Africa

• 10 March 2006
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Every day more than 250 refugees return to Liberia Monrovia (Fides Service)- In February the programme for voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees in west African countries organised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR topped the 50,000 mark with ...
• 10 March 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Sad “Day for Women’s Rights” unimaginable domestic violence Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “We celebrated the Day for Women’s Rights one day later because on March 8 the diocese commemorated Bishop Bishop Luciano Nervi (see Fides 6 May 2005)” said Fr. Giorgio Gamba Italian Monf ...
• 10 March 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Increasing pressure for UN peace-keepers to Darfur. Today African Union decides whether to hand control to UN Khartoum (Fides Service)- This morning the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, meeting at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, will decide whether or not to hand control of the Darfur region ...
• 9 March 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Etsou asks Catholics to support Kinshasa Catholic Radio and Television project: valuable and powerful means for necessary new evangelisation Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou has said that the country has urgent need of a Catholic Radio and Television station to face the present crisis in values, growing relativis ...
• 9 March 2006
  AFRICA/GHANA - St. Joseph Knowledge Centre Jirapa for development in Sahalian territory Rome (Fides) - Jirapa is a town in Upper West Region of Ghana near the border with Burkina Faso. In 1929 the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary built an orphanage here. The orphanage still exists but in terrible conditions. ...
• 8 March 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - Refugees from Sudan and Central African Republic N’Djamena (Fides Service) - People continue to cross the insecure border which separates Chad from Sudan: every day between 100 and 125 more Sudanese refugees arrive at Gaga camp in east Chad. The United Nations High C ...
• 8 March 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza denounces a plot to destabilise the country’s institutions Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “More than alarm the President’s words gave rise to perplexity in public opinion and the international community” say local Church sources after President Pierre Nkurunziza denounced the ...
• 8 March 2006
  AFRICA - Women can play an active part in running refugee camps, improving conditions and solving problems Rome (Fides Service)- Women refugees can be community leaders and offer fundamental help to solve specific community problems the Jesuit Refugees Service said in a statement issued today 8 March, UN International Day for ...
• 7 March 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Sixty days before drought in southern Angola becomes an emergency. “After that we will be faced with a much more serious and life threatening situation” says government minister Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “The situation in the three provinces at present is concerning. It is not yet an emergency but it requires immediate attention on the part of the central government” the Angolan minister for L ...
• 7 March 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Let us never tire of conquering evil with goodness, sowing love wherever there is hatred, and overcoming discord with peace” Catholic Bishops’ statement on recent riots Lagos (Fides Service)- “It seems to us that the Nigerian state has once again failed to secure the lives and properties of innocent citizens against the criminally minded in the society,” the Catholic Bishops of Nige ...
• 7 March 2006
  AFRICA - Stories of “Women with Africa” who live, hope and struggle serving the needy day after day Rome (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the annual Women’s Day, March 8, the Italian organisation Doctors with Africa CUAMM presents testimonials of some of its 41 women operators, CUAMM doctors, nurses, physiotherap ...
• 7 March 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Alleviating the suffering of 300,000 people in Nairobi slums: an Italian mission Nairobi (Fides Service)- “In Nairobi the problem of homeless people is serious. The welcome rain which has come at last is a curse for slum dwellers” says Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, national dir ...
• 6 March 2006
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Inaugurated new Medicine Dispensary and Outpatient’s Clinic at Bikok mission served by Dominican Sisters Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompei Bikok (Fides Service) - Mgr Pasquale Mocerino Vicar General of the Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary in the southern Italian town of Pompei is in Cameroon with the Mother General of the Dominican Sisters Daughte ...
• 6 March 2006
  AFRICA/BENIN - Presidential elections, polling stations close, second round forecasted Cotonou (Fides Service) - A few hours ago polling stations in the first round of presidential elections in Benin closed after being open yesterday 5 March and some hours this Monday morning because of logistic difficulti ...
• 6 March 2006
  AFRICA/ RD CONGO - “What the country needs is authentic Rule of Law” say Congo's Catholic Bishops in view of approaching general elections Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “After 45 years of delay and 15 year of a pointlessly long period of transition, the people of Congo hope with the coming elections to have at last in 2006 a rule of law” the Standing Commi ...