Africa
15 January 2009
AFRICA/SUDAN - Former ideologist of the regime, who encouraged President to hand himself in to the International Crime Court for crimes in Darfur, is arrested
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The disputed former ideologist of the Sudanese regime, Hassan al-Turabi, was arrested in Khartoum by security forces, two days after having said in an interview that the President of Sudan, O ...
14 January 2009
AFRICA - Franciscan “Africa Project” celebrates 25 years
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – In 1983, then General Minister of the Friars Minor, Fr. John Vaughn, launched the “Africa Project” in Madagascar and the Maurice Islands. The initiative implied the participation of Franci ...
14 January 2009
AFRICA - Ugandan guerrillas terrorizing the populations of East Congo and South Sudan
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the Ugandan guerrilla group that has spread terror and death through northern Uganda since 1986, continues attacking civilian populations in the northeastern ...
14 January 2009
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Concerns for the fate of Somalia following the retreat of Ethiopian troops
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The Ethiopian troops are in their final stages of retreat from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and have handed over security responsibilities to the weak troops of the Transitional Nation ...
13 January 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - World economic crisis taking its toll on Jesuit activity: “We will have to tighten our belts, living in simplicity and in solidarity with the works and houses that are having the most difficulties in making ends meet.”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The world economic crisis is also taking its toll on the Society of Jesus. With this in mind, Fr. George W. Quickley, Provincial Superior of the North-West African Province, has written a letter ...
13 January 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - The price of food remains too high, in spite of government aid; 10 million Kenyans at risk for hunger
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The food emergency continues in Kenya, where one third of the population, 10 million people, is at risk for going hungry. Among these, 1.5 million are children and 2.5 million are people suffe ...
13 January 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Inflation, loss of employment, government spending-cuts: the financial crisis is taking its toll on Nigeria
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The global financial crisis and the drop in the cost of fuel are seriously threatening the economy in Nigeria. According to economic experts, interviewed by the loval press, the depreciation of ...
12 January 2009
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko denounces abuses and violence suffered in captivity. Cardinal Maradiaga, President of Caritas Internationalis, launched an appeal for her release
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko denounces the abuse and violence she suffered at the hands of Zimbabwean secret service agents. Jestina Mukoko was held in solitary confinement for 19 days ...
12 January 2009
AFRICA/BURUNDI - New religious family in Gitega dedicated to the sanctification of the People of God and to bearing witness to the irreplaceable role of the priesthood in ecclesial life
Gitega (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Gitega has recently approved the new religious family of the Congregation of Mary, Queen of the Holy Priesthood. The Congregation was founded by diocesan priest Father Avit V ...
12 January 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Zuma should be prosecuted,” says Supreme Court of Appeals; African National Congress leader is also a presidential candidate in this year's election
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court of Appeals in South Africa has overturned a lower court's decision to throw out the case of corruption against Jacob Zuma, leader of the African National Congress, thus ...
9 January 2009
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Catholic Church is helping the population of northern Congo, victim to massacres led by Ugandan rebels on Christmas
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Internationalis has sent aid to 10,000 families in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where on Christmas Day, Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) carried ou ...
8 January 2009
AFRICA - The drama of the African albinos: 380,000 Euros for one of their body parts to be used in “magic” rituals
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – One of the hidden tragedies of Africa is that of the albinos, especially those living in eastern Africa (Tanzania and Burundi), who are discriminated against and in some cases killed or mutilated ...
7 January 2009
AFRICA/GHANA - Election of John Atta Mills: a victory for democracy in Ghana and all Africa
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Ghana has a new President, elected by popular vote: John Atta Mills, candidate from the NDC (National Democratic Congress), who won versus candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, candidate from the NPP (New ...
23 December 2008
AFRICA/EGYPT - “Perhaps if the Lord had chosen to be born in this epoch, given God's way of acting, He would not have disdained this place”: says a missionary working in the rag-picker district of Cairo
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “In our very modest structure we try to make sure the small classrooms where we teach our children are kept clean. We insist on the necessity of hygiene and order as a system of life, and we h ...
22 December 2008
AFRICA/CONGO DR - An uncertain Christmas in East Congo, where hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in make-shift camps. Reflections from a missionary.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “What is cause for concern is the situation of absolute uncertainty that continues to weigh heavily on Congo and on the neighboring countries, like a black cloud,” Fr. Antonio Trettel, Jave ...
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