Africa

• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Voters’ will must be respected” say leaders of the main religious confessions in D. R. Congo who call on the people not to listen to those who try to spread hatred Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is still waiting to hear the results of elections held on 30 July. After clashes last week between troops loyal to outgoing president, Joseph Kabila and troops ...
• 1 September 2006
  AFRICA But still it moves! Not only Europe and the USA, also Latin America, Russia and Asia in Africa for business Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa for centuries economically tied to Europe and later with North America is spreading its economic connections to other parts of the world. These changes are due to new relations of economic po ...
• 31 August 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Caritas programme to rehabilitate thousands of former combatants in north east Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Over a thousand former guerrillas belonging to the disbanded military wing of UNITA (National Union for Total Independence of Angola) are benefiting from an agricultural development programme run ...
• 31 August 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Political tensions in Burundi. “A waste of time and resources, the real needs of the country must be addressed” says local Catholic church source Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “It is difficult to establish the truth of events, prudence is necessary. However the situation in our country is not easy” a local Catholic source in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Fi ...
• 30 August 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Patient mediation finally led to agreement between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army militia” says Fabio Riccardi, S. Egidio Community representative on the mediator team Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “The agreement was reached after a series of talks during which the mediator team managed to bring the parties to move to closer positions” Fides was told by Fabio Riccardi, who represented S ...
• 30 August 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The belief that ancestors are endowed with supernatural powers borders on idolatry” say Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa Cape Town (Agenzia Fides)- “We notice with a measure of concern, that many African Christians, during difficult moments in their lives, resort to practices of the traditional religion” the Catholic Bishops of Souther ...
• 29 August 2006
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - At least 118,000 affected by serious flooding in Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides)- The United Nations World Food Programme warns that least 118,000 people have been affected by exceptionally serious floods in vast areas of Ethiopia over the past few weeks. The humanitarian ...
• 29 August 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We are Missionaries of Great Joy”: 1st National Mission Congress of the Holy Childhood Association of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Nigeria Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- “We are Missionaries of Great Joy” was the theme of the First National Mission Congress of the Holy Childhood Association of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Nigeria. It was held August 1 - 4 ...
• 28 August 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Government and rebels agree on a cease fire. “A definite step towards peace but more effort is needed to obtain a lasting result” Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a step in the right direction for peace, but prudence is necessary because the path to a lasting agreement is still long” a local Church source in Kampala, capital of Uganda, told Fi ...
• 28 August 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Elections in Congo. “Voters pass maturity test. Now it is up to politicians to demonstrate their sense of responsibility” says local Catholic priest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “The result might be a surprise for the international community but not for us here in Congo” a Catholic priest in Kinshasa Fr Valer Shango told Fides with regard to the outcome of elections ...
• 26 July 2006
  AFRICA/ D. R. CONGO - Urgent appeal for humanitarian aid as thousands fleeing from east Congo: food supplies running out, malnutrition spreads Bunia (Agenzia Fides) - Repeated violence in east Congo is causing tens of thousands to abandon homes and fields. Warned that food supplies will soon run out the United Nations World Food Programme has launched an urgent ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - First round of talks between Government and Lord’s Resistance Army militias. “a first important towards peace” says Rome based Community of S. Egidio Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The first week of peace talks between the Ugandan government and the LRA Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group ended yesterday 24 July. The delegations met in Juba, government the capital of Sout ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Vote for a better future!” Catholic Bishops lengthy Pastoral Letter in view of end of year elections Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- In a pastoral Letter on elections to be held at the end of this year, dated July 14 and entitled “The Truth Shall set you Free” the Catholic Bishops of Zambia say “The coming elections offer ...
• 25 July 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - After 13 years Unione Medico Missionaria Italiana concludes longest service of the poor in a third world country Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After 13 years of mission among the poor people of Mishikishi, in Zambia, the Unione Medico Missionaria Italiana UMMI has concluded its activity and withdrawn. Since 1993 UMMI has worked in Zambi ...
• 22 July 2006
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Prayer is indispensable for fostering in hearts a desire for justice and reconciliation, the condition for finding solutions for conflict": Day of Pope’s Prayer for Peace, a missionary reports Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Tunisia will join Pope’s Benedict XVI initiative for a Day of Prayer and Penance on Sunday 23 July to obtain from God the gift of peace in the Middle East, Fides was informed by Fr ...