Africa

• 14 July 2006
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Children from Mansheya garbage collectors district in Cairo make progress at school run by Italian Comboni missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides)- “In June last year our work had been in a situation of stall for several months. We wanted to start a course of adult primary education but the prospects were not very hopeful” says Italian Com ...
• 13 July 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 18 months on from the peace agreement southern Sudan begins to live again and hope for the future Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “There are numerous signs of general increase of movement and trade in southern Sudan” said Noelle Fitzpatrick, regional head of Jesuit Refugee Service for East Africa. During a recent visit ...
• 13 July 2006
  AFRICA/D. CONGO - Kinshasa Hospital patients benefit from local Church’s civic education programme. Electoral campaign underway, candidates concerned for 5 million extra ballot papers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Even hospital patients in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Congo are benefiting from the programme of civic education offered by the Catholic archdiocese, thanks to Sr. Francine Buys, a Francisc ...
• 12 July 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Annual Holy Childhood Celebration in Uganda. “Peace cannot wait” says Catholic Archbishop of Gulu in northern Uganda where children are the principal victims in 20 years of civil war Gulu - Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu in northern Uganda launched a call to the Ugandan government and the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army to reach a peace agreement. The Catholic archbishop made the appeal ...
• 10 July 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More than 10,000 Sudanese refugees in bordering countries repatriated. UNHCR calls the international community to fill the void between stages of assistance and development to make sure the once home repatriates can stay home Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival at the beginning of last week of a convoy from Uganda, the number of refugees repatriated to southern Sudan with the assistance of the UN High Commission for Refugees overtook ...
• 10 July 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought emergency persists: hundreds of thousands still risk famine in semiarid regions of Kenya. Economic recovery for families must include substantial replenishing of flocks Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The food shortage persists in semiarid regions of Kenya, where millions are threatened by the consequences of another famine. The alarm was raised by Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS NE ...
• 7 July 2006
  AFRICA/GHANA - “The Liturgy must be lived as the principal means of living our faith in the presence of Christ in the life of every person” the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments said at a Meeting in Ghana on “The Liturgy in Africa” Kumasi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Meeting is underway and the debate is high-level. The gathering has brought together 100 delegates from all over Africa including bishops, members of national liturgy commissions, liturgica ...
• 6 July 2006
  AFRICA - “We have been present with our African Brothers and Sisters throughout the momentous and significant changes that have taken place on the Continent since the mid 19th century”: interview with Superior General of the Society for African Missions (SMA) Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2006 the Society for African Missions (SMA) is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding by Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac. Founded for the evangelisation of the peoples of ...
• 6 July 2006
  AFRICA - Society for African Missions SMA : info Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 1856, a Lyons in France at the Shrine of Notre Dame de Fourvière, Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac (1813-1859), the first Bishop of Coimbatore in India, and six companions conse ...
• 5 July 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ten new priests ordained in Ouagadougou Cathedral Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Saturday 1 July 10 new priests were ordained in the Catholic Cathedral of Ouagadougou: 1 diocesan priest, 1 Redemptorist, 2 Sons of Immaculate Mary, 6 Camillians. The C ...
• 5 July 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Despite some protests electoral campaign for presidential and political elections gets underway Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “The 30 day electoral campaign is officially open” declared the president of the Electoral Commission, a Catholic priest, Rev. Apollinaire Malumalu. There are 33 candidates for presidency an ...
• 5 July 2006
  AFRICA - Brain drain: hitherto little known in Africa. Every year at least 70,000 scientists, doctors and technicians leave Africa for jobs in the West Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Not only precious metals and stones, strategic minerals, oil, precious timber, exotic plants and animals but also the ‘brains’ of people well educated and highly skilled. Africa continues to sup ...
• 4 July 2006
  AFRICA/GHANA - Conference on the Liturgy in Africa and Madagascar opens tomorrow Accra (Agenzia Fides)- A Conference on the Liturgy in Africa promoted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ghana will open tomorrow 5 July ...
• 4 July 2006
  AFRICA - Darfur, Chad, Central African Republic: three connected crises? Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Tensions is rising again in the western Sudan region of Darfur, suffering from a violent civil conflict between local armed groups and pro-government militia, after rebels attacked again despite man ...
• 3 July 2006
  AFRICA - Darfur, Somalia, crimes against humanity committed by Chad’s former dictator Habré: African Union confirms it will act Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan, Somalia and the destiny of former Chad president Hissène Habré were discussed by the African Union meeting on Sunday 2 July at Banjul, capital of Gambia. The most relevant decision t ...