Africa

• 20 September 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “We cannot leave them in the hands of their executors!”. Moving testimony from the region of Darfur Vienna (Fides Service) - “More than 250,000 people rely on foreign aid”, Salesian Father Jim Comino said when he paid a recent visit to the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Vienna, Austria. For ...
• 17 September 2004
  AFRICA - Africa prepares to celebrate the UN Day for Peace in the World on 21 September Rome (Fides)- Various countries in Africa are preparing to celebrate a Day for Peace in the World on 21 September. In Kenya, on 18 September the wife of the President Lucy Kibaki will lead a march for peace CISA Catholi ...
• 17 September 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - More than 100,000 civilians flee their homes because of fighting between army and rebels in the eastern Kivu region of Democratic Congo Bukavu (Fides Service) - More than 100,000 civilians are fleeing from the east of Democratic Congo, according to international humanitarian agencies and the United Nations’ Organisations which have voiced deep concern ...
• 17 September 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 21 September Day for Peace in Uganda an ordinary day of war. Peace for Ugandans as in every country at war, is not an abstract idea it is something real, something deeply desired and hoped for Gulu (Fides Service) - There are parts of the world where the UN International Day for Peace, celebrated yesterday 21 September, is deeply significant. These are places where war still takes its tragic toll of death and ...
• 16 September 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Local Church celebrates the appointment and ordination of third Chad born Bishop Moundou (Fides Service) - With deep emotion and sincere joy the Church in Chad celebrated the appointment and ordination of Bishop Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga the new Bishop of Moundou diocese in southern Chad who is the ...
• 15 September 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - Ten thousand celebrate opening of Catholic Bookshop and Media Centre in Nanyuki which will serve six dioceses in this northern area of Kenya Nanyuki (Fides Service) - At least ten thousand people flocked to the sports-ground of Christ the King parish in Nanyuki, Kenya, in the archdiocese of Nyeri, for a Mass to celebrate the opening of a “Paulines Bookshop ...
• 13 September 2004
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “Communion, the power behind mission in the Church in Africa” is the theme of a meeting for French speaking National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Africa which opens tomorrow in Yaounde Yaounde (Fides Service) - On Tuesday 14 September in Yaounde Cameroon national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in French speaking countries of Africa will start a meeting to reflect on the theme: “Communi ...
• 13 September 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Political crisis in Burundi over Constitutional changes Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “The crisis is political and so far there are no signs of a military intervention” local sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, told Fides. The crisis broke during a Cabinet Meeting on S ...
• 13 September 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The role of the international community is fundamental to prevent conflict in Kivu from spreading” local sources in eastern Congo tell Fides Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The situation is shaky but there are signs of hope particularly the fact that the international community appears to be taking more care to verify affirmations made by the different parties i ...
• 13 September 2004
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “National reconciliation is a challenge for all Rwandans and the Church has its own contribution to offer” President of the Rwandan Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “National reconciliation is still a challenge which concerns everyone, including the Church, society and politics” Bishop Alexis Habiyambere, S.I., of Nyundo, President of the Bishops’ Confere ...
• 9 September 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Drama of diamond hunters in northern Angola continues. Road accident kills 16 policemen and “garimpeiros” who had been expelled Luanda (Fides Service)- Yesterday 8 September on a dirt road leading from Mussuco, Cuango district, to the border with Congo, 16 people, Angolan policemen and illegal Congolese immigrants, were killed in a road accident. ...
• 9 September 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Respect for Congolese territorial sovereignty and a regional pact of non-aggression included in Bishops’ memorandum to South Africa’s president Mbeki, mediator in the Congo crisis Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “On behalf of the Bishops’ Conference of Congo I welcome with gratitude the tireless efforts made by you and your government to find a peaceful, just and concrete solution to the crises in D ...
• 9 September 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “The Church is an important element for peace and unity in Congo”: Fides speaks with Bishops of Democratic Congo also in view of elections in 2005 Rome (Fides Service) - In a conversation with Fides recently appointed Bishops from Congo, in Rome to take part in the Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples , said that their Churc ...
• 8 September 2004
  AFRICA/BENIN - “In Benin there has always been a spirit of tolerance and dialogue between religions; however in recent years we have seen infiltration of extremists,” said Bishop Victor Agbanou of Lokossa, who underlined the fervour of Catholics in Benin Rome (Fides Service)- “In Benin there has always been a spirit of tolerance and dialogue among people of different religions but in recent years we have noted with concern signs of creeping religious fundamentalism,” ...
• 8 September 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Refugees who fled violence in Kivu in June leave Burundi to make their way back to Democratic Congo: news confirmed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has confirmed in a recent report that a considerable number of refugees who had sought safety in Burundi are on their way back to Democrat ...