Africa
26 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “We continue to preach the Gospel following the example of the first missionaries” at the end of Evangelisation Centenary celebrations Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga speaks to Fides
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of celebrations for the Centenary of Evangelisation in northern Ghana (see Fides 21 and 23 April 2007), Fides spoke with the local Catholic Bishop Lucas Abadamloora who is in charge of ...
25 April 2007
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Horn of Africa, rivalry, extremism and disputed oil, an explosive mixture
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Tension rises in the Horn of Africa where regional rivalry, fundamentalism and interests in real or presumed local oil resources on the part of major world powers, have produced and explosive cockt ...
25 April 2007
AFRICA - Another 2.4 million jobs a year are needed to halve poverty by 2015
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Another 2.4 million new jobs must be created every year in Africa to reach one of the UN's Millennial Development Goals by 2015. This was affirmed in a report by the International Labour Organisatio ...
25 April 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Kindu
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 25 April 2007 appointed Rev. Fr. Willy Ngumbi, M. Afr., Bishop of Kindu (Democratic Republic of Congo), until now the Bishop elect was formator at the ...
24 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elections: disputed victory of outgoing president's party candidate
Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- Umaru Yar'Adua t he candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP led by outgoing President Olusegun Obasanj has been declared the winner of Nigerian presidential elections on 21 April ( ...
24 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “A great celebration for all the people of God” northern Ghana evangelisation centenary comes to a close
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- “Participation in the liturgy was intense and devout” said local sources in the Ghana diocese of Navrongo, where celebrations for the centenary of evangelisation in northern Ghana concluded yes ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “ We thank God for the countless graces he has given northern Ghana in the past hundred years ” says Cardinal Dias, Pope Benedict XVI's Special Envoy to close Celebrations for northern Ghana Evangelisation Centenary
Navrongo (Agenzia Fides)- “Every Jubilee is an opportune occasion to look at the past with gratitude, to the present with joy, to the future with hope” said Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Uncertainty with regard to regularity of presidential and legislative elections in Nigeria
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- While the candidate of the governing PDP People’s Democratic Party Umaru Yar'Adua, appears to be leading in the presidential elections in Nigerian on 21 April, the international community and loc ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Kianda foundation aims for education and social and spiritual promotion of women in Kenya
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 women in Kenya have started a small business, renting mules, running a hairdresser's shop, a clothes making workshop, material shops thanks to TOT project launched by the Kianda Found ...
21 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Cardinal Dias Pope's special envoy to closing celebrations for evangelisation centenary in northern Ghana
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- Monday 23 April will mark the closing of celebrations started on 25 Mary 2006 for the centenary of the evangelisation of northern Ghana. On 23 April 1906 a group of White Fathers (Missionaries of A ...
20 April 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Regional agreement to stop “negative forces” and army offensive against guerrilla groups in southern Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in southern Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), where the regular army and the UN peace keeping mission MONUC have launched a military operation to try to stop the guerrilla ...
18 April 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Catholics pray and fast for national peace
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We are here to pray for peace and to denounce oppression” said the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube during one of two prayer meetings organised last week by the Catholic community o ...
17 April 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christians must be active in politics to promote the Gospel values of honesty, sincerity and justice”: Bishops’ message in view of May elections
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- In a Message in view of elections on 6 May the Catholic Bishops of Burkina Faso warn the people to be careful: “do not let yourselves be misled by demagogic promises of electoral campaigns. ...
13 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Catholic Centre for Nigerian women victims of human trafficking will be ready in July
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- “During my last visit to Nigeria in June 2005, I realised yet again the necessity of a centre to combat human trafficking and help women and minors trapped in this criminal activity ” Consolata ...
12 April 2007
AFRICA/TOGO - Following approval of law on Reproductive Health which envisages abortion in some cases, Catholic bishops reaffirm that every human life must be respected
Lome (Agenzia Fides)- In a message with regard to a law on Reproductive Health passed in parliament on 22 December 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Togo say “this law goes against our conscience as Christians and deserves ...
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