Africa

• 9 February 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Uganda: a war the world has forgotten”. Religious leaders visit Germany to win support from government and Churches to put an end to 18 years of civil war Aachen (Fides Service) – From 9 to 13 February the chairmen of ARLPI, Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative, the Catholic Archbishop of the northern Ugandan diocese of Gulu Archbishop John Baptist Odama and Angl ...
• 9 February 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Governor of Bukavu, in east Congo, suspended. Disquieting questions reported to Fides with regard to latest events Bukavu (Fides Service)- There is a situation of uncertainty in Bukavu southern Kivu (south-east Democratic Congo) since the governor Xavier Chiribanya was suspended on Saturday 7 February. The decision was taken by the m ...
• 9 February 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD – The role of women in the Church and in Society: Pastoral Letter by Bishop Edmond Djitangar of Sarh Sarh (Fides Service)- “Women are fully members of our Church-Family” Bishop Edmond Djitangar Bishop of Sarh, southern Chad, wrote in a recent Letter Pastoral addressed to the Church-Family-of-God “To draw attention ...
• 6 February 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Father what is peace? A pause between battles?”… This is the challenge facing the Church in Sudan: to help bring peace to hearts hardened by 20 years of war Rome (Fides Service)- “Peace brings new challenges to the Church in Sudan” missionaries with years of experience in this country, told Fides. “If all goes well in a few months the government and separatists will si ...
• 6 February 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Mysterious shooting in Bukavu, fear that fighting has resumed. Radio Maria Malkia wa Amani reports to Fides Bukavu (Fides Service) – Mysterious shooting in the city of Bukavu, in the south of the Kivu eastern region of Democratic Congo is causing fear of a new outbreak of hostilities the local Catholic Radio Maria Malkia wa ...
• 6 February 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - White House sends letter to Catholic Bishop of El Obeid: “The President shares your concern for Sudan and is with you in the struggle for peace in your country ” Rome (Fides Service)- In a letter addressed to Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Catholic Bishop of El Obeid, the United States of America has confirmed its commitment to work to restore peace in Sudan. Bishop Gassis himself inf ...
• 5 February 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Promote democracy and respect for human rights; stop arms trafficking. Pax Christi International appeals to international community to restore peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa Kinshasa (Fides Service) – In a written intervention to the 60th Session United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Pax Christi International expresses deep concern for the with regard to the proces of reconciliation a ...
• 4 February 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - SUDANESE MILITIA PUSH AS FAR AS 70 KM INTO CHAD CHASING REFUGEES FROM VIOLENCE IN WEST SUDAN Rome (Fides Service) - the situation of Sudanese refugees in Chad is ever more dramatic. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR says there are more than 110,000 refugees along the border with Sudan. UNHCR ...
• 3 February 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - TRAGIC ACCIDENT AT CHIULO INVOLVING HEALTH WORKERS SENT BY CUAMM MEDICI CON L’AFRICA: ONE KILLED THE OTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED Rome (Fides Service) - Not mines, not some terrible disease but a tragic road accident due to bad roads in the rainy season was the cause of the accident involving Italian CUAMM health care workers at Chiulo in Angola. O ...
• 3 February 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN – FIGHTING CONTINUES IN WEST SUDAN. REPORTS OF VIOLENCE AND MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS. MORE THAN 100,000 TAKE REFUGE IN NEARBY CHAD. SINCE FEBRUARY LAST YEAR 3,000 KILLED Khartoum (Fides Service)- The humanitarian situation in Darfur, west Sudan, is ever more critical. International humanitarian organisations say the Sudanese army and airforce are attacking villages along the border with ...
• 2 February 2004
  AFRICA - DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE – SPANISH SISTER MARINA HAS SPENT 20 YEARS HELPING AFRICAN WOMEN REALISE THEIR DIGNITY AND SPECIAL ROLE IN SOCIETY Rome (Fides Service) - Sister Marina Martínez González, a Spanish member of the Teresian Carmelite Missionaries has spent more than 20 years in Africa promoting the conditions of women in different countries Democratic ...
• 2 February 2004
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - MISSIONARY FATHER ARMANINO, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING LIBERIANS, EXPLAINS UNSOLVED PROBLEMS AT ROOT OF CIVIL CONFLICT Rome (Fides Service)- “As always different factors intervene and interact in civil conflict and genocide as in the case of Liberia” Father Mauro Armanino, SMA Superior General in Liberia told Fides. Liberia is trying ...
• 2 February 2004
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – TWENTY YEARS OF CONFLICT: INFO UPDATE 2 FEBRUARY 2004 Monrovia (Fides Service) – Liberia has been in crisis since the 1980s of the last century when a coup led by sergeant Samuel K. Doe, put an end to Afro-American rule. Those rulers were former slaves in America, given t ...
• 30 January 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - PEACE AGREEMENT FOR SOMALIA: TRANSITION GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT MEMBERS APPOINTED BY LOCAL CHIEFS NEW FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Mogadishu (Fides Service) - A agreement for peace in Somalia was signed yesterday 29 January in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by 42 representatives of different factions. The agreement stipulates the formation of a new tran ...
• 30 January 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - SCOTLAND’S CARDINAL ENCOURAGES CONGO WHERE CIVIL WAR KILLED 3 MILLION PEOPLE AND PRAISES LOCAL CHURCH FOR WORK IN EDUCATION AND ITS OWN CATHOLIC RADIO “A GOOD MEANS OF EVANGELISATION FOUND NEITHER IN SCOTLAND, ENGLAND NOR IRELAND” Bukavu (Fides Service )- Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’ Brian, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, was very impressed with the work of the local Church in Bukavu which he had the opportunity to see during a r ...