Africa
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2 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - In ever greater numbers Togolese flee the country: at least 10,000 now in Benin and 4,000 in Ghana
Lome (Fides Service)- “The situation at the moment appears calm but the city is patrolled by the army which still has road blocks on all main roads. Few people venture onto the streets or go to work” said local Churc ...
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30 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Will Togo be another Rwanda? International community must shoulder its responsibilities” say local Church sources
Lome (Fides Service)- “We are on the edge of a volcano like Rwanda in 1994. Why does the international community not intervene before it is too late” local Church sources in Togo told Fides. “Each one must shoulder ...
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30 April 2005
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Fines for parents who stop children from going to school
Rome (Fides Service) - In a Sierra Leone where more than half the population lives on less than a dollar a day the government has said that parents who refuse to let their children attend school may be fined 80 dollars.
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30 April 2005
AFRICA/NIGER - Food emergency: number of people admitted to hospital three times as many than in previous years
Rome (Fides Service) - Following the worsening of a serious situation of malnutrition in Niger, Doctors without Frontiers has intensified its assistance people in the most effected areas. The number of underfed children ...
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30 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Thousands of refugees in Benin: warning from UN High Commission for Refugees
Rome (Fides Service)- According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR there are 5,754 refugees in Benin, over 600 in Ghana coming from Togo.
Next week UNHCR will end an emergency team of 3 to Benin ...
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29 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Information freeze in Togo: main Catholic Radio Maria forced to stop broadcasts
Lome (Fides Service)- “Even Radio Maria, the country’s main Catholic radio station, has been told to suspend its programmes” local Church sources said describing the information freeze imposed by the army in Togo. ...
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29 April 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In their first plenary assembly this year the Catholic Bishops of Mozambique reflect on formation of priests and the celebration of the Eucharist
Maputo (Fides Service) -“The death of Pope John Paul II happened while we were in Maputo for the first Plenary Assembly this year” the Bishops of Mozambique wrote in a statement issued at the end of the meeting. “W ...
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29 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Concern for elections in Democratic Congo scheduled for late June
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “According to the available information it will be almost impossible for the planned elections to take place on 30 June” a local network “Peace for Congo”, whose members are missionarie ...
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28 April 2005
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - “the citizen should have in mind in his/her personal choice is the common good of the nation before any other motivation” say Bishops of Ethiopia in view of elections on 15 May
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- Freedom of conscience, respect for life, freedom of religion and respect for human rights were among the ethical values underlined by the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia in a message in view of ...
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28 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - People of Togo call for firm intervention by international community
Lome (Fides Service)- “Police road blocks and barricades erected by the young protesters are still in place” said local sources in Lome, capital Togo, on the brink of civil war after the announcement that Faure Gnas ...
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28 April 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - President holds out hand to main Opposition leader: turning point in the crisis but not over yet
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “This is another important step towards solving the crisis” said Fides sources with regard to the decision of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to allow main Opposition leader Alessandre Ouatt ...
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27 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UNHCR starts repatriation of 58,000 refugees from Congo Republic to Democratic Congo, Equateur province
Rome (Fides Service) - At the moment, the province of Equateur is the only one in Democratic Congo where the United Nations High Commission for Refugees is assisting the repatriation process of refugees. In the past two ...
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27 April 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - Villages torched in Darfur, growing fear among the homeless. UN High Commission for Refugees sounds the alarm
Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has expressed serious concern for new cases of burned abandoned villages in Darfur to discourage the villagers to return home.
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26 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - “Moderate optimism after agreement to form national unity government” say Fides sources
Lome (Fides Service)- “People are beginning to go out into the streets more confident that life is returning to normal” local Church sources in Togo told Fides. Togo is living a serious political crisis with presiden ...
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26 April 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - A missionary in northern Uganda tells the tragic tale of girl soldiers
Gulu (Fides Service)- “Every day we live the tragedy of little girls abducted by rebels” said Comboni missionary Fr Tarcisio Pazzaglia in northern Uganda where the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army Uganda are no ...
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