial for the disarmament of foreign armed groups, using force if necessary, and for their repatriation and integration” Joseph Kabila president of Democratic ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Discovery of local coal seams poses basis for launching Kenya's cement industry Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has good hopes of becoming a coal producer after prospecting in two districts of East Province obtained encouraging results. At present Kenya imports coal from South Africa and the disco ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - UN resolution to send a security mission welcomed by humanitarian workers in Chad and the Central African Republic N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- International observers are hopeful after the UN Security Council passed a resolution to send a multidimensional UN mission to Chad and the Central African Republic MINURCAT, to help increase ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - First Cape Town Archdiocesan Synod: “a foundation on which to build in the years ahead” says Archbishop Lawrence Henry Cape Town (Agenzia Fides)- “The discussions over the past four days have provided a foundation on which to build in the years ahead’ said Archbishop Lawrence Henry of Cape Town at the end of the first ever synod of t ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Approved Indigenisation and Empowerment Bill assigns majority of foreign businesses to local people; concern for impact on the national economy Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday 26 September Zimbabwe's parliament approved a controversial Bill which says at least 51% of foreign business must be given to local or indigenous citizens. The Indigenisation and Empower ...