Africa

• 18 May 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Heated discussion about new uranium mine: development welcome but it must respect environment Lilongwe (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops of Malawi has joined legal action promoted by various NGOs to stop the opening of a uranium mine. The NGOs and civil society represent ...
• 16 May 2007
  AFRICA/MALI - “Our intention is not to impose the Gospel but to proclaim it with our lives” President of Bishops Conference in Rome for ad limina visit tells Fides Rome ( Fides Service)- “We wish to be leaven to make the dough rise, a little light to illuminate civil society and institutions, living and spreading the Good News with good example and concrete works” said Bishop J ...
• 15 May 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christian-Muslim relations are good in Burkina Faso” says Catholic Bishops' Commission for Christian Muslim dialogue Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Relations between the local Catholic community and the Muslim community in Burkina Faso are good. This emerged at the end of a meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Commission for Christian-Musli ...
• 15 May 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Expectation for resuming talks between Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army for peace northern Uganda Kampala (Fides Service) - Peace talks for northern Uganda between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army LRA being held in Juba in Southern Sudan are expected to resume. Negotiations stalled on various poi ...
• 12 May 2007
  AFRICA - In addition to trafficking in human persons, trafficking in drugs: West Africa prey to trans-national crime Madrid (Agenzia Fides)- A constant flow of cocaine from Latin America to Europe passes through west Africa. This picture emerged from an international meeting on drug trafficking being held in Madrid organised by the go ...
• 12 May 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The local Catholic Church launches special programme for young people's wellbeing Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in South Africa has launched a special programme called “Youth Alive”, to promote comprehensive wellbeing of young people. Archbishop Buti Tlhagale di Johannesburg, presid ...
• 10 May 2007
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Monrovia University opens first Computer Centre Monrovia (Fides Service)- Development in Africa is not only a question of constructing roads, bridges and aqueducts, but also and above all of education. This emerged during a ceremony to open a new Computer Centre for a ...
• 10 May 2007
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE “The light of Christ uplifts and gives meaning to the suffering caused by recent disasters in our country”: Catholic Bishops of Mozambique assure local Church's commitment to assist victims Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- “As disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Bishops of his Church we cannot fail to express sincere human and Christian solidarity with our brothers and sisters affected by these tragedies” the ...
• 9 May 2007
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to abortion, yes to government development plan. We are ready to co-operate with the authorities to educate the people to denounce crime and violence” say Catholic Bishops at the end of Plenary Assembly Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- A proposed bill on abortion; the challenges of Mozambican society today; the government programme to fight poverty; criminality, were some of the issues examined by the Catholic Bishops of Mozambi ...
• 9 May 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - “The phenomenon of immigration in fact poses forcefully the moral necessity to work for a new international economic order” Bishop Marchetto says at Colloquium on Pastoral Care of Migration in Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church “mother and teacher” with special concern for people in difficulty, shares the path of those who leave Africa often risking their lives to emigrate to Europe in search of ...
• 8 May 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Diamond producers form association Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- African Diamond Producers Association ADPA founded in November 2006 is taking its first steps. ADPA held its first meeting at the end of April in Luanda, capital of Angola, where its head offices ...
• 8 May 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Army mutiny ends: “we are seeing the first signs of positive change” says communications officer of the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry underlining the executive's consideration for the local Church Conakry (Fides Service)- “The crisis has ended and the worst appears to be over” Fr Come Traoré, in charge of communications in the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry, the capital of Guinea where it was feared an army ...
• 7 May 2007
  AFRICA - “Do not deceive yourselves: young Africans will continue to emigrate to Europe risking their lives in search of a better world” says Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “It is no longer possible for a small group of countries to enjoy their wealth in solitude and think the poor will not spoil the party”. This warning was launched by Archbishop John Olorunfemi O ...
• 4 May 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Second protocol signed by Ugandan government and LRA rebels Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Another important step towards peace in northern Uganda was made on 2 May when a second agreement on political and economic solutions necessary to put an end to the conflict, was signed in Juba ...
• 4 May 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Spectre of another crisis hangs over Guinea where the army is in revolt Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Once again tension is rising in Guinea where troops in the country's two main barracks have mutinied demanding higher pay. The soldiers fired gun shots in the air and sacked deposits of weapons ...