Africa

• 7 December 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kinshasa joins archbishop Cardinal Frédérick Etsou for 75th birthday celebrations Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The archdiocese of Kinshasa celebrated on Sunday 4 December the 75th birthday of its Archbishop Cardinal Frédéric Etsou. The date also marked 50 years of priesthood for the cardinal. At Not ...
• 6 December 2005
  AFRICA - Earthquake in central east Africa: fragmentary news from the epicentre zone, little damage but a lot of fear in Kenya, Burundi and the capital of Tanzania Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake which affected a vast area of East Africa caused much fear but little damage in Kenya, Burundi, and much of Tanzania, although there is still no precise news of the situation in east ...
• 6 December 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - The tragedy of AIDS in a divided country. Jesuit Refugee Service launches programme to help HIV/AIDS sufferers in Bouaké, in the rebelled controlled area Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The AIDS emergency is one of the African tragedies which have plagued the continent for decades. According to the AIDS Epidemic Update 2005 issued on 21 November by the United Nations Joint Progr ...
• 5 December 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi in the grip of famine and institutional chaos sees timid signs of hope according to local missionary: “it has started to rain, people are sowing every kind of available seed, what is a more a political solution may be in sight” Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “Christmas is coming and the end of a particularly difficult year for Malawi is near and people want desperately to see a point of return, a return to a rule of law, to good government, to a l ...
• 2 December 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - UNHCR organises “go and see visits” for Sudanese refugees living outside their country in view of repatriation. UNHCR says 21 years of civil war left 4 million internally displaced persons and put 500,000 to flight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is preparing to help refugees from southern Sudan to repatriate now than peace has been restored after 21 years of civil war. On December 1 UNHCR ...
• 2 December 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - In memoriam: religious leaders in northern Uganda commemorate 6,000 men, women and children brutally slaughtered three years ago by LRA Gulu (Agenzia Fides)- The members of Acholi Religious leaders Peace Initiative ARPLI held a service to commemorate some 6,000 men, women and children brutally murdered at Omot in the northern Ugandan district of Pader th ...
• 30 November 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Catholic Sister launches association for the promotion of a culture of peace and conflict solving through dialogue Kigali (Fides Service)- To heal scars of the 1994 genocide and promote a culture of peace Rwandan born Catholic nun Sister Donata Uwimanimpaye head mistress of a Catholic School in Muramba has launched a peace project ca ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - St John’s parish church in Kwentou marks 25th anniversary Bobo-Dioulasso (Fides Service)- St John parish in Kwentou in the archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso has celebrated its 25th anniversary. The parish was opened in 1967 when Fr. Emmanuel de Montjoye came to an a ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - A Catholic university one of the first in Africa Nairobi (Fides Service)- On October 10 Internet Lab, an international organisation specialised in scientific and technological and higher education research, classified the University of South Africa 7th as one of Africa ...
• 28 November 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Elections in Egypt: Islamic candidates advance Cairo (Fides Service)- “I think these elections are an attempt to send the world a positive signal, a demonstration that Egypt’s democracy is making progress” said a local source in Cairo, capital of Egypt where ye ...
• 25 November 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic Bishops call for respect for the rules of democracy and confirm their commitment to promoting reconciliation Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In a message to Catholics and all men and women of good will in the country the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia call for respect for the rules of democracy and confirm their commitment to promot ...
• 25 November 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Thousands flee from violence in southern Congo. “We have a humanitarian catastrophe in Dubie” says Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Catholics in DR Congo continue to report on the alarming situation in the southern region of Katanga where the presence of armed militia is causing a serious humanitarian emergency. It was here ...
• 24 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary’s analysis of referendum vote Nairobi (Fides Service)- “A too hastily prepared referendum and the presentation of a controversial constitutional project containing certainly positive elements together with other questionable ones were the factors w ...
• 24 November 2005
  AFRICA/GABON - Presidential elections: Catholic Bishops call for “transparency” Libreville (Fides Service)- The Catholic Bishops of Gabon have launched a call for transparency in presidential elections 25 and 27 November. “We urge individual politicians and political parties to ensure transparency ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cleared of antipersonnel mines Benguela railway line across Angolan province of Moxico. Encouragement for recovery of the economy Luanda (Fides Service) - A strip of 230 km of the 300km strip of Benguela railway which crosses the Angolan province of Moxico has been cleared of antipersonnel mines according to Antonio Catumba, regional director of A ...