Africa
4 September 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The “curse” of petroleum: what happened to the 400 billion dollars booked by the Nigerian government since 1960?
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The issue of the distribution of oil revenues is at the centre of Nigeria's political life. For decades Nigerians living in the south (mainly Christians) where most of the oil fields are situated, h ...
4 September 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria will reform its oil sector: “We want to create a company which is competitive abroad ”
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - General restructuring of Nigeria's oil section will follow the approval by the federal government of a National Gas and Oil Policy.
On the basis of the new plan the Nigerian National Petroleum C ...
3 September 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, the White Sisters, celebrate 100 years of fruitful in Kenya
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a tribute to all the Sisters who worked in Kenya, who taught, nursed and were present in many vital and creative ways” writes Sr Maggi Kennedy of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady o ...
3 September 2007
AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes between Arab tribes in western Sudan region of Darfur, where UN Secretary General is to visit today
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Darfur becomes more complicated just as international diplomacy intensifies efforts to find a solution. The Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation, Ban Ki-moon will ...
27 July 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “The situation is tense, but it is important to keep calm and not throw fuel on the fire” says local source with regard to situation in east Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “ The situation is tense but it is important not throw fuel on the fire with bellicose declarations or false alarms. It is necessary to work for peace in collaboration with the international c ...
27 July 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Work to build Nigeria's first atomic power plant will start in 2011 which will produce 1.000 megawatt of energy by 2017
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Work to construct Nigeria's first nuclear power plant will start in 2011. This was announced yesterday 26 July by the chairman of the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission Dr Franklin Erepamo Osaisai w ...
26 July 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE- Zimbabwe: as the economy collapses operation to
discredit people who oppose the government continues
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Inflation, drought, unsuccessful government policies continue to worsen the economic situation of Zimbabwe. After enforcing a 50% cut in prices of prime necessities (see Fides 4 and 13 July 2007) ...
26 July 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Good Governance is the priority of my mandate” says new President of the Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa IMBISA
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Lubango in Angola, Bishop Gabriel Mbilingue, has been elected president of the Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa IMBISA taking place in the A ...
25 July 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Echoes of the visit to Angola by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “During Cardinal Ivan Dias' visit to Angola the Angolan people's love for the Church and the Pope was very evident” said a local Church source with regard to the recent visit made by the Prefe ...
25 July 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Niger Delta: lethal mix of petroleum, arms and drugs, (en route for Europe)
Port Harcourt (Agenzia Fides)- Arms and drugs. This lethal combination, added to the problem of unequal distribution of local oil proceeds, is throwing into chaos and anarchy the Niger Delta region where most of Nigeria' ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic parish in east Congo works to rehabilitate child soldiers
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Congo has numerous former child-soldiers in need of help to find their place in society. In Bunyuka in the east of Democratic Congo where the problem is especially felt, a local Catholic parish ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Stigmatine Fathers mark forty years of service in parishes, youth centres, schools, healthcare and radio
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Forty years ago on 22 October 1967, the first two Italian Stigmatine Fathers Fr. Oscar Zamburlini and Fr. Alberto Fontana arrived in Abidjan at the request of Bishop Yago to take over the pastor ...
24 July 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ends visit to Angola. “It was an opportunity to demonstrate the excellent relations which exist between state and Church and to strengthen the local Catholic community's spiritual closeness with the Pope ” said a local Church source
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “Cardinal Dias' visit to Angola was closely covered by the local press and television: this showed how in Angola the Church is close to the people” a local Church source told Fides from Luanda ...
23 July 2007
AFRICA/MOROCCO - Important achievements for two Catholic schools celebrating 70th and 75th anniversaries
Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic schools in Morocco are celebrating important 70th and 75th anniversaries this year.
La Saadia Catholic School in Marrakech was opened 75 years ago in 1932 by the Sisters of Our ...
20 July 2007
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President and Bishops discuss state/Church collaboration
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- State/Church collaboration was the focus of a meeting on 12 July between the Catholic Bishops of Zambia and the Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa.
In a statement sent Fides the president of the B ...
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