Africa

• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola soon a major telematic point in southern Africa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Angola, Namibia and Botswana have started contact to create an optical fibre network among their three countries. On 17 July in Luanda, members of the telecommunications ministries of the three co ...
• 18 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bobo-Dioulasso diocese marks 80th anniversary : “we thank God for the wonders worked in his people” Archbishop says Bobo-Dioulasso (Agenzia Fides)- This year the archdiocese of Bobo -Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso, is marking its 80th anniversary. In the homily during the Mass to close a series of celebrations the Archbishop Paul Y.Oued ...
• 17 July 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Oil threatens to heighten land control dispute in west Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- The discovery of oil in western Uganda could turn land disputes among farmers and herdsmen for the control of the best pastures into more serious incidents in order to lay hands on the black “m ...
• 17 July 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Burundi promotes national reconciliation and peace Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro intends to be the local Catholic Church's voice for new evangelisation and the promotion of peace in Burundi” said Fr. Emmanuel Muyehe, director of Radio Ijwi Ry'Amahoro ...
• 16 July 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Entrust yourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit" Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples addresses missionaries and seminarians in Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his Pastoral Visit to Angola (see Fides 9 July 2007) the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal Ivan Dias, after meeting on 13 July seminarians and miss ...
• 16 July 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - UNHCR starts transfer of 500 Ethiopian refugees to Somalia Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR has begun operations to transfer a group of 500 refugees who fled conflict central in southern Somalia, according to a UNHCR report sent to Fi ...
• 13 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Central Bank Chief criticizes government for enforcing 50% cuts on prices of prime necessities Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The economic and institutional crisis heightens in Zimbabwe where the governor of the Central Bank, Gideon Gono, has harshly criticized the government for refusing to follow his advice on how to a ...
• 13 July 2007
  AFRICA - African Union opens diplomatic mission in Washington: “I wish to represent the new Africa with a vibrant economy” says Madame Ambassador Amina Salum Ali Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bonds between Africa and the United States have been tightened with a new African Union Permanent Mission opened in Washington. Called to head the delegation which represents 53 countries, Ma ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A new Home for girls victims of slave trade Benin City (Agenzia Fides)- “A dream come true! A dream shared by many for many years is at last a reality ” says Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, Consolata Missionary and co-ordinator of the Union of Major Superiors' Office Aga ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Interpol warns: Africa is being invaded by drugs Arusha (Agenzia Fides)- “The global situation of drug trafficking in Africa has become worse in recent years especially with an explosion of cocaine trade between south America and Africa” Jean-Michel Louboutin, exec ...
• 12 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart mark 83 years of spiritual care, healthcare, technical training Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC are marking 83 years of service in Democratic Congo. “These have been eighty three years of fruitful service ” according to the local Catholic news a ...
• 11 July 2007
  AFRICA - New Regional body to coordinate energy policies in Southern Africa Roma (Agenzia Fides)- To cope with rising fuel prices, the countries of southern African have decided to join forces and coordinate their national energy policies. The Southern African Development Community, SADC decided ...
• 11 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Pontifical Mission Societies in Congo issue new vademecum for missionary animation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Democratic is about to issue a handbook on missionary animation to increase awareness among the faithful that all Catholics are called ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Let us prevent more wars and work instead for the development of our country” Catholic Bishops call on all Congolese to shoulder responsibility for building a better Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Democratic Republic of Congo in a message to mark Congo's Independence Day, called for a “great national leap forward and a new mentality to save the country from new d ...
• 10 July 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Southern African countries' plan to save Zimbabwe's economy conditioned to acceptance of talks with Opposition Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern Africa Development Community SADC has launched a plan to save the economy of Zimbabwe by extending the area of the South African Rand to Zimbabwe, stabilise the exchange rate of the ...