Africa
26 June 2006
AFRICA - Sierra Leone and Burundi first countries to benefit from UN development programme to consolidate peace
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Civil war can be stopped. Burundi and Sierra Leone were the countries chosen to benefit from a development programme promoted by the United Nations newly formed Peacebuilding Commission charged wi ...
23 June 2006
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouagadougou Seminary celebrates ordination of 22 deacons, and institution of 36 readers and 26 acolytes from Burkina, Niger and Mali
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 June at St John Baptist Seminary in Ouagadougou, 22 young men, including two Camillians and two Redemptorists, were ordained deacons; another 36 seminarians including 6 Camillians were ...
23 June 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Sudanese government and one guerrilla group to guarantee security in Darfur. With regard to the sending of an international peace force to the region talks continue.
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- An international peace force cannot be sent to the west Sudan region Darfur where civil war has raged for years without the consensus of the Sudanese government, said United Nations’ vice secr ...
23 June 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Basic education for all: UN World Food Programme to build 25 new schools in southern Sudan
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The UN World Food Programme plans to build 25 new schools in southern Sudan where the rate of primary school attendance is one of the lowest in the world. The schools are part of a project worth 3 ...
23 June 2006
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Reciprocal recognition between Somali government and Islamic Courts which control most of the country
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- An agreement reached between the Islamic Courts and the transition government of Somalia foresees a treaty and reciprocal recognition.
The agreement - said agreement mediator Arab League gene ...
21 June 2006
AFRICA/BURUNDI - From child soldiers to child prisoners: the plight of former child soldiers enlisted by National Liberation Forces now in prison
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - A recent Human Rights Watch report said that instead of rehabilitating child soldiers the Burundian government lets them languish in prison. These children were forcefully enlisted by the Nati ...
21 June 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - AIDS pandemic focus of two important meetings in Kenya
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- A workshop on AIDS 21 - 24 June organised by the Symposium of the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) opened today in Nairobi, capital of Kenya at Catholic Universit ...
20 June 2006
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Islamic Courts are a constitutive element of Somali society. Their power has still to be deciphered
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “It is difficult to say whether interests connected with international fundamentalism are behind the Islamic Courts which have taken power in a greater part of Somalia” say local Church so ...
19 June 2006
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO- Congo votes: commitment of Catholic Church in Butembo, east Democratic Republic of Congo
Butembo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo one of the principal actions of diocesan co-ordination in Butembo (east Democratic Congo) on the part of CARTEC (Catholic ...
19 June 2006
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Church sources in Burundi after the settlement reached by government and rebels
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Catholic sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where there is some disappointment after the government and FNL rebels signed ...
17 June 2006
AFRICA/BENIN - Pontifical Mission Societies ever better known in dioceses of Benin: annual meeting of PMS diocesan directors
Dassa (Agenzia Fides) - From 30 May to June 2 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Benin gathered near the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace at Arigbo of Dassa, for their annual meeting presided by the Nat ...
16 June 2006
AFRICA/TOGO - “May the Youth Cross be a sign of peace and hope for all the people of Togo” says Archbishop Lome, as he welcomes the World Youth Day Cross on its pilgrimage across Africa
Lome (Agenzia Fides)- “We welcome with open hearts and arms the World Youth Day Cross Christ, may it take root in our cultures, traditions and society so the people of Togo realise they are brothers and sisters who can ...
14 June 2006
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - In July an International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests
Durban (Agenzia Fides)- An International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests (SACOP) will take place at the Edgewood Campus of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal from 10-14 July 2006. ...
14 June 2006
AFRICA - Nigeria and Cameroon end dispute over control of Bakassi peninsula rich in gas and oil
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Nigeria and Cameroon has reached an agreement which ends a long dispute over control of Bakassi peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea rich in reserves of oil and gas. With the agreement, reached with the ...
13 June 2006
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Nine new members of the Sisters of Notre Dame du Lac Bam make perpetual profession
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 10 June the Community of the Sisters of Notre Dame du Lac Bam welcomed 9 new members who made their perpetual vows. The Mass was celebrated at the parish of Bam in the diocese Ou ...
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