Africa

• 9 July 2003
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT OFFERS HOPE FOR AFRICA SAYS FATHER RICHARD MENATSI SECRETARY GENERAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE Maputo (Fides Service) – “I think that the AU meeting in Maputo which starts on July 10 will begin to map out a way of bringing about greater unity and solidarity between the 53 member countries from the continent o ...
• 9 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - WILL TAYLOR RELINQUISH POWER? UNCERTAINTY REIGNS IN LIBERIA; LOCAL AND MISSIONARY CHURCH PERSONNEL SUSTAIN POPULATION Monrovia (Fides Service) – The news that President Taylor may accept Nigeria’s offer of asylum leaves many incredulous” a missionary in Monrovia tells Fides Service. “But there are signs that the President really ...
• 8 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - LOCAL CHURCH DECIDES TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CATHOLIC RADIO-TELEVISION NETWORK Kinshasa (Fides Service) – The Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo (CENCO) has decided to open a national Catholic radio-television network (RTC) to cover the entire territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
• 8 July 2003
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - OIL STRIKE OVER AFTER AGREEMENT OVER PRICE. CHURCH CALLS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN FUEL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT Lagos (Fides Service) – The oil strike in Nigeria against rising prices which had brought the country to a standstill, is over. On July 8, 6am local time, the government announced that the price would be lowered to 34 ...
• 7 July 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - SYNERGETIC RESEARCH CAN HELP ELIMINATE FOR EVER MANY HEREDITARY DISEASE AS WELL AS AIDS FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY AND THE GLORY OF GOD SAYS FATHER SIMPORE MOLECULE GENETICS EXPERT Ouagadougou (Fides Service) – A paediatric anti AIDS vaccine in preparation for Africa is being tested and Fides Service spoke about the initiative with Father Jacques Simpore, consultor general of the Camillian Father ...
• 4 July 2003
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - YOUNG SPANISH VOLUNTEER TEACHER ON FIRST MISSION SHOT DEAD AT POLICE ROAD BLOCK Bata (Fides Service) – Ana Isabel Sanchez, aged 22, a Spanish volunteer teacher on her first mission abroad, was shot dead by accident at a police road block in Equatorial Guinea on July 1. Ana was a member of the Neo ...
• 4 July 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - AFTER TEN YEARS OF PLANNING KENYA’S FIRST CATHOLIC RADIO STUDIOS RADIO WAUMINI OPENS TOMORROW: A MODERN MEANS AT THE SERVICE OF THE GOSPEL Nairobi (Fides Service) – “This is the arrival point of a process started ten years ago and at the same time the point of departure for new evangelisation” says Comboni Father Renato Kizito Sesana, enthusiastic dir ...
• 4 July 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “I SPEAK BEHALF OF THE VICTIMS OF THIS ABSURD WAR WHICH HAS LASTED FOR 17 YEARS” PASTORAL LETTER BY ARCHBISHOP ODAMA OF GULU NORTHERN UGANDA Kampala (Fides Service) – “I wanted to speak on behalf of the weakest members of society who for 17 years have been the victims of this absurd war” said Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (northern Uganda) in a ...
• 3 July 2003
  AFRICA/ERITREA - TOWARDS A CULTURE OF PEACE: RELIGIONS ARE A BRIDGE FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA DIALOGUE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Peace and reconciliation were our first concerns and so we discussed and reflected on the situations in our countries.” This was affirmed by the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia and Erit ...
• 3 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “IN LIBERIA, TAYLOR IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM” SAYS LOCAL MISSIONARY Monrovia (Fides Service) – “The appeal launched by the Pope will certainly help keep the spotlight and international attention on the tragic situation in Liberia” a missionary in Liberia told Fides Service after Po ...
• 2 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - SOS FROM BUNIA: HELP US BUILD A CULTURE OF PEACE Bunia (Fides Service) – “When the international peacekeeping force arrived we thought they would help restore peace; but we are perplexed to see the way they work”. This was reported to Fides Service by a local obs ...
• 1 July 2003
  AFRICA/MALAWI - THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY BRINGS A NEW SPRINGTIME FOR THE CHURCH IN MALAWI – ROSARY POSTERS IN CHICHEWA Balaka (Fides Service) – “The year of the Rosary is certainly helping the Church in Malawi to live a new springtime after celebrating its first centenary of evangelisation in 2001. The faith is taking deeper root in ...
• 1 July 2003
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “ WE MUST WORK WITH PATIENCE TO OVERCOME THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE LEFT BY THE WAR PROMOTING THE VALUES OF THE GOSPEL” SAYS ARCHBISHOP OF MAPUTO Vatican City (Fides Service) – “When the Pope placed the pallium on my shoulders I felt all the responsibility with which I have been charged”. This was how Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap., of Maputo in Moza ...
• 1 July 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - CRISIS OR HITCH? THIS IS THE QUESTION AFTER REBELS DECIDE TO STOP DISARMING Abidjan (Fides Service) “Let’s hope it is only a hitch in the process of peace” say local observers in Ivory Coast contacted by Fides Service with regard to the decision of rebels to suspend disarmament. United as ...
• 30 June 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - SITUATION CALM, BUT FEAR REIGNS. THREATS TO THE CHURCH Monrovia (Fides Service) – “After the cease fire announced by the rebels at the weekend, in Monrovia there is a situation of calm charged with tension” a local Missionary in Monrovia tells Fides Service. Monrovia h ...