Africa
10 October 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “As in Darfur, here there are over a million people who have lost their homes, and yet there is no public opinion group working to help them. Why not?” says a missionary from east Congo, currently at risk for war
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “I don’t think that there will be a great war after another invasion of both Kivus. My impression is that they are limiting themselves to conquering several strategic locations in the nor ...
9 October 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Do not forget the drama of more than 3 million Somalis!
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The international community continues to fix its gaze on the ship “Faina,” the Ukrainian cargo ship being held hostage by Somali pirates that remain under permanent surveillance by ships ...
8 October 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue leads Catholics in the fight against abortion: “start submitting signatures so that after gathering them in their millions we move to petition the competent authorities to stop this campaign of discussing how to kill the unborn babies.”
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “Now, I call upon you to stand firm and defend the life of the unborn babies. Say and shout it aloud that: Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn and def ...
8 October 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Dramatic testimony of a Salesian missionary in East Congo, housing 2,782 children
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The humanitarian situation in North Kivu, in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo, is worsening each day, due to fighting that has broken out between the regular army and rebels l ...
7 October 2008
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Jesuits founding a house in Abidjan in a School of Moral and Political Sciences, for the students of Western Africa
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Form an elite African people so they can take on important leadership roles in the public and private sector, according to the Church’s social doctrine. This is the objective behind the Scho ...
6 October 2008
AFRICA - From “Angolagate” to “Faina”: the mysteries of arms trafficking in Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – While the cargo ship “Faina” remains blocked and surrounded by ships from other countries such as the US and Russia, with its arms in the hands of Somali pirates, the Court in Paris is openin ...
6 October 2008
AFRICA - The international financial crisis also affects Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – What are the consequences for African countries suffering from the crisis that is hitting international financial markets?
According to experts, the continent is also suffering a financial crisi ...
3 October 2008
AFRICA/GUINEA - “The people await a better future,” says the Archbishop of Conakry on the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – “The Republic of Guinea has celebrated 50 years of independence amidst uncertainty and expectation for a better future. The absence of the Chief of State, Lansana Conte, at the official cere ...
3 October 2008
AFRICA/CONGO - The Catholic Church presents a report on poverty: “We should renew our preference for the poor,” says the President of the Bishops’ Conference
Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – “The results of the investigation on poverty are necessary. They are the sign of the efforts of an evangelical lucidity that the Church tries to make, so as to be evermore faithful to he ...
2 October 2008
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - As voters’ registration begins for November elections, tensions on the rise from soldiers’ mutiny
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – 91 soldiers were fired from the Ivory Coast Army for mutiny. This is what a statement from the Ivory Coast’s leadership said, informing that another 13 soldiers have deserted and “are acti ...
29 September 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The international community should end its ambiguous policy on Kivu: an armed group guilty of atrocities cannot be placed on par with a legally elected government,” missionaries say.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Violence has once again broke out between the Congolese Army and rebels of the National Congress for People's Defense (CNDP) led by Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu, in the eastern part of the De ...
26 September 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “We need to resolve the drama of those who have lost their homes, as soon as possible,” says Kofi Annan, mediator in the Kenyan political crisis
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation of the internal refugees is in the mind of all Kenyans. We need to find a solution as soon as possible.” These were the words of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in ma ...
26 September 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - New South African President assures the business world: “I will not try to change a policy that works.”
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – “Mine is not the desire to deviate from what is working. In a turbulent global economy, we will remain true to the policies that have kept South Africa steady.” This was what Kgalema ...
25 September 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Situation in eastern Congo remains serious. President Kabila declines participation in the UN General Assembly in order to observe how things evolve.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Congolese president Joseph Kabila and Special Representative of the UN for Congo, Alan Doss, have decided not to participate in the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations that is taking ...
25 September 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Parliament elects a President ad interim
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – South African Parliament will elect a President ad interim today, September 25, who will lead the country to the upcoming presidential elections in 2009, substituting Thabo Mbeki who resi ...
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