Africa

• 8 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Thousands continue to flee from violence in north Kivu” says United Nations High Commission for Refugees Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- In the province of north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo thousands continue to flee the latest outbreak of fighting between government troops, rebels and militia groups which refuse to inte ...
• 7 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Three local Camillian priests ordained: “Your chose us Lord to serve your presence” Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - This was the verse on the invitation to the ordination of nine new priests in the diocese of Koudougou on, by curious providential coincidence, the 7th of the 7th , 2007. Seven has always be ...
• 7 September 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The country is tired of empty promises” says missionary on the eve of second round presidential elections in Sierra Leone Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- Tomorrow 8 September Sierra Leone will hold second round presidential elections. In the first round on 11 August opposition candidate Ernest Bai Koroma obtained 44% of the votes and outgoing vi ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA - Lighting Africa: World Bank proposes to supply Sub-Saharan Africa with electrical power using new means Rome (Agenzia Fides)- To supply modern lighting to over 250 million Sub-Saharan Africans by 2030 in an ecological and inexpensive manner without the use of fossil fuel is the goal of a 'Lighting Africa' initiative launch ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - East Congo: “A spark of hope for negotiations although fighting continues” Goma (Agenzia Fides)- "There is some hope for negotiations, according to local radio stations Nkunda has said he is ready to talk with the government" Fides was told by a missionary in North-Kivu, eastern Democratic Con ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After caring for the sick for 35 years, a Camillian missionary leaves Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - “At the end of this month of September I will leave the Camillian Mission in Burkina Faso”. These are the first words of a letter of good bye which Camillian Fr. Giovanni Grigoletto, ad ...
• 5 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO “Who is funding for the new war in Congo?” a missionary asks in a dramatic report to Fides Goma (Agenzia Fides)- Fides received a dramatic report from a missionary in north Kivu, Democratic Congo, where fierce fighting between the regular army and the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda has continued for several days ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Heavy fighting in a district of the capital between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, thousands of homes abandoned Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting broke out this morning in the Buterere district, in north Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The fighting was between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, FNL, ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The “curse” of petroleum: what happened to the 400 billion dollars booked by the Nigerian government since 1960? Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The issue of the distribution of oil revenues is at the centre of Nigeria's political life. For decades Nigerians living in the south (mainly Christians) where most of the oil fields are situated, h ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria will reform its oil sector: “We want to create a company which is competitive abroad ” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - General restructuring of Nigeria's oil section will follow the approval by the federal government of a National Gas and Oil Policy. On the basis of the new plan the Nigerian National Petroleum C ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, the White Sisters, celebrate 100 years of fruitful in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a tribute to all the Sisters who worked in Kenya, who taught, nursed and were present in many vital and creative ways” writes Sr Maggi Kennedy of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady o ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes between Arab tribes in western Sudan region of Darfur, where UN Secretary General is to visit today Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Darfur becomes more complicated just as international diplomacy intensifies efforts to find a solution. The Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation, Ban Ki-moon will ...
• 27 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “The situation is tense, but it is important to keep calm and not throw fuel on the fire” says local source with regard to situation in east Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “ The situation is tense but it is important not throw fuel on the fire with bellicose declarations or false alarms. It is necessary to work for peace in collaboration with the international c ...
• 27 July 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Work to build Nigeria's first atomic power plant will start in 2011 which will produce 1.000 megawatt of energy by 2017 Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Work to construct Nigeria's first nuclear power plant will start in 2011. This was announced yesterday 26 July by the chairman of the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission Dr Franklin Erepamo Osaisai w ...
• 26 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE- Zimbabwe: as the economy collapses operation to discredit people who oppose the government continues Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Inflation, drought, unsuccessful government policies continue to worsen the economic situation of Zimbabwe. After enforcing a 50% cut in prices of prime necessities (see Fides 4 and 13 July 2007) ...