Africa

• 13 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Vitality in the Church, need for more in-depth formation, education to peace and promotion of respect for human rights in final statement issued by Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences Maputo (Fides Service)- Signs of vitality and hope in the local Churches but also a need to improve formation for clergy and laity. This emerged from a meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Maputo, cap ...
• 12 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Alarm for massive return of Congolese refugees from Tanzania and Zambia. Caritas Uvira offers help Uvira (Fides Service )- A return en masse of refugees from Tanzania and Zambia to Uvira in eastern Democratic Congo is causing serious problems. Local Caritas said the people started arriving in July. Transit centres in ...
• 12 September 2005
  AFRICA/NIGER - At least 3 million people in Niger still suffering from serious food shortage. Local Catholic community and Caritas in front line to provide aid and rebuild farming system Niamey (Fides Service)- In Niger 2.7 million people are in danger of dying of hunger in an ongoing serious food crisis due to prolonged drought. In a detailed report Caritas Niger says that despite recent rainfall at lea ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - Local Catholics organise collections in aid of Hurricane Katrina vcitims in America Accra (Fides Service)- The Bishops of Ghana have asked Catholics to give generously in aid of people in the United States of America suffering the tragic consequences of Hurricane Katrina. “The Catholic Bishops’ C ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Flood alarm exaggerated, real problem is extreme poverty of most people in this country Bangui (Fides Service)- “The alarm is somewhat exaggerated although havy rains have caused serious damage” said local sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, with regard to appeals from internatio ...
• 9 September 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Catholics make priceless contribution to national peace, reconciliation and education Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “Catholics have always worked hard to promote peace and reconciliation in Burundi and will continue to do so” say local Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi where newly elected P ...
• 9 September 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - Postponement of October 30 elections must not mean hope for peace is lost Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The fact that there will be no election on 30 October does not mean that there will be no election at all” say local sources in Abidjan where yesterday 8 September UN representative for Cote ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Promote Bible Centres throughout Africa”: intervention by president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo at Meeting of Catholic Exegetes in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Promote national and diocesan Bible Centres in view of organising Bible apostolate. This proposal was launched by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani who is President of the Cathol ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious, civil and military leaders of northern Uganda and southern Sudan meet to promote peace in both countries Gulu (Fides Service)- To consolidate peace in southern Sudan and increase the chances of reaching an agreement to end the civil war in northern Uganda religious leaders, traditional chiefs and high ranking military offic ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - United Nations warns that 10 million people in southern Africa face serious food shortage. Governments take action. But will it suffice? Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This is not yet an emergency but the situation must be kept under control” say local sources in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, one of the countries considered at risk of food shortage according t ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya recalls much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga emeritus Archbishop of Nairobi on the second anniversary of his death Nairobi (Fides Service)- Kenya is remembering the much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga, emeritus archbishop of Nairobi who died two years ago on 6 September 2003. “His life was important not only for the Catholic Churc ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - In riots at the end of a football match a mosque is set on fire. In a joint message Zambia's Christian leaders condemn the violence and express solidarity with local Muslim community Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This senseless destruction of property and attack on a Mosque is something that has shocked us immensely. It is alien to us as Zambians.”. This was how in a joint statement the Zambia Catholi ...
• 6 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic Radio Mosi-o-Tunya in Livingstone diocese granted full broadcast permit Livingstone (Fides Service) - Radio Mosi-o-Tunya, which belongs to the Catholic diocese of Livingstone in Zambia, has at last otained from the ministry of information and broadcasting services permission to resume its br ...
• 5 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The scourge of sexual violence at the centre of a meeting organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Every year in the Democratic Republic of Congo RDC mainly in western regions tens of thousands of women are raped by members of the many different troops fighting in the area: regular army of RD ...
• 2 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - New constitution: Catholic Bishops call for people to be properly informed and then to vote in the referendum Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Catholic Bishops issued a statement urging the people to vote in the referendum for or against the new Constitution” Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, director of the Pont ...