Africa
21 September 2006
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Calendar of second round of elections. United Nations urges presidency candidates to come to agreement to avoid fresh violence
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Independent Electoral Commission has issued the calendar for the second round of presidential and provincial elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Commission also established th ...
20 September 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Family, social peace and political situation focus of Catholic Bishops' 2nd Plenary Assembly
Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “The Catholic bishops of in Nigeria have set aside the second week of August every year as the Family Week to be observed by all faithful in the country. The Family Week will celebrate “the inv ...
18 September 2006
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “I used to pull her leg a lot. Sister Leonella was of robust build but I always said her heart was far bigger than her bulk”: Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu recalls Italian missionary Sister murdered in Somalia
Djibouti (Agenzia Fides)- “I used to pull her leg a lot. Sister Leonella was of robust build but I always told her that her heart was far bigger than her bulk. And it was true: although not in good health, Sr Leonella ...
18 September 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Agenda for United Nations General assembly includes travailed Darfur region
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- An aide to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir has hinted that Sudan may accept the extension of the UN peace mission in during a meeting for African foreign ministers today 18 September in N ...
16 September 2006
AFRICA - Central Africa’s enormous potential for electrical power yet to be exploited
Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides)- The Central African Power Pool CAPP which co-ordinates the development of power in this region has yet to reach important results. Mr Jonas Ibomb, an electrical engineer in Congo told DIA new ...
15 September 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - “Not only traditional beaches and safaris: tourism in Kenya is evolving, involving local communities
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in Geneva Switzerland.
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14 September 2006
AFRICA - The Catholic Church present among Muslims: African bishops in Rome for the Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples share experience
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “Our local Catholic community still depends on the solidarity of the universal Church. In the Sahara region and all over Algeria, most Catholics are foreigners. This is why the universal Church ta ...
14 September 2006
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Too many weapons still in circulation”: warns International Monitoring Committee
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila and vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, candidates in a second round of presidential elections met yesterday 13 September for a two hour ...
13 September 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN -International community alarm for Darfur: massacre of civilians continues
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “I saw Sudanese Antonov preparing for an attack. It reminded me of the situation in 2003. The message is clear: there will be attacks on civilians and civilian zones” said European Union spe ...
12 September 2006
AFRICA/UGANDA - “Steps forward have been made: peace is possible” says S. Egidio mediator for northern Uganda
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “I think they are at last on the path to peace. It must be said that the southern-Sudan government has made a fundamental contribution to restoring peace in northern Uganda” Fides was told by ...
11 September 2006
AFRICA/CHAD - Jesuit Refugee Service resumes operations in Chad to help refugees from Darfur
N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - This month Mateo Aguirre SJ, director of JRS West Africa with Joaquín Ciervide SJ, new director of JRS Chad, will reopen the regional office of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in eastern C ...
11 September 2006
AFRICA - “Africa: are we the next target for terrorism?”… African leaders wonder five years since the September 11th attacks
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Five years after the tragic events of that dramatic Tuesday in the skies of the United States, Africa is also beginning to come to terms with international terrorism. Terrorism which chose Africa ...
9 September 2006
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “The number of people seeking hospital treatment for intoxication symptoms has not diminished” says a missionary in Abidjan: toxic waste nightmare continues
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “The number of people seeking hospital treatment for intoxication symptoms has not diminished”. For the moment street protests have stopped, but people are demanding free medicines to treat t ...
8 September 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - Local Church drafts plan to stop violent cattle raids
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Only sustained mediation and development - not the use of force by State security personnel - can restore peace among traditionally hostile herding communities in Kenya’s Rift Valley Provinc ...
8 September 2006
AFRICA/MALAWI - Popular national singer caught in political crisis
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Malawi has hit even one of the country’s most popular singers Lucius Banda, now an Oppostion MP. “It was meant to be a joke he could have taken an English language te ...
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