Africa
3 June 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Land dispute sets fire to west Côte d'Ivoire. Christian forgiveness is the only path to peace
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “This is a tribal conflict triggered by land claims” said a local source in Côte d'Ivoire where the death toll resulting from violence in the western region of Duékoué, continues to rise ( ...
3 June 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Local elections: “An important test for the future of our democracy”. Tension, shooting and possible intimidation, hand grenade explosion kills voter at polling station
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “These local elections are a fundamental test for the electoral process which will culminate with presidential elections at the end of the Summer” a local source told Fides with regard to ...
2 June 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Fides hears missionary’s tragic story of massacres in western Côte d'Ivoire: “We have opened our mission to shelter some 12,000 men, women and children running for their lives”
Duekoue (Fides Service)- “I witnessed terrible scenes, at least 41 poor bodies abandoned in the middle of the road and no one to bury them” said a Catholic missionary in Duekoue western Côte d'Ivoire where during th ...
2 June 2005
AFRICA/BENIN - Four wards, two rooms for medical staff, two store rooms for medicines and food: Camillians hope to open new hospital for people suffering from AIDS
Davougon (Fides Service) - The Camillan community in Davougon, Benin, said that if the promised funds arrive it hopes to open a new hospital for people with AIDS before the end of the year. The new Centre will have four ...
2 June 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - After last year’s severe drought now heavy rains threaten people in southern Sudan with serious food shortage Catholic Bishop of El Obeid told Fides
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “Water is not lacking. On the contrary we have had too much and too fast. The soil has no time to absorb it all and remains paradoxically dry” Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid told Fides ...
1 June 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - The tragedy of AIDS central theme at 15th Plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Eastern Africa opening today in Uganda
Kampala ( Fides Service)- The 15th plenary assembly of the Association of Member Bishops Conferences of Eastern Africa AMECEA opens today at Mukono, near Kampala, capital of Uganda. The theme of the meeting is “Meeting ...
1 June 2005
AFRICA/SOMALIA - War Lords want to condition installation of new Somali government
Mogadishu (Fides Service)- The government of Somalia says it will return from exile despite violence in recent days in the south western town of Baidoa chosen as the temporary headquarters of the new executive. The news ...
31 May 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “Thank you Holy Father for your encouragement. We confirm our commitment to work for peace in our country” the Bishops of Burundi said at the end of their Ad Limina visit
Rome (Fides Service)- At the end of their Ad Limina visit 23 to 28 May, the Catholic Bishops of Burundi issued a statement in which they thank the Holy Father Benedict XVI for his warm welcome, for listening carefully t ...
31 May 2005
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Charles Taylor is only the tip of the iceberg of what is happening here in Liberia” a missionary told Fides
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “Former President Charles Taylor is an example of the situation in Liberia in recent years” Fr Mauro Armanino (Provincial SMA) in Monrovia told Fides. “Although Taylor is wanted by the Uni ...
31 May 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Calm replaces tension of past few days
Bissau (Fides Service)- “At last calm has returned and the electoral process has started again” said local Church sources in locale Bissaucapital of Guinea Bissau where tension rose after former president Kumba Yala ...
30 May 2005
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Premier’s Party declared winner of May 15 elections. But Opposition says battle is not over
Addis Ababa (Fides Service) - The political situation in Ethiopia remains uncertain after the independent electoral commission announced that the May 15 elections had been won by the Party led by Prime Minister Meles Zen ...
30 May 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - While in Zimbabwe the grip of hunger is ever tighter, the government invests in modern technology to close communications frontiers. The opposition calls for solidarity denouncing vexation and violence against the poor. Neighbour countries increasingly affected by food crisis
Harare (Fides Service)- “Make war on poverty rather than on the poor” said representatives of the Christian Churches in Zimbabwe in an appeal in which they joined the opposition and civil society in calling on the go ...
28 May 2005
AFRICA/NIGER - Many more than 4 million lives at stake. Drought and locusts bring on serious food shortage. Niamey diocese calls for help and solidarity
Niamey (Fides Service)- “The situation is more desperate that anyone could imagine and it threatens to become a catastrophe before the world realise what is happening” Fides Mgr Laurent Lompo from Niamey diocese in N ...
28 May 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “For 45 years and the last 15 in particular the people of Congo have suffered because of civil war and serious disorder. We call for violence to stop from which ever side it comes” says President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Congo
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “We call on those responsible to stop all violence” said Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Democratic Congo, calling on the ...
27 May 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Concern in Guinea Bissau after performances of former Presidents Kumba Yala and João Bernardo Viera
Bissau (Fides Service)-“There is apparent calm, but tension remains” said local Church sources in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where the reported occupation of the Presidential Residence by former president Kumba ...
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