Africa

• 8 September 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Popular national singer caught in political crisis Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Malawi has hit even one of the country’s most popular singers Lucius Banda, now an Oppostion MP. “It was meant to be a joke he could have taken an English language te ...
• 8 September 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Alarm for high mortality rate in one of the richest countries of Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Angola has the highest infant mortality rate in Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. According to the annual report of the United Nations Population Fund the infant death rate in Angola is 133 ...
• 7 September 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE -Expectation with regard to new executive body after toxic waste ship scandal caused previous one to resign Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Everyone is waiting to see whose in the next government, the list is due to be made public this afternoon” Fides learned from a Catholic source in Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA -UNHCR assisted repatriation of Liberian refugees from the Guinea region of Kissidougou has been completed Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- The last convoy voluntary repatriation programme for Liberian refugees in the Kissidougou region of Guinea organised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has reached its desti ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Italian Education Science students get Summer experience in Kenya with Comboni organisation AMANI Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eight students of Education Science at the Catholic University of Rome, spent a Summer period of experience in a district of the city of Nairobi, where their shared daily life with a group of child ...
• 6 September 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Country searching for a solution, elections postponed until October: what is needed is courage and decision in seeking a true and just peace” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “The political path of Côte d'Ivoire is mapped out until late October when there will be elections, postponed for the umpteenth time. This postponement opened a debate on what direction to tak ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa call for “more attention for psychological and spiritual treatment of AIDS orphans” Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - During their recent Plenary Assembly in August the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa voiced deep concern for the situation of AIDS orphans. “It is not only a questions of funds” the Bish ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Let’s hope cancellation of debts brings a new beginning because the economic situation is truly stagnant” says a Catholic missionary in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “News long awaited, Malawi’s foreign debt to be cancelled at last!” Malawi’s press titled on 2 September announcing the news of a 90% remission of the country’s foreign debt. “The am ...
• 5 September 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Voters’ will must be respected” say leaders of the main religious confessions in D. R. Congo who call on the people not to listen to those who try to spread hatred Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is still waiting to hear the results of elections held on 30 July. After clashes last week between troops loyal to outgoing president, Joseph Kabila and troops ...
• 1 September 2006
  AFRICA But still it moves! Not only Europe and the USA, also Latin America, Russia and Asia in Africa for business Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa for centuries economically tied to Europe and later with North America is spreading its economic connections to other parts of the world. These changes are due to new relations of economic po ...
• 31 August 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Caritas programme to rehabilitate thousands of former combatants in north east Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Over a thousand former guerrillas belonging to the disbanded military wing of UNITA (National Union for Total Independence of Angola) are benefiting from an agricultural development programme run ...
• 31 August 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Political tensions in Burundi. “A waste of time and resources, the real needs of the country must be addressed” says local Catholic church source Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “It is difficult to establish the truth of events, prudence is necessary. However the situation in our country is not easy” a local Catholic source in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Fi ...
• 30 August 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Patient mediation finally led to agreement between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army militia” says Fabio Riccardi, S. Egidio Community representative on the mediator team Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “The agreement was reached after a series of talks during which the mediator team managed to bring the parties to move to closer positions” Fides was told by Fabio Riccardi, who represented S ...
• 30 August 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The belief that ancestors are endowed with supernatural powers borders on idolatry” say Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa Cape Town (Agenzia Fides)- “We notice with a measure of concern, that many African Christians, during difficult moments in their lives, resort to practices of the traditional religion” the Catholic Bishops of Souther ...
• 29 August 2006
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - At least 118,000 affected by serious flooding in Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides)- The United Nations World Food Programme warns that least 118,000 people have been affected by exceptionally serious floods in vast areas of Ethiopia over the past few weeks. The humanitarian ...