Africa

• 25 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Echoes of the visit to Angola by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “During Cardinal Ivan Dias' visit to Angola the Angolan people's love for the Church and the Pope was very evident” said a local Church source with regard to the recent visit made by the Prefe ...
• 25 July 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Niger Delta: lethal mix of petroleum, arms and drugs, (en route for Europe) Port Harcourt (Agenzia Fides)- Arms and drugs. This lethal combination, added to the problem of unequal distribution of local oil proceeds, is throwing into chaos and anarchy the Niger Delta region where most of Nigeria' ...
• 24 July 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic parish in east Congo works to rehabilitate child soldiers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Congo has numerous former child-soldiers in need of help to find their place in society. In Bunyuka in the east of Democratic Congo where the problem is especially felt, a local Catholic parish ...
• 24 July 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Stigmatine Fathers mark forty years of service in parishes, youth centres, schools, healthcare and radio Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Forty years ago on 22 October 1967, the first two Italian Stigmatine Fathers Fr. Oscar Zamburlini and Fr. Alberto Fontana arrived in Abidjan at the request of Bishop Yago to take over the pastor ...
• 24 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ends visit to Angola. “It was an opportunity to demonstrate the excellent relations which exist between state and Church and to strengthen the local Catholic community's spiritual closeness with the Pope ” said a local Church source Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “Cardinal Dias' visit to Angola was closely covered by the local press and television: this showed how in Angola the Church is close to the people” a local Church source told Fides from Luanda ...
• 23 July 2007
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Important achievements for two Catholic schools celebrating 70th and 75th anniversaries Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic schools in Morocco are celebrating important 70th and 75th anniversaries this year. La Saadia Catholic School in Marrakech was opened 75 years ago in 1932 by the Sisters of Our ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President and Bishops discuss state/Church collaboration Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- State/Church collaboration was the focus of a meeting on 12 July between the Catholic Bishops of Zambia and the Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa. In a statement sent Fides the president of the B ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Petroleum and tourism to boost national economy until now dependent on cacao and coffee exports Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- Not just coffee and cacao but petroleum and tourism too. Cote d'Ivoire intends to diversify its economy still mainly based on coffee production and export (Africa's 4th largest producer) and caca ...
• 20 July 2007
  AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - Rosary Groups in Seychelles mark Silver Jubilee: “In the Church, through Mary to Jesus” Port Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The first Rosary Groups in Seychelles were formed in the diocese of Port Victoria-Seychelles in 1982 and the following year they were affiliated to the international movement. Today the d ...
• 19 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cardinal Dias opens tomorrow assembly of Inter-Regional Association of Bishops of Southern Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Dias, will open tomorrow 20 July in Luanda, an assembly of the Inter-Regional Association of Catholic Bishops of So ...
• 19 July 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - No more permits for uranium mining in Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Uranium mining in Uganda has been stopped. President Yoweri Museveni told the minister of energy not to stipulate any more agreements for the extraction of uranium and to open an agency for nucl ...
• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola soon a major telematic point in southern Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Angola, Namibia and Botswana have started contact to create an optical fibre network among their three countries. On 17 July in Luanda, members of the telecommunications ministries of the three co ...
• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bobo-Dioulasso diocese marks 80th anniversary : “we thank God for the wonders worked in his people” Archbishop says Bobo-Dioulasso (Agenzia Fides)- This year the archdiocese of Bobo -Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso, is marking its 80th anniversary. In the homily during the Mass to close a series of celebrations the Archbishop Paul Y.Oued ...
• 17 July 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Oil threatens to heighten land control dispute in west Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The discovery of oil in western Uganda could turn land disputes among farmers and herdsmen for the control of the best pastures into more serious incidents in order to lay hands on the black “m ...
• 17 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Burundi promotes national reconciliation and peace Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro intends to be the local Catholic Church's voice for new evangelisation and the promotion of peace in Burundi” said Fr. Emmanuel Muyehe, director of Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro ...