Africa

• 10 October 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - The country calls for better aircraft maintenance after yet another air tragedy involving an old aeroplane Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “The highest national authorities will have to explain the terrible lack of organisation which makes our country look like a banana republic a jungle without order or lay, where only the stron ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - Glimmers of hope for peace after government, guerrilla and opposition parties peace reach agreement N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- As the European Union prepares to send peacekeepers to Chad and the Central African Republic (see Fides 27/9/2007), international observers question the impact of agreements which the governm ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Fresh fierce fighting in north Kivu after more than a month of cease fire Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Fierce fighting has resumed in the eastern North Kivu region of Democratic Congo, between the regular army and troops loyal to rebel general Laurent Nkunda, who announced yesterday 8 October tha ...
• 9 October 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Church in Rwanda holds 1st Catholic Bible Meeting to mark 40th anniversary of Dei Verbum: “The Bible in Christian life in Rwanda: achievements, challenges and prospects ” Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- “This has been the first Catholic Bible Meeting in the history of the Catholic Church in Rwanda” says the closing statement of the Bible Meeting held in Kabgayi 17 - 20 September. The stateme ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Water, petroleum, regional and global interests: Somalia's chaos derives not only from the activity of the local players Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- Uganda has announced a new peace initiative for Somalia while from the tormented Horn of Africa country reports of fresh clashes continue to arrive. Ngoma Ngime, special envoy of Ugandan presid ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The UN denounces explosion of sexual violence in Kivu. A missionary says: “Congolese women, not resigned, struggle every day for their rights” Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)-“Sexual abuse as a weapon has been used for some time against civilians. As in every war women are the first victims. At last the world is talking about it” said a Missionary in the east of Dem ...
• 5 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Nigerian dioceses have benefited greatly from Fidei Donum missionaries. We are now discussing how to use them for the Nigerian Diaspora in the world ” says Nigerian national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “The Fidei Donum Encyclical of which we are celebrating the 50th anniversary is one of the most popular and it focuses almost exclusively on Africa” Mgr Hypolite Adigwe, national director of th ...
• 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 ...