Africa

• 5 July 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - At last Natitingou diocese has its own convent of women religious: “ the nuns are a resource for our diocese ” Natitingou (Agenzia Fides)-“Joy in heaven, let the earth exult! At last the diocese of Natitingou has its own convent” the local Bishop, Bishop Pascal N’Koué, informed Fides. The Convent of Our Lady of Listening ...
• 5 July 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - “We know who was responsible for the attack” says the Premier who has called for an international investigation on events in Bouaké Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “We know who was responsible for the attack. The police are on their tracks but I will say no more at this point”. Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro who had a narrow escape on June 29 whe ...
• 4 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Enforced 50% cut in prime necessities prices could do more harm than good Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The government decision to enforce a 50% cut in retail prices has thrown Zimbabwe economy into chaos. Newspapers in Harare, the capital, describe a dramatic situation with foods shops with nothin ...
• 3 July 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes continue between police and members of the Mungiki sect: at least 112 persons killed during the month of June Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- A tragic June for clashes between police forces and criminal gangs in Kenya. According to the local police at least 112 persons were killed in clashes between the police and criminal gangs includ ...
• 3 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - International Red Cross concerned about violence against civilians in east Congo Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)- The International Red Cross has voiced deep concern for abuse and violence committed in South Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo. “The International Red Cross Committee is deeply concerned at ...
• 28 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “In this region so generously given to us by God we must live side by side and in peace and harmony not in endless war” says Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu in eastern Congo where fighting is said to have resumed Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Democratic Congo once again faces another war in an area already devastated by a long and bloody African conflict which killed 5 million people in general silence: this is the warning issued by A ...
• 28 June 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Public workers strike which paralysed South Africa for four weeks comes to an end Pretoria (Agenzia Fides )- “After consultation with their base, the public sector unions reached a unanimous decision to call to end the strike started on 1 June” Noluthando Sibiya, chairman of the SA teachers union ...
• 27 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Emeritus Archbishop of Lusaka Adrian Mung’andu dies at the age of eighty four Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, Archbishop Adrian Mung’andu died on 25 June at Mina Medical Centre, in Lusaka, the Archdiocese of Lusaka reported to Fides, adding that the fu ...
• 26 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A new controversial lay threatens to aggravate the already precarious national economy Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The government of Zimbabwe has proposed a law to ensure that at least 51% of shares in every public company or any other business are owned by indigenous Zimbabweans. According to critics of Presi ...
• 26 June 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Darfur contact group" will support UN and AU efforts to find solution for crisis in the western Sudan region Paris(Agenzia Fides)- A ministerial meeting in Parish of the enlarged contact group on Darfur in order to increase international mobilisation around the efforts of the African Union, European Union and the UN in Darfur a ...
• 25 June 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Association of Bishops' Conference of Central Africa says “Protocol of Maputo constitutes a slow but relentless destruction of fundamental African values” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Protocol Maputo introduces a contractual culture which constitutes a threat to the very meaning of love as a freely given gift” members of the ACEAC Association of the Bishops' Conference ...
• 23 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Lord's Resistance Army rebels assume responsibilities for crimes committed in over 20 years of civil war in northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The rebels of the Lord Resistance Army LRA have agreed to assume responsibility for the crimes committed against civilians in northern Uganda during more than 20 years of civil war. According to ...
• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Our priority is the formation of the faithful” says the president of the Bishops' Conference of Togo in Rome for their ad limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The Church in Togo is maturing slowly but surely” Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba of the diocese of Sokodé and president of the Togo Bishops' Conference told Fides. The Bishops are in Rome for ...
• 22 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Common effort for education in Catholic social doctrine and education to peace ” Bishops of Central Africa announce Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A decision to make a common effort to promote the Catholic Social Doctrine at grass roots level was taken by the Bishops of the Association of Catholic Bishops of Central Africa ACEAC after thei ...
• 21 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The important conquests of peace in recent years must not be called into question again” the new president of the Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Central Africa warns Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “We need peace and stability to work in the interests of our peoples” said Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro one of the two vice presidents of Association of Catholic Bishops' Conf ...