Africa
16 March 2006
AFRICA/CHAD - Internal strife in the president’s clan and external influence at the origin of coup attempt
N’Djamena (Fides Service)- “The situation is calm, traffic is normal and people have gone to work as usual today. But the apparent calm hides deep concern for the future” say local Church sources in N’Djamena, ca ...
16 March 2006
AFRICA/MALAWI - Political and institutional crisis ever more complicated involving Constitutional Court
Lilongwe (Fides)- “The last move in the battle between the president and vice president might appear ridiculous but it is true ” said a missionary who has worked for years in Malawi, a country suffering from months o ...
15 March 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference plenary assembly vows to “Restore hope with the truth”
Abuja (Fides Service)- “As shepherds of the People of God in our land we are called to bear witness to Christian hope. Hope is the gift God gave mankind when Jesus Christ triumphed over death” the Catholics Bishops o ...
14 March 2006
AFRICA - Measles major killer of children in developing countries: 48% drop in lethal cases in last six years
Rome (Fides Service) - Thanks to a vast vaccination campaign between 1999 and 2004 the number of deaths caused by measles has been halved.
The number of deaths caused by measles dropped 48% from 871,000 in 1999 to 454, ...
14 March 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - “Humanitarian cease fire” urgently needed in Darfur where people continue to die of war, hunger and hardship
Khartoum (Fides Service) - African Union negotiators at peace talks for Darfur taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, have said there is urgent need of a “Humanitarian cease fire” in Darfur where people continue to die of w ...
13 March 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - UN Mission investigates situation in local Children’s Homes
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The question of orphanages must be considered with the general situation of the country still struggling with the consequences of civil war” says Fr. Mauro Armanino of the Society for Afric ...
13 March 2006
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Geared for the future: Stigmatine mission in Ivory Coast
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The suffering of people here increases with each passing day: all they ask for is to live and have the joy of expressing wonder for the marvellous events of every day life” says Fr Lino Poff ...
10 March 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Every day more than 250 refugees return to Liberia
Monrovia (Fides Service)- In February the programme for voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees in west African countries organised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR topped the 50,000 mark with ...
10 March 2006
AFRICA/MALAWI - Sad “Day for Women’s Rights” unimaginable domestic violence
Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “We celebrated the Day for Women’s Rights one day later because on March 8 the diocese commemorated Bishop Bishop Luciano Nervi (see Fides 6 May 2005)” said Fr. Giorgio Gamba Italian Monf ...
10 March 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Increasing pressure for UN peace-keepers to Darfur. Today African Union decides whether to hand control to UN
Khartoum (Fides Service)- This morning the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, meeting at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, will decide whether or not to hand control of the Darfur region ...
9 March 2006
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Etsou asks Catholics to support Kinshasa Catholic Radio and Television project: valuable and powerful means for necessary new evangelisation
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou has said that the country has urgent need of a Catholic Radio and Television station to face the present crisis in values, growing relativis ...
9 March 2006
AFRICA/GHANA - St. Joseph Knowledge Centre Jirapa for development in Sahalian territory
Rome (Fides) - Jirapa is a town in Upper West Region of Ghana near the border with Burkina Faso. In 1929 the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary built an orphanage here. The orphanage still exists but in terrible conditions. ...
8 March 2006
AFRICA/CHAD - Refugees from Sudan and Central African Republic
N’Djamena (Fides Service) - People continue to cross the insecure border which separates Chad from Sudan: every day between 100 and 125 more Sudanese refugees arrive at Gaga camp in east Chad. The United Nations High C ...
8 March 2006
AFRICA/BURUNDI - President Nkurunziza denounces a plot to destabilise the country’s institutions
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “More than alarm the President’s words gave rise to perplexity in public opinion and the international community” say local Church sources after President Pierre Nkurunziza denounced the ...
8 March 2006
AFRICA - Women can play an active part in running refugee camps, improving conditions and solving problems
Rome (Fides Service)- Women refugees can be community leaders and offer fundamental help to solve specific community problems the Jesuit Refugees Service said in a statement issued today 8 March, UN International Day for ...
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