Africa

• 7 December 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE -Catholic Bishops concerned about spreading violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Mozambique warn that a “climate of violence is spreading across the country from the cities to the more remote areas of the country with banditry, attacks by armed gangs, ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA -Fourth National Mission Congress Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Catholics from all over Kenya have gathered in Nairobi for the 4th National Mission Congress. “We are about seventy, priests, diocesan and religious, women religious and lay people from all the ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - President Kabila takes office. What challenges does he face? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila Democratic Congo’s first democratically elected president sworn in today. The new head of state will have to tackle difficult problems. He will have to consolidate peace in a c ...
• 6 December 2006
  AFRICA/R.D. CONGO - Catholic Bishops call for national reconciliation, an act of clemency for political prisoners and an international fund for reconstruction of war torn Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) -“Now the elections are over the most urgent problem is national reconciliation and respect for democratic opposition” the Catholic Bishops of Congo said in an appeal launched today as the ne ...
• 5 December 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Italian missionary Fr. Eugenio Cucchi 34 years of mission in Malawi moves to new mission in Democratic Congo Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 December the community of Monfort missionaries in Lilongwe said goodbye to Superior Fr. Eugenio Cucchi 34 years of service in Malawi who was leaving for a new mission in the Democratic Re ...
• 5 December 2006
  AFRICA/BENIN - “Putting Children at the Centre of Advent”: Pastoral Letter from Bishop of Natitingou Natitingou (Agenzia Fides) - Children are the centre of a reflection on Advent in a Pastoral Letter “Christmas: popular religiosity and the future of our children”, issued by Bishop Pascal N’Koué of the diocese of ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO -Rwandan refugee among first ordinations in the apostolic prefecture of Likouala Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides)- A sign of the unity of the Church in Africa. This was how parishioners saw the ordination as Deacon of Rwandan refugee Celestin Ndagijimana, in Saint-Paul d'Impfondo Church in the apostolic p ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA - Africa and south America south-south partnership to tackle global challenges Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- South-South Partnership for Development for more presence of African and South American countries on the international scene and to reinforce resistance to pressure from western states. This emer ...
• 4 December 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Presidential elections: outgoing president Ravalomanana in the lead, official results for Christmas Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - “The voting took place without incidents, but there were difficulties with regard to mistakes in lists of voters and voting papers” Fides learned from local sources in Antananarivo, c ...
• 29 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Large numbers of faithful gather for inauguration of Kibeho Jubilee Year to mark 25 years since the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kibeho (Fides Service) - “Our Lady of Kibeho is a beacon of hope, a light for all Africa and the world. This is demonstrated by the fact that 10,000 people braved torrential rain to take part in the ceremony to open th ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya Vision 2030”: long term development programme to make Kenya an economic power Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “A strategic plan to outline key interventions at the social and economic level and establish the order and responsibilities of the interventions” said Kenya’s Planning Minister Henry Obwoc ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN peacekeepers intervene against rebel military in the east. Expectancy for Supreme Court verdict defeated presidential candidate’s appeal Goma (Agenzia Fides)- MONUC peacekeepers of the United Nations mission Democratic Congo intervened this morning, 27 November, against military dissidents in Sake, 20 km from Goma, in eastern Kivu region. The UN troops su ...
• 22 November 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - ‘We appreciate the democratic progress made in our countries’ say Bishops Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Satisfaction for progress achieved at the social and political level in central African countries was expressed by the Standing Council of the Association of Central African Bishops’ Conferen ...
• 18 November 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Tension in Antananarivo after a night of shooting. Fides first hand chronicle Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in Madagascar is uncertain after a night of gunfire in the capital in the early hours of the morning Saturday 18 November near Ivato Military Base adjacent to Antananarivo airp ...
• 14 November 2006
  AFRICA -‘Three Border’ crisis at the centre of international attention: Darfur conflict could spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The Darfur crisis threatens to spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic. Developments in recent weeks are not encouraging: Chad declared a state of emergency after civilians in the ...