Africa
23 November 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 November 2007, appointed Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi (Nigeria) Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P., Superior General of the M ...
22 November 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Thank you Holy Father for mentioning the tragedy of the people of Somalia” Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father's appeal which called the attention of the international community to the tragic situation of the people of Somalia” said the Catholic Bishop of ...
22 November 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - New Prime Minister appointed, conditions of civilians ever more critical: 1 million displaced
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister of the National Transition Government instead of Ali Mohamed Gedi who resigned on 29 October ...
21 November 2007
AFRICA/RWANDA - Helping married couples live marriage according to God's plan
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - The Fédération Africaine d’Action Familiale (FAAF), whose mission is to help couples live their love and parenthood in keeping with God's plan, recently organised a workshop to draft a Handbo ...
21 November 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - “We intend to continue our mission with the same enthusiasm of the first missionaries” says new Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in Rome for ad limina visit
Roma (Agenzia Fides)-“We are satisfied with the growth of the Church thanks first of all to the work of missionaries” said Kenya's new Cardinal Archbishop John Njue Nairobi and president of the Catholic Bishops Confe ...
21 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - At the end of Cape Coast Seminar African and European Bishops call for new international economic order to end to new forms of slavery
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- ''New forms of slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, child soldiers, prostitution, etc., are due mainly to the enormous economic gap between rich and poor countries and between the rich a ...
21 November 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Moshi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, in con ...
20 November 2007
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Talks to complete peace agreements for Ivory Coast resume in Burkina Faso
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- On Sunday 18 November talks resumed in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the Ivorian parties which signed the peace agreement last March which ended the division of Ivory Coast (see F ...
20 November 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Tensions in Nigeria, key country in the balance of oil prices
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Nigeria, one of Africa's largest oil producers, suffers from tensions in north and south which sometimes explode in violence.
In the southern Niger Delta region which has most of the country's r ...
19 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “The Catholic Bishops of Europe and Africa have addressed a letter to the Heads of State on both continents on the scandal of new forms of slavery” the Secretary General of the Council of the Bishops' Conference of Europe told Fides
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- “We experienced our being Catholics, in the “universal” sense, and discussed our common responsibility with regard to the scandal of new forms of slavery” Mgr Aldo Giordano, Secretary ...
19 November 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “There is an urgent need for knowledge sharing and economic cooperation between Africa and the Diaspora,” says President of South Africa
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- Sharing resources and experience to help Africa and the African Diaspora to growth together. This was the call launched by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa at when he addressed the Afri ...
16 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - There are over 27 million modern slaves: intervention by the secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples at Seminar on New Forms of Slavery promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- In our world today 27 million people live in an enslaved condition. This was affirmed by Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants an ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Seminar on slavery and the continuation of the Symposium of African and European Bishops of 2004: intervention by the secretary general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- The Seminar for African and European Bishops continues in Cape Coast, in Ghana, on the theme of new forms of slavery (see Fides 14/11/2007). The Seminar is a new step in collaboration among th ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA - Energy for Africa: agreement signed in Rome in the context of World Energy Congress
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- The World Economic Forum and the World Energy Council have signed an agreement to reduce the shortage of energy in Africa. The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 November, in Rome in the context of ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Following the assault on Bakassi peninsula: Nigeria and Cameroon continue to collaborate
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- After the assault in which thirty men were killed in the peninsula of Bakassi (see Fides 14/11/2007) the mixed Cameroonian Nigerian Commission is meeting for its 20th session to settle last deta ...
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