Africa

• 28 July 2004
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - At Soddo in southern Ethiopia, Capuchin Fathers run Crafts School backed by Italian Confederation of Craftsmen Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “Ever year 100 young people learn a trade or craft at our Professional Training Institute at Soddo, 400 km south of Addis Ababa” said Father Gianfranco, head of the Capuchin Marche Provin ...
• 27 July 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Thank you Holy Father for remembering the war in northern Uganda” says Archbishop Odama of Gulu through Fides Gulu (Fides Service)- “ Thank you Holy Father! The appeal launched by the Pope for the fighting to stop in northern Uganda and Sudan is an important contribution for peace”, Archbishop John Baptist Odama , Archbishop ...
• 27 July 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - “Mercenaries ready to intervene in east Congo” say Fides sources in Bukavu Bukavu (Fides Service)-“At the moment all is calm but for how long?” local observers in Bukavu, main town in the eastern Kivu region of Democratic Congo told Fides over the phone. “There are rumours of fighting alo ...
• 27 July 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Sacred Heart Missionaries mark 80 years of mission in Democratic Congo: an anniversary under the banner of hope Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Our place is with the people, sharing their poverty, helping to restore their hope, because life goes on”: this is how the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart see their mission in a booklet pu ...
• 26 July 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Darfur: situation ever more critical for refugees in Chad. “two refugees killed in camp in Chad ” says UN High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation of Sudanese refugees in Farchana camp in east Chad is critical” United Nations High Commission for Refugees said in a statement dated 22 July. According to UNHCR two people were k ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Fides has received more details on the expulsion by the Angolan Authorities of illegal diamond seekers; a trade said to serve Muslim fundamentalist terrorists and greedy religious sects Luanda (Fides Service)- Fides has received more details on illegal diamond seekers expelled by Angolan authorities (see Fides 21 July 2004). Local Fides sources say “it has been confirmed that the Angolan police arrest ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disappointment and concern in Burundi after talks in South Africa between Burundian parties fail Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Disappointment and profound concern are the predominant feelings of reaction to the failure of talks between Burundi’s political parties held in Pretoria, South Africa (see Fides 19 July 2004 ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Feverish diplomatic activity to solve the crisis in Darfur. Possible resolution from the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on militia responsible for violence on civilians Rome (Fides Service)- International diplomacy is at work to end the tragedy in the western Sudan region of Darfur, where massacres of civilians continue. Today 23 July, both UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and the US se ...
• 21 July 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Angolan authorities oppose diamond trafficking with a new turn of screw. Is it an attack against one of the channels financing fundamentalist Muslim terrorism? An exclusive report from Fides Luanda (Fides Agency)- The Angolan government strikes again against illegal diamond trafficking with a new turn of screw. According to Fides Agency sources, “in the night between July 14th and 15th, the police in Cafun ...
• 21 July 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - New clashes in the Kivu region, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Fides Agency) - Fighting still goes on in Kalehe, a place 40 km north of Bukavu, the district capital of Southern Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “We heard of fighting between the force ...
• 21 July 2004
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Arms’ recovery in Liberia is connected to the one in Cote d’Ivoire” says commander of the UN troops in Liberia. The Fides dossier of Saturday July 24th shall look into the problem of light weapons’ proliferation in Africa Monrovia (Fides Agency) - “I can assure you that by the end of our mission to Liberia we will have collected all weapons, but Liberia remains a Country in danger if weapons are left in the wrong hands in Cote d’Ivoir ...
• 16 July 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan and its wars: less conventional arms (hunger) less conventional soldiers (children). Fides spoke to Mill Hill missionary who has just published a book on Sudan and its conflicts “Travelling With Soldiers and Bishops” Khartoum (Fides)- “The civil war in Sudan is a complex war. It is too simple to describe it as a conflict between ideologies of North and South ” Mill Hill missionary Fr Mathew Haumann in Sudan told Fides. Fr Haumann ...
• 16 July 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Pastoral and social-charity work in Popokabaka diocese south west Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Schools, medical centres and soon a Radio station are the main services offered by the Catholic diocese of Popokabaka in south west Congo, according to the local Catholic news agency DIA. Pop ...
• 16 July 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace talks for Darfur start in Ethiopia S. Egidio community observers among those present Rome (Fides Service)- “The fact that the talks are taking place is already a good sign” Vittorio Scelzo, a S. Egidio Observer to a meeting between the government of Sudan and the two rebel movements fighting governme ...
• 15 July 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - Amidst drought and corruption Kenya’s political crisis deepens Nairobi (Fides Service) - The President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki has warned of the threat of drought but his call was all but ignored by the local media more interested in the debate in course since the British representati ...