Africa
28 November 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “I hope that the two sisters have heard of the news of the Holy Father's concern for them,” the Nuncio in Kenya tells Agenzia Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father's expression of his closeness, via Father Lombardi, to the two kidnapped sisters is important for us. I hope that the two sisters, as has occurred in other similar cases in ot ...
27 November 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Cholera and politics: a deadly combination
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Cholera has become another issue in the political debate between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Morgan Tsvangirai.
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27 November 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Tuition-free education at risk. Another negative consequence of the rise in food costs, as a result of speculation
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Kenya is planning to increase tuition costs in January. The association of high school principals has presented a proposal with the new costs to the Education Minister, asking that if the gove ...
26 November 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “We condemn the corrupt individuals who have created an artificial food shortage,” the Archbishop of Mombasa declares
Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are shocked to learn that senior government officials and businessmen are responsible...[for] an artificial shortage of maize and maize flour...in the country,” says a statement sent to ...
26 November 2008
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Murdered reporter may have had important information; even if he did not, a threatening sign has been sent out to all those thinking of revealing the truth behind the war in Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Just before his murder, Didace Namujimbo had handed over a report to the MONUC on the death of his colleague from Radio Okapi, Serge Maheshe, assassinated in Bukavu on June 13, 2007. Perhaps ...
25 November 2008
AFRICA/SWAZILAND - “The recent bombings are thus a manifestation of the failure by the ruling elite to engage in serious and honest dialogue,” says the Bishop of Manzini, condemning the wave of terrorism passing through Swaziland in recent months
Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - “The Constitution was adopted and a significant portion of the Swazi people was left out of the process. We believe that it was due to being marginalized that led some people to adopt crude an ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Participate in the vote, contribute to democratic debate: the Bishops of South Africa prepare for 2009 elections
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “For Democracy to live, we all need to participate. For Christian voters, this participation is a serious obligation,” this is how the South African Bishops are inviting local Catholics ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Community of Saint Egidio calls abolition of the death penalty “a historic decision”
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “The Parliament in Burundi has abolished the death penalty in the country, adopting a new penal code with 90 votes in favor, none against, and 10 abstentions. Now that the Great Lakes Region ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Grief and indignation at the murder of another Radio Okapi journalist
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – Great grief and indignation arose in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), at the murder of Didace Namujimbo, a journalist of Radio Okapi, informational agen ...
21 November 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Pro Orantibus” Day - In 45 years' time, the Redemptorists have opened two monasteries, with a positive response among Burkina's youth
Diabo (Agenzia Fides) – The Redemptorist Sisters, founded in 1731 by Italian religious Mother Maria Celeste Crostarosa, are now present on all the continents of the world. In southern Africa, they are in Burkina Faso, ...
21 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Jesuit Refugee Services' appeal: the conflict in Congo is jeopardizing the education of an entire generation of children
Goma (Agenzia Fides) – Jesuit Refugee Services is showing its deep concern for the humanitarian catastrophe in the North Kivu, particularly the effects on children, in a statement issued on November 20, for the celebra ...
20 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are seeing troubling signs of a possible spreading of the war into South Kivu,” local Church sources tell Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are seeing signs of a plan to launch hostilities, which would include South Kivu,” Agenzia Fides was told by a local Church source (we withhold their name for security reasons) in Bukav ...
20 November 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Health complex run by Camillian missionaries, at the service of the people
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – When they arrived in what was then Upper Volta (Burkina Faso's name at the time), in 1967, the Daughters of Saint Camillus (the Camillians) began a network of healthcare centers, offering ...
19 November 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - “The peace accord for the South is losing strength”: Sudan’s Bishops send out an alert
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “We are worried about the fact that the letter and the spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) is losing its strength among the main signers, as well as among its supporters and those ...
19 November 2008
AFRICA/CONGO - Partial retreat of rebel troops from the area surrounding Goma
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People) rebels, led by Laurent Nkunda, are retreating from the area surrounding Goma (capital of North Kivu, eastern Congo). This is what a ...
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