Africa
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7 July 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The international community has made praiseworthy efforts to restore peace and promote democracy in Burundi, now it must support development
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “New and promising scenes appear after the victory in the elections of the National Council for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD)” said local sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi afte ...
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6 July 2005
AFRICA/CHAD - The start of the rain season may prevent 10,000 refugees in central Africa from receiving assistance warns United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR
Rome (Fides Service)- In southern Chad operators of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR are urging the competent authorities to transfer about 10,000 refugees who fled here from the Central African Repu ...
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6 July 2005
AFRICA/NIGER - “Thanks to international aid Niger is coping with a serious food shortage” Archbishop Michel Christian Cartateguy of Niamey told Fides
Niamey (Fides Service)- “At last international aid is helping to alleviate the suffering of the people of Niger” said Archbishop Michel Christian Cartateguy of Niamey, capital of Niger battling with a serious food sh ...
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6 July 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Tragic consequences of operation “restore order” presented to UN and AU representatives in a report by the Peace and Justice Commission Commissione of the Jesuits in Zimbabwe
Harare (Fides Service)- “Hundreds of thousands of people have no shelter. Children are deprived of education. The lives and security of the homeless are at risk”. This was the opening statement of a report issued by ...
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5 July 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Legislative elections: former Hutu rebel groups expected to win
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- The former Hutu rebel group National Council for the Defence of Democracy- Forces for the Defence of Democracy CNDD-FDD is in the lead as votes are counted after yesterday’s election (see Fid ...
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5 July 2005
AFRICA - G8: “Greater justice is the only path for peace. We welcome the cancellation of debts and promise of more aid for development, but African leaders must vow to invest these resources for the good of their people” the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo told Fides
Kisangani (Fides Service)- “African nations have the right and the duty to request the cancellation of debts and we must not lose this breakthrough opportunity represented by the Plan put forward by British Premier Bla ...
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5 July 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Massive Operation to resume control of Walungu and Kabare in South Kivu estern Democratic Congo where civiilans are massacred by armed militia
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “This at last could be a turning point for Walungu and Kabare. Unfortunately the use of violence also means innocent people are killed but the situation in those areas is such that there was no ...
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4 July 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundians vote to renew parliament. “These elections mark a turning point in the history of Burundi”
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “At the moment the situation is calm no incidents have been reported” said local sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi where legislative elections began today 4 July. “Following local ...
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4 July 2005
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Vicar Apostolic of Francistown (Botswana), told Fides about the present situation in Botswana
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During a recent visit to the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Bishop Frank Nubuasah, SVD, Vicar Apostolic of Francistown (Botswana), told Fides about the present situation in ...
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1 July 2005
AFRICA - “Natural law must be respected” three African bishops the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Senegal, the archbishop of Nairobi and the archbishop of Gulu, say with regard to the law on same sex marriage approved by the Spanish parliament
Rome (Fides Service)- “I learn with sadness and concern that Spain has approved a law to equal same sex unions to marriage” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, northern Uganda, told Fides with regard to the law le ...
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28 June 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Several killed or injured in disorder following results of first round presidential elections:. “local police unable to control demonstrations without having recourse to lethal force still uses Stalinist methods”
Bissau (Fides Service)- A local observer in Bissau capital of Guinea Bissau has accused the Party for Social Renewal PSR of former president Kumba Yala of “schizophrenic behaviour.” Kumba Jala came third in president ...
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28 June 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Yesterday’s strike was a sign of serious social unrest caused by widespread unemployment” Communications’ office of the Southern African Bishops’ Conference told Fides
Johannesburg (Fides Service)- “Yesterday’s strike was a sign of serious social unrest and a situation which threatens to explode” Italian Comboni missionary Fr Efrem Tresoldi, communications officer of the SACBC (S ...
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27 June 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The family of the local Church in Burkina welcomes new deacons including five Camillian Brothers
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - June 23 and 24 were important days for the family of the Church in Burkina, the local community of Camillian Brothers in particular.
In fact those were the days chosen by the Superiors of ...
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27 June 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference welcomes G8 promise to cancel debts of poor countries
Pretoria (Fides Service)- Commenting on the latest move by the G8 countries, the spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference SACBC, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale said, “Debt cancellation is a respon ...
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23 June 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Probable run-off between former Presidents Malam Bacai Sanha and Joao Bernardo Vieira
Bissau (Fides Service)- There will probably be a run-off between Malam Bacai Sanha and Joao Bernardo Vieira considering the results, not final, after a first round of presidential elections on Sunday 19 June in Guinea Bi ...
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