Africa

• 13 December 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nations and the International Organizations attends 4th Special Session of UN Human Rights Council: “The victims are not just statistics; they are real people. Indeed the priority is action to end the killings and the abuses over political arrangements and commercial interests.” Geneva (Agenzia Fides) -“For three years already the Holy See has been following with grave concern the terrible suffering of the people caught up in the tragic conflicts intermittently erupting in the Darfur region o ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - On the feast of the Immaculate Conception local Camillan celebrated three important events Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Although in the capital of Burkina 8 December is not a Bank Holiday on the feast of the Immaculate Conception the Camillan Community in Burkina Faso celebrated three important events. The fi ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Perverse spiral of war, extremism and natural disasters. Islamic Courts ultimatum: “Ethiopian troops out by the end of the week or it will be war ” Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - With the humanitarian emergency caused by floods affecting vast areas of Somalia in recent months still critical, threatening clouds of war now appear on the horizon. Both the national interim ...
• 12 December 2006
  AFRICA - Africa’s oil and Africa’s future Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Pope Benedict XVI’s warning with reward to disregard for the environment and damage caused by the oil rush describe with dramatic precision the situation in Africa where new and old powers fight ...
• 7 December 2006
  AFRICA - Ecological fuel from seaweed and dates. From north to south African countries launch innovative solutions to guarantee energy for development Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa is joining the market for ecological fuels derived from vegetal organisms. A local South African company hopes in five years time to produce between 16 and 24 billion litres of bio-diesel. ...
• 7 December 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE -Catholic Bishops concerned about spreading violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Mozambique warn that a “climate of violence is spreading across the country from the cities to the more remote areas of the country with banditry, attacks by armed gangs, ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA -Fourth National Mission Congress Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Catholics from all over Kenya have gathered in Nairobi for the 4th National Mission Congress. “We are about seventy, priests, diocesan and religious, women religious and lay people from all the ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - President Kabila takes office. What challenges does he face? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila Democratic Congo’s first democratically elected president sworn in today. The new head of state will have to tackle difficult problems. He will have to consolidate peace in a c ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/R.D. CONGO - Catholic Bishops call for national reconciliation, an act of clemency for political prisoners and an international fund for reconstruction of war torn Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) -“Now the elections are over the most urgent problem is national reconciliation and respect for democratic opposition” the Catholic Bishops of Congo said in an appeal launched today as the ne ...
• 5 December 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Italian missionary Fr. Eugenio Cucchi 34 years of mission in Malawi moves to new mission in Democratic Congo Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 December the community of Monfort missionaries in Lilongwe said goodbye to Superior Fr. Eugenio Cucchi 34 years of service in Malawi who was leaving for a new mission in the Democratic Re ...
• 5 December 2006
  AFRICA/BENIN - “Putting Children at the Centre of Advent”: Pastoral Letter from Bishop of Natitingou Natitingou (Agenzia Fides) - Children are the centre of a reflection on Advent in a Pastoral Letter “Christmas: popular religiosity and the future of our children”, issued by Bishop Pascal N’Koué of the diocese of ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO -Rwandan refugee among first ordinations in the apostolic prefecture of Likouala Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides)- A sign of the unity of the Church in Africa. This was how parishioners saw the ordination as Deacon of Rwandan refugee Celestin Ndagijimana, in Saint-Paul d'Impfondo Church in the apostolic p ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA - Africa and south America south-south partnership to tackle global challenges Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- South-South Partnership for Development for more presence of African and South American countries on the international scene and to reinforce resistance to pressure from western states. This emer ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Presidential elections: outgoing president Ravalomanana in the lead, official results for Christmas Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The voting took place without incidents, but there were difficulties with regard to mistakes in lists of voters and voting papers” Fides learned from local sources in Antananarivo, c ...
• 29 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Large numbers of faithful gather for inauguration of Kibeho Jubilee Year to mark 25 years since the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kibeho (Fides Service) - “Our Lady of Kibeho is a beacon of hope, a light for all Africa and the world. This is demonstrated by the fact that 10,000 people braved torrential rain to take part in the ceremony to open th ...