Africa

• 16 January 2007
  AFRICA - Africans interested in application of nuclear energy Roma (Agenzia Fides)- African countries are showing growing interest for nuclear technology as a means for meeting their needs for energy and development. This emerged from a Conference on Nuclear Energy in Africa in Alg ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance future uncertain following death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor Dakar (Agenzia Fides)- The death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, leader of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces, and ensuing struggle for succession in leadership ushers in a ‘time of uncertainty’ accordi ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Tripoli’s Muslim and Christian communities meet in a spirit of dialogue and respect Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 people were invited to a meeting with Colonel Gheddafi, leader of the Libyan Revolution, on December 29 to mark the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice and Christmas, Vicar Apostolic of Trip ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - First Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation 16-18 January in Dar-es-salaam Dar-es-salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The first Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation followed by the 14th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be held in Dar-es-sa ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The missionary path of the Church in Africa: French-speaking Africa Mission Congress Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To help the Church in Africa in her mission to evangelise, a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa was held in Rome in 1994 from 10 April to the 8 May, on the theme “The Chur ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA - Statistics on the Catholic Church in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Pan African Congress on Evangelisation we give statistics on the presence of the Catholic Church in Africa taken from the most recent edition of the Church’s Book o ...
• 12 January 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Crushed by world’s highest inflation rate half the population relies on international aid to subsist Harare (Fides Service)- Zimbabwe’s social economic situation is increasingly critical with an inflation rate of 1.281,1 per cent, the highest in the world. The month-on-month cost of living for an urban family of six ...
• 12 January 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Talks for peace in northern Uganda about to resume: justice is major issue Kampala (Fides Service)- Peace negotiations between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels will resume on 15 January after having been suspended in mid December. The talks are held in Juba the cap ...
• 11 January 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Cardinal Etsou played an important part in the transition from a mission church to a local church” says Cardinal Danneels Brussels (Fides Service)- “Cardinal Etsou played a most important part in the transition from a mission Church to a local Church in his country” said Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, in his ...
• 11 January 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Truth is the first victim of war and the first element to restore in view of peace”: Week of Prayer for Peace in Northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “I testified how true it is that in every war the first victim is truth. The war in northern Uganda is no exception: the army and the rebels lie” Fides learned from a missionary in Northern U ...
• 11 January 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Peace process in Cabinda enclave starts with disarmament and incorporation in regular army of former rebels Luanda (Fides Service) - Concrete steps in the Cabinda peace process included the destruction in early January of weapons belonging to the FLEC (Cabinda Liberation Front fighting for independence from Angola). The dest ...
• 10 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Fighting in Somalia continues, situation in the capital Mogadishu still tense Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Military operations in Somalia by Government troops and the Ethiopian army to oust the militia of the Union of Islamic Courts continue. Various air strikes are reported but it is not known whe ...
• 10 January 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - United Nations High Commission for Refugees concerned about security situation of 220,000 refugees from Darfur N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - UNHCR remains extremely concerned over the security situation in eastern Chad, where there are more than 220,000 Darfur refugees and now over 100,000 internally displaced Chadians - 20,000 o ...
• 9 January 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Economy is growing but balance of payments must be watched” says governor Central Congolese Bank Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Stable the first half of the year, “turbulent” in the second. This was how the governor of the Central Bank of Congo Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo described Congo’s economy in the past 12 mo ...
• 9 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “We must avoid adding fuel to the fire” says Catholic Bishop of Djibouti Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “Prudence should guide all human activity. All the more in a country such as Somalia. This action could add fuel to an explosive situation” this was how Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti, w ...