Africa

• 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 ...
• 9 November 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Great hopes for peace, but the situation calls for much prudence and patience” says AVSI representative in Kampala Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “Peace has never been so near and hope is tangible but it should be remembered that post-conflict situations are always very delicate” said Filippo Ciantia, representative of the local AVSI O ...
• 8 November 2007
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - West Africa and the Caribbean principal routes for cocaine on its way to Europe: Interpol warning Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - West Africa is one of two principal routes used by drug traffickers to export South American cocaine to Europe. This was said by Emmanuel Leclaire, vice director of Interpol and person in char ...
• 8 November 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Darfur at the crossroads” says UN secretary general Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in Darfur has reached a crucial crossroads for restoring peace, secretary general of the United Nations Organisation Ban Ki-moon said in a report made public yesterday 7 November i ...
• 6 November 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ugandan rebel leaders ask "forgiveness for the suffering caused to our people” in northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday 5 November a step forward was made in the process for peace in Northern Uganda: members of the Lord's Resistance Army asked forgiveness for the suffering caused to the people in over 20 ...
• 6 November 2007
  AFRICA - Africans increasingly urbanised Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Forget pictures of rural Africa: the slum is now advancing. A report issued by the International Institute for Environment and Development said that Africa urban population is larger than that of No ...
• 5 November 2007
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “The priest of the third millennium: Witness of Christ and missionary in the Church and in society”: Catholic Church in Madagascar concludes third Synod Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- “The priest of the third millennium: Witness of Christ and missionary in the Church and in society” was the theme of the 3rd Synod organised by the Catholic Church in Madagascar held in ...
• 5 November 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Telecommunications in Africa: local governments and international institutions make promises in Kigali Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- A promise to invest 55 billion dollars (38 billion euro) in the next five years in the sector of African telecommunications, was the closing act of Connecting Africa Summit held at the end of Octo ...
• 31 October 2007
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In early November Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples will visit Mozambique Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- On 4 November Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples will start a pastoral visit to Mozambique, making his first stop in Nampula, Mozambique's “norther ...