Africa

• 17 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Over 100 new refugees from Burundi arrive in Tanzania every day”. United Nations High Commission for Refugees concerned Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) - In recent weeks increasing numbers of Burundian citizens have been crossing the border seeking safety in neighbouring Tanzania. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has ex ...
• 16 February 2006
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The tragedy of migrants in the light of Christian charity and the situation of the local Catholic community of North Africa Algiers (Fides Service) - The situation of the Catholic community in North Africa and the tragic experience of migrants were the main topics discussed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Northern African Region ...
• 16 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Caritas network feeds tens of thousands of hungry people in famine affected Horn of Africa where 8 million people face starvation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis has called for international solidarity and appealed for 1.2 million dollars to feed women, children and old people in areas of Kenya where it is difficult to get aid to whe ...
• 15 February 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In Mozambique between 800 and 1,000 out of every 100,000 mothers die giving birth to their child. Doctors with Africa CUAMM launch new campaign Rome (Fides Service) - To promote more justice with regard to access to medical care in the countries where its doctors are working the Italian organisation CUAMM Doctors with Africa is launching a new campaign. CUAMM s ...
• 15 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Over 25 million electors register for June vote Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Over 25 million eligible voters have registered for June elections in Democratic Congo. This was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission which monitored the registration of voters sta ...
• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Women are the first to suffer violence unleashed by famine” says missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “The main concern at the moment is that the rain has suddenly stopped and crops are in danger of scorching before harvest time” says a missionary in Malawi a country suffering from famine in ...
• 13 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Pontifical Mission Societies Germany respond to Kenyan Bishops’ anguished appeal to save starving people Nairobi (Fides Service) - People in north east Kenya are in danger of starving to death. In response to repeated calls for help from the Catholic Bishops of Kenya (see Fides 12/01/06 and 01/02/2006) the national office o ...
• 10 February 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Funeral of Fr. José Afonso Moreira, 80 year old missionary shot dead yesterday in his bed with seven bullets Luanda (Fides Service)- This morning at 10am at the mission church in Bailundo 60 km north of Huambo local Catholics and missionaries attended the funeral of Fr José Afonso Moreira 80 year old Portuguese missionary of t ...
• 10 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - 700 village children in line to start new Catholic primary schoolin Morogoro Rome (Fides Service) - A new Catholic primary school in Morogoro, Tanzania, is ready to take 700 village children thanks to the “Helping Children” Foundation which funds programmes of education for children. The aim ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Elderly Portuguese missionary found dead Huambo (Fides Service) - Portuguese missionary Fr José Alfonso Moreira, aged 80, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, was found dead this morning in Huambo. The priest died of gun wounds. He had served at th ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate celebrate 75 years of service in Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI are celebrating 75 years of service in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Celebrations will start on Saturday 11 February with a Mass at St Elias pa ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Improving hygiene in Congo Hospitals: local Higher Institute for Nursing Science trains personnel for 6 pilot clinics Rome (Fides Service) - The Higher Institute for Nursing Science, HINS opened by Opus Dei in Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, trains local men and women to enable them to improve the nation’s he ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - International mediation in Ivorian crisis continues. South Africa open to position of President Gbagbo Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The important thing is that dialogue continues and that the international community continues its efforts to mediate” say local sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire with re ...
• 8 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought in north east Kenya: UN and local government say 230 million dollars needed to save the lives of 3.5 million people Nairobi (Fides Service)-“We appeal to the international community to see this arid land needs immediate help. We call for general political and social mobilisation to guarantee the right of access to water, fundamental ...
• 2 February 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Catholic Bishops (South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland) united in the Bishops Conference of Southern Africa have issued 4 statements on the urgency to restore hope to the people, give more value to the role of teachers, firmly oppose ‘marriage’ of persons of the same sex and condemn trafficking of sex slaves Pretoria (Fides Service) - Political and social situation; trafficking of women and children; valorisation of role of teachers; same sex “marriage” were four questions discussed in separate statements issued at the e ...