Africa

• 10 November 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - S. Egidio Community hosts meeting of Togo Government and opposition delegates in Rome Rome (Fides Service)- At the invitation of the Rome based S. Egidio Community and following a meeting on 21 July between the President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe and the national leader of the Union of Forces for Change G ...
• 10 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola celebrates 30 years of independence with inauguration of Capanda Power Station which will provide 520 megawatts for development Luanda (Fides Service)- Angola, at the moment one of the poorest African countries but potentially very rich, stands to benefit enormously from a new hydro electrical power station under construction on the River Cuanza ...
• 9 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - St Joseph the Worker in Nairobi marks 20 years of cooperation between priests and laity and community solidarity Nairobi (Fides Service)- Thousands of Catholics gathered at St. Joseph the Worker Parish Kangemi, in Nairobi, on Sunday, November 6, 2005, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the parish. The Archbishop ...
• 9 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - 40,000 megawatt from the River Congo and Africa’s industrialisation would take off: this and other discoveries can be found in the booklet Le Monde dans ma Poche ‘The world in my pocket’ edited by Afriquespoir mission magazine Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The World in my Pocket ”, is the title of a handbook of information on the world edited by Afriquespoir quarterly published by the Comboni missionaries in Kinshasa, capital of the Democrati ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - “We are planning with Muslim religious leaders how to restore calm” says Catholic archbishop of Dakar Dakar (Fides Service)- “We are planning with Muslim leaders necessary steps to help lesson tension in Senegal” says Archbisop Théodore Adrien Sarr of Dakar president of the Senegalese Catholic Bishops’ Conference. ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi chaos ever more chaotic : corruption accusations against president could stop international food aid, famine ever closer Lilongwe (Fides Service)- The battle between Malawi’s national leaders continues other while the country’s serious food shortage is ever more critical and famine ever closer. On Thursday 3 November vice president Cas ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Presidential elections second round. Catholic Bishops urge electors to vote according to conscience Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The second round of presidential elections is taking place today 8 November in a climate of serenity without incidents” said local Catholic church sources in Monrovia capital of Liberia. Af ...
• 7 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Rather than a subject to study, development is doing … and giving of self” says directress of Social Action Programme in Kimbondo, an outlying district of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The only means we had were a Christian spirit and a little common sense. Something had to be done to improve the standard of living of 12,000 people, the women especially” says Congolese la ...
• 7 November 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - International community committed to fostering dialogue between government and opposition to avoid further incidents and victims Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “Unfortunately there is little space for dialogue and the situation precipitated into violence” said local sources in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia where at least 40 people were killed ...
• 5 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - War alarm in east Congo. “We are living in fear. We keep on receiving mysterious leaflets saying war is imminent” local missionary tells Fides Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Bukavu is living in fear and apprehension as mysterious leaflets are circulated announcing fresh hostilities” said a missionary in Bukavu the main town of South Kivu region in eastern Democra ...
• 5 November 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Guerrilla attacks will not stop us from caring for 700,000 people in need” says Italian volunteer group in northern Uganda Kampala (Fides Service)- “We are still here although we have had to take extra precautions and this slows down our work considerably” said Filippo Ciantia, head of a team of AVSI an Italian volunteer group operating ...
• 4 November 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Zanzibar tension after elections which saw confirmation of outgoing President Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- Election disputes in Zanzibar were given little attention in the rest of Tanzania. “Things are quiet because it is the Idr al Fitr holiday which marks the end of Ramadan” say local sour ...
• 4 November 2005
  AFRICA - An estimated 30 million illegal small arms and light weapons circulate in Africa. Great Lakes Region MPs meet to address the problem Rome (Fides Service)- One of Africa’s forgotten ills is widespread illegal possession of small arms and light weapons which feed violence, conflict, guerrilla warfare and banditry, the latter being ever more present in ...
• 3 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Liturgy of the Hours is the prayer of the whole Family of God, Kenyan Bishops’ Conference prepares special Ordo 2005-2006 for celebrations of Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours Nairobi (Fides Service)- Catholics in Kenya and English-speaking Africa can now join in the daily prayer of the Church, called the Liturgy of the Hours, following publication of a special edition of the ORDER for 2005-20 ...
• 3 November 2005
  AFRICA/BENIN - Alarm for organised crime, banditry, trafficking of children Cotonou (Fides Service)- Increasing crime is causing alarm in Benin. According to United Nations representatives, Benin’s fragile economy has led to an increase in acts of street banditry, robberies and armed theft . ...