Africa

• 24 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Growing expectation for results of May 15 election: both majority and opposition claim victory. Official results on 8 June Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In Ethiopia there is growing expectation for the results of parliamentary elections on May 15. “The results will not be announced until June 8 but all the political groups have already clai ...
• 24 May 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Sixty per cent of the country’s healthcare centres are Catholic hospitals” says Bishop of Kisantu in south west Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “If we love our people we must not allow the sale of medicine which is out of date, counterfeit or too costly” said the Catholic Bishop Fidèle Nsielele of Kisantu in an interview with a loc ...
• 23 May 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - There is new hope in western Côte d'Ivoire but the spectre of ethnic war is still there Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The situation is improving every day. Basic services are beginning to work again and state administration has resumed” Capuchin Fathers in the diocese of Man told Fides. “Our mission is ...
• 23 May 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The rich North is like the ‘rich man’ but ‘Lazarus’ Africa deserves real aid not scraps. Bishops of Kenya Letter Pastoral on external debts of poor countries Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Kenyan debt is the cause of oppression, of poverty, we dare say of neo-modern slavery” the Catholic Bishops of Kenya said in a Pastoral Letter “On the Burden of International Debt” date ...
• 21 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - The number of Togo refugees in Ghana and Benin is stable says UN High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- The flow of refugees from Togo towards Benin and Ghana, which rose to a total 32,000 from the 26,084 registered last week, appears to have stabilised according to the UN High Commission for Refugees ...
• 21 May 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - East Congo: violence on civilians “An unbearable situation. The international community must intervene” Bukavu (Fides Service)- Sad faces of people who have suffered too much welcomed a caravan of Peace and Solidarity as it reached Kaniola, local sources said with regard to the caravan sent by the city of Bukavu to the tow ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic diocesan radio station Radio Musi O Tunya in Livingstone resumes broadcasts Livingstone (Fides Service)- The local Catholic radio station, Radio Musi O Tunya opened by Livingstone diocese informed us that it has been able to resume broadcasts being closed some months ago. The radio was issued wi ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “The Church in Rwanda is a lively reality” Chairman of Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “Our young people are the future of the Church in Rwanda. We must start with them it we want to heal the wounds of the past” Bishop Alexis Habiyambere S.J. of Nyundo chairman of the Catholic Bis ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Most people in Guinea want the elections, but supporters of former President Kumba Yala need help to overcome fear and diffidence Bissau (Fides Service) - Calm has returned to Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where yesterday, 17 May there were clashes between the police and participants in a demonstration in favour of former President Kumba Yala ( ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Let us not be discouraged! Let us continue to pray and pray and pray for our country”: Christian leaders in Togo address the people Lome (Fides Service)- Let us not be discouraged. We must pray and pray and pray for our country Togo, day and night, always and everywhere!. Let us build a chain of prayer until the country is out of the crisis”. With ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - While waiting for official election results, government and opposition both claim victory in parliamentary elections on 15 May Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In Ethiopia a growing number of Opposition members are claiming victory after parliamentary elections held on Sunday 15 May. According to the Opposition 92 seats went to the main group CUD, ...
• 17 May 2005
  AFRICA/CHAD - Violence in refugee camps in Chad: UN High Commission for Refugees seriously concerned N’Djamena (Fides Service) - UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is seriously concerned about violence in recent weeks in refugee camps in eastern Chad in which four people were killed. The situation in the camps at ...
• 17 May 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Uncertainty and concern in Guinea Bissau after declarations by former President Kumba Yala Bissau (Fides Service)- “The situation is complicated from the juridical point of view but the main concern is on the political level” said Fr Davide Sciocco, PIME missionary with long experience in Guinea Bissau wh ...
• 17 May 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Next year presidential elections. Democratic Congo adopts new constitution Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “I have promised to lead the people to elections and my promise will be kept” said President Joseph Kabila during a solemn ceremony yesterday 16 May in Kinshasa for the adoption of a new Con ...
• 16 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Good turn out for parliamentary elections: “this is a positive sign for the country’s democracy” Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “The first results show the turnout was far higher than expected. This is a positive sign which confirms the progress of democracy in our country ” say local sources in Addis Ababa, capit ...