Africa

• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Bishops of Democratic Congo deplore latest acts of violence and call for an investigation Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The standing committee of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Democratic Congo deplores the sad events which ocurred on 30 June 2005” reads a statement signed by Archbishop Laurent Monsen ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Dispute over oil profit sharing threatens National Conference on Political Reform Lagos (Fides Service)- While there is growing world concern for rising oil prices, oil profit sharing is at the centre of political discussion in Nigeria, Africa’s main producer of oil with 2.5 million barrels a day. ...
• 11 July 2005
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Al Qaida alarm in Somalia. “Annalena Tonelli was the frist victim of a new fundamentalist group connected with the international network of terrorism which wants to turn Somalia into another Iraq” Mogadishu (Fides Service)- Italian doctor Annalena Tonelli, murdered on 5 October 2003 (see Fides 6 October 2003) at Borama, Somaliland (northern Somalia) was killed by a group linked with the international network of te ...
• 11 July 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - Calendar set for disarmament of rebels and government troops in view of new unified national armed force Abidjan (Fides Service)- In Cote D’ Ivoire army and rebel leaders have agreed on a calendar for disarmament, an important step on the path towards presidential elections scheduled for 30 October. According to the agree ...
• 9 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Don't blame only the West for Africa's poverty” said Fr Eugenio Ferrari, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya commenting the G8 meeting, terrorism and poverty Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Even just the threat of an attack can damage the economy of a poor country like Kenya. In the end terrorism always strikes the ordinary citizens even those it does not actually kill” Italian ...
• 9 July 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Former Southern Sudan rebel leader sworn in as vice President of Sudan Khartoum (Fides Service)- Today 9 July in Khartoum former rebel leader John Garang was sworn in as vice President of Sudan. After the ceremony the President Omar al Bashir signed the country’s new Constitution as estab ...
• 8 July 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The terrorist attacks on London could dash Africa’s hopes of being the centre of world attention” the Southern African Bishops’ Conference Communications director told Fides Pretoria (Fides Service)- “The terrorist attacks on London could dash Africa’s hopes of being the centre of world attention” Fr Efrem Tresoldi, head of Communications for the SACBC Southern African Bishops Conferen ...
• 7 July 2005
  AFRICA/EGPYT - London terrorist attacks: “Tension in Middle East has rocketed, this is terrorism trying to widen the gulf between west and east” Comboni missionary tells Fides Cairo (Fides Service)- “Although prudence is the case since no one has claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts, I think the present situation in the Middle East is not foreign to what happened this morning in London ...
• 7 July 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The international community has made praiseworthy efforts to restore peace and promote democracy in Burundi, now it must support development Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “New and promising scenes appear after the victory in the elections of the National Council for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD)” said local sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi afte ...
• 6 July 2005
  AFRICA/CHAD - The start of the rain season may prevent 10,000 refugees in central Africa from receiving assistance warns United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR Rome (Fides Service)- In southern Chad operators of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR are urging the competent authorities to transfer about 10,000 refugees who fled here from the Central African Repu ...
• 6 July 2005
  AFRICA/NIGER - “Thanks to international aid Niger is coping with a serious food shortage” Archbishop Michel Christian Cartateguy of Niamey told Fides Niamey (Fides Service)- “At last international aid is helping to alleviate the suffering of the people of Niger” said Archbishop Michel Christian Cartateguy of Niamey, capital of Niger battling with a serious food sh ...
• 6 July 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Tragic consequences of operation “restore order” presented to UN and AU representatives in a report by the Peace and Justice Commission Commissione of the Jesuits in Zimbabwe Harare (Fides Service)- “Hundreds of thousands of people have no shelter. Children are deprived of education. The lives and security of the homeless are at risk”. This was the opening statement of a report issued by ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Legislative elections: former Hutu rebel groups expected to win Bujumbura (Fides Service)- The former Hutu rebel group National Council for the Defence of Democracy- Forces for the Defence of Democracy CNDD-FDD is in the lead as votes are counted after yesterday’s election (see Fid ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA - G8: “Greater justice is the only path for peace. We welcome the cancellation of debts and promise of more aid for development, but African leaders must vow to invest these resources for the good of their people” the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo told Fides Kisangani (Fides Service)- “African nations have the right and the duty to request the cancellation of debts and we must not lose this breakthrough opportunity represented by the Plan put forward by British Premier Bla ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Massive Operation to resume control of Walungu and Kabare in South Kivu estern Democratic Congo where civiilans are massacred by armed militia Bukavu (Fides Service)- “This at last could be a turning point for Walungu and Kabare. Unfortunately the use of violence also means innocent people are killed but the situation in those areas is such that there was no ...