Africa

• 19 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We are called to help spread the Gospel”: national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies says in letter for World Mission Sunday Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on the urgency and importance of the Church's missionary activity, still today, 50 years since the Fide Donum Encyclical” Mgr Hypolite Adigwe, ...
• 19 October 2007
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - “Formation for young people, support for families and promotion of social justice: these are our priorities” says President of Catholic Bishops of Congo, in Rome for the ad limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The formation of young people and support for the family are the main concern of the Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo” Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu of Kinkala and President of the Bisho ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Government reshuffle to convince the southern leadership to resume its place in the coalition cabinet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir has approved a cabinet reshuffle, one of the conditions posed by the former Southern Sudan rebels, if they resume their place in the national transit ...
• 18 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We remain united to negotiate a trade system more favourable for poor countries” say India Brazil and South Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- Brazil, India and South Africa have called on developing countries to remain united to form a common front in Doha talks on the future of world. The call was launched by heads of state and gover ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - State of emergency announced in three regions in north east of Chad following clashes in last new days N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides)- Fresh outbreaks of inter-community violence forced the government of Chad to declare a 12 day state of emergency in three north east regions: BET (Borkou, Ennedi, Tibesti) in the north, Ouadd ...
• 17 October 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “We need concrete immediate help, we are a forgotten people” says Catholic Archbishop of Kampala from areas devastated by floods Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- An appeal for more humanitarian aid for flood victims has been launched by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where torrential rains have left thousands homeless ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “We are waiting confidently for the results” say local Church sources after legislative elections Lomé (Agenzia Fides)- “This time the elections were held correctly, without the violence we saw in previous years” say local Catholic Church sources in Lomé, the capital of Togo where legislative elections on Sunda ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Christians and Muslim must work together for the good of the countries in this region” say Catholic English-speaking Bishops of West Africa Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- “Christians and Muslims share a history of good as well as bitter memories. The Christian-Muslim dialogue is one way of recalling together times when communities lived in peace with each other ...
• 16 October 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics culture, GMO scientific research and food security, poverty, HIV/AIDS, justice, human rights, solidarity and respect of life Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) -Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, hosted the 2nd Congress on Bio-ethics 4-6 October organised jointly by the local Catholic Ethics Committee CECA and the Pontifical Academy for Life. The ...
• 15 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria and India intensify economic collaboration with visit by India's Prime Minister Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- Yesterday, 14 October the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja to intensify economic relations between Nigeria e India especially in the field of energy. ...
• 15 October 2007
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Peaceful legislative elections with high number of voters” says Catholic Archbishop of Lome Lome (Agenzia Fides)- “The elections were peaceful and the situation is calm: there is hope for the future” said Archbishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah of Lomé, capital of Togo, where legislative elections were held ...
• 12 October 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Do not forget Southern Sudan. There is not only Darfur” says a missionary after southern Sudan ministers withdraw from national government Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “While then international community focuses on Darfur, they are forgetting Southern Sudan thinking that with the peace agreement in 2005 this region is now paradise on earth! They fail to real ...
• 12 October 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Precarious situation in north Kivu after rebel general Nkunda announced a cessation of hostilities Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- There is a very precarious calm in the east of Democratic del Congo after a unilateral cease fire declaration was made by rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. Although clashes between the army and Nkund ...
• 11 October 2007
  AFRICA - Tourism to boost economies of two African getting over dramatic civil wars Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Two Africa countries, devastated by civil war, are hoping tourism will re-launch their economies. One is Rwanda, which after the civil war and genocide of 1994 is determined to take the path of ec ...
• 11 October 2007
  AFRICA -“Stop Kalashnikov ammunition supplies” a report on wars in Africa which 'burned up' at least 300 billion dollars 1990 and 2005 Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Over 300 billion dollars were lost because of African wars between 1990 and 2005. Billions were diverted from development in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democ ...