Africa

• 24 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “I firmly condemn the killing of UN peacekeepers and call for an international intervention to end the violence” says Cardinal Etsou, Archbishop of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “I firmly condemn the killing of United Nations peacekeeping troops by Ugandan rebels who have already caused the death of so many innocent civilians. I call for a decisive intervention on the ...
• 24 January 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Sr Lucy’s mission experience at Kakuma Refugee Camp north western Kenya Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Generally I am happy and used to working with and for people on the margins of society. However when I learned that I was missioned to Kakuma to work with the people living in the camp I was t ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Triple jubilee for archdiocese of Koupela: foundation, anniversary ordination first bishop and twinning with archdiocese of Lyons Koupela (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Koupela in Burkina Faso celebrated 21 and 22 January a triple 50th jubilee: foundation, anniversary of the ordination of the first bishop and twinning with the French archdioc ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Freeing captives of modern slavery: Trinitarians assist Khartoum street children and free child soldiers Khartoum (Fides Service)- The Trinitarians in Sudan who work to free child soldiers, and retrieve children from the streets of Khartoum, are planning to open Home in the capital in collaboration with the Order of Merceda ...
• 23 January 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - “We are grateful for the Holy Father’s call to pray for peace in Côte d'Ivoire” says a missionary Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The Holy Father’s call comes at the right moment because the situation here is explosive” says a Catholic missionary in Côte d'Ivoire referring to a call for peace and national harmony ma ...
• 21 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic Bishops express appreciation for certain points of the new draft electoral Bill Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have welcomed the adoption of proportional representation in the draft electoral law. “The Bishops’ Conference of Congo CENCO hav ...
• 21 January 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Famine in southern Africa makes tragedy of Congolese and Angolan refugees even worse Lusaka (Fides Service)- According to IRIN, the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks a humanitarian news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa, eight countries in central Asia and Iraq, unless more emergen ...
• 20 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Difficult African Union summit starts Monday 23 January Khartoum (Fides Service)- A summit meeting of heads of state and government of African Union countries will start on Monday 23 January in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. The meeting will discuss certain questions which are c ...
• 20 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Young people are the hope of the Church” says Cardinal Etsou, archbishop of Kinshasa, concerned for a growing phenomenon of “street minors” and for the negative influence exerted by certain media Rome (Fides Service)- “I said this also to the Holy Father: I will never tire of being with young people, listening to them and helping them achieve their aspirations” said Cardinal Bamungwabi Nzabi Etsou archbishop ...
• 20 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Democratic Republic of Congo - info Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Democratic Republic of Congo with its area of 2,345,410 sq. km., is the third largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria. It has borders with the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville ...
• 19 January 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Disorder continues in Abidjan whereas in rebel controlled areas all is quiet Abidjan (Fides Service)- “It’s like living in a completely different country from the psychological point of view as well” says a local source in Bouaké, main town of northern Côte d'Ivoire since September 2002 i ...
• 19 January 2006
  AFRICA/GABON - “Dialogue has always been the basis for resolving conflict” say Catholic Bishops of Gabon after recent incidents of violence Libreville (Fides Service)- “In our traditional society dialogue has always been the basis for resolving conflict. This is true also in modern society” the Catholic Bishops of Gabon affirm in a message addressed to � ...
• 18 January 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 50 years since first twinning between a French diocese and an African diocese archdiocese of Lyons in France and archdiocese of Koupéla Burkina Faso exchange official visits Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Representatives of 7 parishes of the archdiocese of Lyons in France twinned with 7 parishes in the archdiocese of Koupéla in Burkina Faso, are making a visit to their African twins 17 - 24 ...
• 18 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Delegation of religious men and women will investigate conditions in southern Sudan awaiting returning refugees in view of providing assistance Khartoum (Fides Service)- A delegation of religious men and women will make a fact finding visit to southern Sudan to investigate the situation in view of assisting returning refugees who fled to escape the civil war whi ...
• 18 January 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Triple jubilee for archdiocese of Koupela: foundation, anniversary ordination first bishop and twinning with archdiocese of Lyons Koupela (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Koupela in Burkina Faso celebrated 21 and 22 January a triple 50th jubilee: foundation, anniversary of the ordination of the first bishop and twinning with the French archdioc ...