Africa

• 10 February 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “May peace encourage cultural renewal and eventually bring democracy” says missionary in Sudan Khartoum (Fides Service)- “There will be a real turning point for the country only if the peace process triggers cultural renewal which will eventually bring democracy. But this will take time” a missionary with yea ...
• 9 February 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - part of the country wants “a return to constitutional rules to allow the country to vote” Lome (Fides)- Protest on the part of the Opposition continues in Togo with two days of “dead country” with schools, offices and shops closed. Togo has still not recovered after the death of President Gnassingbe Eyade ...
• 9 February 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Pray for the conversion of hearts” says a Catholic Bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to DIA new agency of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Pray for peace. This is the call for Lent launched by Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena, Bishop of Kole, in the centre of Congo, according to the news Agency of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference DIA. ...
• 8 February 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Unreal silence increases people’s fear” say Fides sources in Lome capital of Togo following death of President Eyadema in power for 38 years Lome (Fides Service)- “A ghost city wrapped in unreal silence which only increases the fear of the people”. This is how Fides sources describe the situation in Lome, capital of Togo, following the death of President ...
• 8 February 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Congo is ours: the time has come for full commitment for democracy” say Catholic Bishops of Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The time has come for serious commitment to promote democracy” said the Bishop members of the Standing Committee of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference in a statement at the end of meeting ...
• 8 February 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Emeritus Bishop of De Aar in South Africa dies at the age of 92 Rome (Fides Service)- Bishop Joseph Antony De Palma SCI, emeritus of De Aar (South Africa), died on 3 February at St. Peterburg in Florida (USA). Nel 1959 he was elected 5th Superior General of the Congregation of the P ...
• 4 February 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - We hope that peace in Sudan will bring peace in Uganda” says missionary involved in teaching children in tormented northern region of Uganda Gulu (Fides Service)- We are losing spirit, instead of a will for peace there seems to be only a desire to continue along the military path” a missionary in Gulu northern Uganda where amidst many difficulties talks con ...
• 4 February 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 300,000 students, 230 primary schools, 59 middle schools and a university with 1,700 students preparing to accommodate 10,000: Catholic education in Angola - concrete commitment of Catholics in favour of Africa Luanda (Fides Service)- The Catholic Church in Angola is committed to guaranteeing children the right to education. Thanks to this commitment there are 80 Catholic schools in the capital Luanda alone. In the country ther ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “Most of Tulear is still under water. Mission structures seriously damaged”: Testimonial from, Tulear, south west Madagascar after cyclone Ernest Tulear (Fides Service)- “A sea of mud and water invaded most homes in districts closest to the sea” said Father. Leonardo, ad interim director of Radio Don Bosco news programme in Madagascar, speaking from Tulear, in ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Masai and Kikuyu agree to share water resources. “Local Church played an important part in helping to solve the dispute” Consolata missionary told Fides Nairobi (Fides Service) - Masai and Kikuyu tribes in a place a hundred kilometres south west of the capital Nairobi have settled a dispute of water resources (see Fides 1 February 2005). The chiefs agreed to find a way t ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Every week in the world poverty kills like a tsunami” say Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa Pretoria (Fides Service)- Poverty kills the equivalent of a tsunami every week throughout the world. This was affirmed by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference SACBC in a statement issued during their plen ...
• 2 February 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Thousands of refugees along no man’s land between rebels and army troops helped only by missionaries Bahiakro (Fides Service)- “It is easy to talk about stalemate in Côte d'Ivoire while sitting at an international meeting. It is not so easy when you are faced with thousands of women and children fleeing violence” a ...
• 1 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “30 dead in clashes in Kenya arising from water dispute between sedentary farmers and nomad herdsmen rather than political manipulation” Father Ferrari, Consolata Mission and National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides Kenya (Fides Service)- Some 30 people have been killed in tribal clashes in various parts of Kenya over recent weeks Consolata Father Eugenio Ferrari, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told ...
• 1 February 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Parishes in Burundi collect aid to face food shortage. The future of the country and outcome of constitutional referendum: local priest talks to Fides Bujumbura (Fides Service)- In northern Burundi thousands are facing food shortage emergency due to prolonged drought (see Fides 12 and 20 January 2005). “At least 90 people in Muyinga diocese are reported dead” a loc ...
• 1 February 2005
  AFRICA - special African Union summit on crises in Côte d'Ivoire, Darfur and Congo adopts Common Defence pact and fight against AIDS Abuja (Fides Service) - Africa wants to have more say on the international scene and take its future in its own hands. This was the first impression which emerged at the end of the African Union summit which closed yest ...