Africa

• 14 October 2004
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Outgoing President set to win elections. Perplexity in many areas of society and doubts about the ability of the Opposition which claims the vote was irregular Yaounde (Fides Service) - President Paul Biya is expected to win elections held on 11 October (see Fides 9 October 2004). The opposition has said the vote was irregular. The counting of the votes continues but results fr ...
• 13 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur. United Nations warning: more than 200,000 new refugees this last month: terror and violence stop aid from reaching 1.5 million refugees Rome (Fides Service)- According to a United Nations report, in the last month at least 200,000 more people have fled their homes in Darfur and the humanitarian crisis is ever more serious as Janjaweed horsemen continue ...
• 13 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic priest dedicated to assisting HIV/AIDS patients found dead Rome (Fides Service)- “Father Gerard was highly esteemed as a priest and a tireless worker to help the poor and the sick, especially those with AIDS” sources in the diocese of De Aar, South Africa told Fides. Britis ...
• 12 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - election of new President of Somalia could mark a turning point in the this country’s tormented history. An expert analysis for Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “This is a new fact which deserves attention. The election of Abdullahi Yusuf as President of Somalia, opens the way for inserting warlords in the process of restoring peace in this country of Afr ...
• 11 October 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Government and rebel soldiers who staged a revolt last week come to an agreement Bissau (Fides Service)- The government of Guinea Bissau and the authors of a military revolt last week (see Fides 7 and 8 October 2004) have reached an agreement. A statement, signed by prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior ...
• 11 October 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - First day of school for 18,000 Sudanese children in refugee camps in eastern Chad thanks to UNHCR Rome (Fides Service) - In eight of the ten refugee camps in Chad run by the UN High Commission for Refugees this week school starts for some 18,000 children aged 5 to 17. In some camps adult refugees themselves had alrea ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tomorrow Parliament will elect new President Mogadishu (Fides Service)- Tomorrow, Sunday 10 October the Somali Parliament will elect a new Prime Minister/President of parliament. Some 275 members of parliament will meet in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, under the aegis ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Democratic Congo’s Vice minister of internal affairs says one thousand refugees from Burundi may return today. UNHCR concerned for their safety Bujumbura (Fides Service)- More than one thousand Congolese refugees in Burundi are on the border waiting for permission to return to Democratic Congo but the UNHCR says the situation is still too insecure. A first grou ...
• 8 October 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - A mystery mutiny announced by the Premier. Could next year’s election bring hope to a country on the brink of collapse, a people left to fend for itself? Bissau (Fides Service)- “The revolt seems to be over but doubts and concern remain” local sources in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau, after the recent army revolt (see Fides 7 October 2004). “Since yesterday eveni ...
• 7 October 2004
  AFRICA - Peace in Africa focus of African Nobel Prize Winners in Dakar Dakar (Fides Service)- A loud call for peace in Africa came yesterday 6 October from African Nobel Prize winners meeting of Dakar, capital of Senegal. Guests invited included premier Nobel for peace 1993, South Africans ...
• 7 October 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Apparent calm in Bissau after a military revolt in which the staff officer and army spokesman were killed. Latest episode of violence in the country of hunger Rome (Fides Service)- “There is apparent calm in teh city no soldiers to be seen, but not many children have gone to school, most families felt it was safer to keep them at home” local sources in Bissau who ask not ...
• 6 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More diplomatic efforts to solve crisis in Darfur: British Premier in Khartoum, Libyan leader Gheddafi calls regional min-summit Khartoum (Fides Service)- British Prime Minster Tony Blair starts a five-day visit to Sudan today, 6 October. He will meet the Sudanese President Omar al-Bechir and Vice president Ali Osmane Mohamed Taha and one central ...
• 6 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Tension in northern Burundi: at least 1000 Tutsi flee to Rwanda to escape violence Bujumbura (Fides Service) - Although more than one thousand Burundi Tutsi have taken refuge in Rwanda to escape violence, neither the national press nor by the Burundian government have made any reference to the events, ...
• 6 October 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Health care alarm in northern Ivory Coast with rapidly spreading HIV/AIDS. Local Catholic Church supplies medical personnel and supplies to isolated areas Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The healthcare situaiton is critical” local church sources in northern Ivory Coast area in the hands of New Forces rebels for two years now. “The public health system has collapsed. Hospi ...
• 5 October 2004
  AFRICA - In Uganda 39 African countries discuss how to stop spread of light arms in Africa. Kampala (Fides Service)- To find ways to stop the spread of light arms in Sub-Saharan Africa defence Ministers and chiefs of security from 39 different countries of Africa are meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The ...