Africa

• 1 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “An attack led by someone not invited to the peace talks” says a local source in Darfur with regard to attack on AU peacekeepers at AMIS base Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “The attack was perpetrated by some faction not invited to the peace talks at the end of the month in Libya ” Fides was told by a local Church source near to where the AU peacekeepers were k ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Publications, meetings with seminarians and girls in formation on the Fidei Donum Encyclical during October mission month and next Easter the sending of first four Fidei Donum priests to Mauritania Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “In my country we are giving great importance to the celebration the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum encyclical” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Guinea Bissau, Mg ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Help us stop the violence”: President of Congo asks UN General Assembly Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “United Nations assistance is crucial for the disarmament of foreign armed groups, using force if necessary, and for their repatriation and integration” Joseph Kabila president of Democratic ...
• 28 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Discovery of local coal seams poses basis for launching Kenya's cement industry Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has good hopes of becoming a coal producer after prospecting in two districts of East Province obtained encouraging results. At present Kenya imports coal from South Africa and the disco ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - UN resolution to send a security mission welcomed by humanitarian workers in Chad and the Central African Republic N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- International observers are hopeful after the UN Security Council passed a resolution to send a multidimensional UN mission to Chad and the Central African Republic MINURCAT, to help increase ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - First Cape Town Archdiocesan Synod: “a foundation on which to build in the years ahead” says Archbishop Lawrence Henry Cape Town (Agenzia Fides)- “The discussions over the past four days have provided a foundation on which to build in the years ahead’ said Archbishop Lawrence Henry of Cape Town at the end of the first ever synod of t ...
• 27 September 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Approved Indigenisation and Empowerment Bill assigns majority of foreign businesses to local people; concern for impact on the national economy Harare (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday 26 September Zimbabwe's parliament approved a controversial Bill which says at least 51% of foreign business must be given to local or indigenous citizens. The Indigenisation and Empower ...
• 26 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Bishops say: “No violence. No bribing young people to sow chaos in the electoral campaign Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Violence as a form of mobilisation is unacceptable for the stability and prosperity of our country”. This statement was made by Bishop John Nuje, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conferenc ...
• 26 September 2007
  AFRICA - Are new trade agreements with European Union a threat to African economies? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - African countries and the European Union should sign new trade agreement by December this year, the agreements are called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). In fact the Lomé Agreements which h ...
• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Tension rises again in east Congo, one cause is exploitation of oil Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - There is concern for a possible worsening of the situation in eastern North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkund ...
• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Only 2 doctors for every 100,000 people in a country where 940,000 people suffer from HIV/AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis in healthcare system is becoming unbearable” say missionary sources in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries. “For every 100,000 people there are only 2 doctors, 56 nur ...
• 24 September 2007
  AFRICA - Flood emergency in Africa continues: harvests destroyed, millions left homeless, threat of epidemics and consequences at the level of public order Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The devastating flood emergency continues in many different parts of Africa. Some 20 African countries have been affected by torrential rainfall since July. At least 270 people are confirmed dead an ...
• 24 September 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - “The family is at the centre of our pastoral work and we focus especially on Holy Childhood ” the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Benin, in Rome for the ad limina visit speaks with Fides Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “The future of our Church in Benin is to give priority to the family since the family is the basic nucleus of society and of the Church” Bishop Antoine Ganyé, president of the Catholic Bishops' ...
• 21 September 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - The German government responds to call from Catholic Bishops of Ghana to help flood victims Accra (Agenzia Fides)- In the grave situation caused by floods in three regions of northern Ghana, the local Catholic Church appealed for international solidarity. One of the first countries to respond was Germany which ...
• 21 September 2007
  AFRICA - Every year corruption robs 148 billion dollars from Africa's development New York (Agenzia Fides)- Every year Africa loses 148 billion dollars because of corruption. This was reported by the United Nations Organisation and the World Bank which have launched a joint Stolen Assets Recovery Init ...