Africa
14 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Doubts on the state of dialogue between the majority and the opposition following the UN Security Council’s failed attempt to take measures against Mugabe
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Doubts remain over the talks taking place between the government and the opposition, in efforts to help Zimbabwe overcome its political crisis that began following the re-elections (defined by ...
11 July 2008
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Bishop Nicolas Djomo of Tshumbe elected new President of the Congolese Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - During the 44 Plenary Assembly of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference, celebrated in Kinshasa on July 10, the new governing body was elected with the new President, Bishop Nicolas Djomo of Tshu ...
11 July 2008
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Nazarene Sisters in Madagascar over 40 years, on their first mission outside Italy
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The Nazarene Sisters began their adventure in Madagascar on May 16, 1967. The inspiration behind the mission came from Father Giuseppe Archetto, CM, who six years earlier had traveled thr ...
10 July 2008
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Final document from the AMECEA: “As Christians we are all called upon to announce the Good News of Christ and denounce injustice wherever we are.”
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “You are the salt of the earth. you are the light of the world..” (Mt 5:13:14). This is the title of the final document that came out of the 16th Plenary Assembly of the AMECEA, an organizati ...
9 July 2008
AFRICA - Africa plans on creating a Common Agricultural Market by 2009 to overcome food crisis
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Despite its immense agricultural potential, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the only place in the world to import virtually all of its food. This is especially a problem in these trying times of famine ...
8 July 2008
AFRICA - Over 14 million people’s lives at risk in the Horn of Africa due to drought and the rise of food prices
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More than 14 million people located in the Horn of Africa are in need of urgent food aid and other humanitarian assistance. This was what a report from the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Team sa ...
8 July 2008
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Program for the Year of St. Paul: celebrations, prayer meetings, a music and poetry contest based on the Hymn to Charity, posters, CDs, and stickers inspired by the Letters of St. Paul
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – An intense schedule of celebrations, gatherings, and activities are underway for the Year of St. Paul 2008-2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Sunday, June 29, the Apostolic Nuncio A ...
7 July 2008
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Promoting a renewed and intensified Biblical formation for all members of the Church: one of the objectives mentioned in the 7th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation, celebrated for the first time in Africa
Dar es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – Over 230 specialists in Biblical pastoral activity from nearly 80 countries met from June 24 to July 3, for the 7th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation. For the first ti ...
4 July 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of Nigeria proposes that a Summit Meeting be held regarding the Niger Delta, site of the country’s oil reserves
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – A heated debate has begun in Nigeria over the proposal made by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, for a Summit on the Niger Delta region, with the participation of all those implied in the crisis ...
4 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diplomacy on the move for Zimbabwe: the United States prepares a UN resolution and fixes its gaze on Mugabe and 11 of his closest collaborators
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The pressures are intensifying from other Western nations regarding the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. The United States has presented a resolution proposal from the United Nations Secur ...
3 July 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola prepares plan to increase oil production, while Nigeria faces guerrilla warfare in the Niger Delta
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – While the price of unrefined oil rising to over 145 dollars a barrel, Angola has announced a plan to increase its own oil production over the next 5 years. “We will invest 100 billion dollars ...
3 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Botswana prepares troops on the border with Zimbabwe
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – As the crisis in Zimbabwe becomes more complicated, its neighbor Botswana has decided to place troops on the border so as to face any military attack that could erupt due to political disorder ...
1 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The local Catholic Church demands respect for human rights in Zimbabwe, as intimidation of Zimbabwe Christians continues
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- "Some of Zimbabwe's Catholic religious communities have been pressured to stop religious service services. But Masses are held regularly in most parishes except those in certain remote areas out o ...
27 June 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the Year of St Paul: “ imitating St Paul, we must mobiles our energies for evangelisation”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- "In communion with the universal Church, the Christians of Cameroon welcome the initiative of His Holiness Benedict XVI to indict a Year of St Paul and we render thanks to God" the Bishops of Cam ...
26 June 2008
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “No to speculation, for the sake of the poor who suffer its consequences”: message from the Bishops of Burkina-Niger on the cost of living, calling for “responsible attitudes in responding to the many lures of a consumerist society.”
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – “Since early 2008, the people of Burkina Faso have been suffering hardships due to the generalized rise in the cost of basic food products. The high cost of living has caused protests, d ...
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