Africa

• 3 September 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - ARCHBISHOP ODAMA COMMENTS ON YET ANOTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED BY LRA REBELS Kampala (Fides Service) – “Father Lawrence Oyuru is the latest of the countless victims of this war forgotten by everyone” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, northern Uganda, tells Fides Service with regard to ...
• 2 September 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN PEACEKEEPERS REPLACE EU TROOPS IN BUNIA BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SILENT WAR IN OUTLYING VILLAGES TO BE STOPPED Bunia (Fides Service)- There was no trouble in the hand-over of control by the European Union peace force in Ituri (north-east Democratic Congo) to the United Nations peacekeepers, as part of the MONUC (UN Mission in Con ...
• 2 September 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - MISSIONARIES IN NORTH IVORY COAST SAY: “EVERYTHING IS BLOCKED… WE FEAR HOSTILITIES MAY RESUME MORE VIRULENT THAN EVER ” Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We still live a situation of war, despite the peace agreements and the setting up of the national unity government” a missionary in Korhogo, in northern Ivory Coast, reports to Fides Service ...
• 1 September 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – DISMAYED BY FIVE YEARS OF WAR IN CONGO CARITAS ITALY CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR PEACE PACT, A REGIONAL CONFERENCE, MORE EFFORT BY THE EU AND MORE MEDIA FOCUS ON EXISTING POSITIVE ASPECTS Rome (Fides Service) – Respect for peace agreement; convocation of a Regional Summit of all governments in the Great Lakes Region to find lasting, non violent solutions to the local problems; increase diplomatic and ai ...
• 1 September 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD RESUMES TO WAR EXHAUSTED PEOPLE. BANDITRY A PROBLEM IN MANY AREAS Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The people are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, after so many years of war and desperation” Consolata Missionary Sisters in Harbel tell Fides Service. Harbel lies 50 km s ...
• 1 August 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “ALTHOUGH CEASE FIRE HOLDS BOTH ARMY AND REBELS PREPARE FOR WAR. REBELS, DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES, COULD EVEN EXPLODE IN ARMED CONFLICT” MISSIONARY TELLS FIDES SERVICE Abidjan (Fides Service) – “If I did not live in Ivory Coast I would say that it is the most beautiful country in the world, at least according to the official statements of the government” a missionary in Bouake no ...
• 31 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - FOUR THOUSAND SHELTER AT CONSOLATA MISSION AT BUCHANAN. TRAGEDY AT MONROVIA SPORTS STADIUM Monrovia (Fides Service) – There are at least 3 or 4 thousands displaced persons sheltering inside the compound of the Consolata Mission at Buchanan, the main port of Liberia about 90 km from the capital Monrovia. This ...
• 30 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - DESPITE UNITY IN KINSHASA THE ITURI SITUATION IS STILL A PRIORITY IN VIEW OF LASTING PEACE Kinshasa (Fides Service) – “We are pleased that the new government has decided to send security forces to Ituri to re-establish law and order, on the condition that they are given the proper means for their mission a ...
• 30 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “GENERATOR FUEL SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT, LAST FOOD AND MEDICINE ” ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC HOSPITAL SOS Monrovia (Fides Service) – “People are fleeing southwards as LURD (Liberian United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebels advance a St John of God Hospitaller Brothers missionary doctor at St Joseph’s Catholic ho ...
• 29 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - WHY DOES THE WORLD HESITATE TO INTERVENE? CONSOLATA MISSIONARIES IN LIBERIA LAUNCH CRY OF ALARM. MISSIONS HAVE ALSO RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES Monrovia (Fides Service) – “We are concerned for our Sisters at Buchanan” say Consolata Sisters in Harbel, some 50 km south of the Liberian capital Monrovia. “The MODEL rebels, (recently formed Movement for Demco ...
• 29 July 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - NAIROBI 2 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN SLUMS WITHOUT WATER, SANITATION, ELECTRICITY Nairobi (Fides Service) – “In Nairobi there are 130 slum communities that are home to over 2 million people. The residents of Nairobi’s informal settlements constitute 55% of the city’s total population and yet t ...
• 28 July 2003
  AFRICA/CONGO - BABUYU AND BABEMBE TRIBES MAKE PEACE, PROMISE RECIPROCAL FORGIVENESS FOR WRONGS SUFFERED AND TALKS TO LAY BASIS FOR LASTING PEACE Kinshasa (Fides Service) – There is a ray of hope for peace in the civil war which since 1998 has killed between 2 and 4 million people in Congo. Through mediation by the local Catholic Church a tribal conflict which h ...
• 28 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - ST JOHN OF GOD CATHOLIC HOSPITAL ISSUES SERIOUS WARNING: “THOUSANDS MAY DIE BECAUSE OF FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGE ” Monrovia (Fides Service) – “The rebels have penetrated the city centre: innocent civilians are fleeing as mortars and bullets rain everywhere” a missionary doctor at the St John of God Catholic Hospital in Monrovia ...
• 25 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - WE WERE 6 NOW WE ARE 165 SAYS SISTER HELENA KOTANDOLA ONE OF THE FIRST SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED 50 YEARS AGO IN TSHUMBE DIOCESE Tshumbe (Fides Service) – “It is a great joy to see our family grow day by day” says Sister Helena Kotandola one of the foundresses of the diocesan congregation of Saint Francis of Assisi which celebrated it 50th a ...
• 24 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - REBELS ATTACK FRANCISCAN MISSION; ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER BROTHERS IN MONROVIA REPORT: THREE IN A BED, CHILDREN DYING FROM LACK OF FOOD, ANAEMIA, MALARIA Monrovia (Fides Service) – “We were deeply concerned for our Sisters and for the suffering that this tragic situation is causing the people of Liberia. The Sisters are unhurt and they will continue their pastoral and ...