Africa
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25 February 2005
AFRICA/EGYPT - “Muslims follow the condition of Pope John Paul II’s health with affection and concern” a missionary in Cairo tells Fides
Cairo (Fides Service)- “Muslims in Egypt are showing concern for the health of Pope John Paul II whom they sincerely respect and admire” Italian Comboni missionary Giuseppe Scattolin an expert on Islam told Fides fro ...
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24 February 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - On mission in Africa with the charisma of don Luigi Giussani. Testimonial from Fr Alfonso Poppi, missionary of St Charles Boromeo Fraternity
Rome (Fides Service) - “My friendship with Jemina, a young mother suffering from AIDS, grew even deeper after the terrible disease robbed of her husband and her little boy. When she too was close to death I baptised he ...
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23 February 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Nyeri central Kenya welcomes back the earthly remains of its founder and first Bishop an Italian Consolata missionary
Nyeri (Fides Service) - On February 21 February the Church in Nyeri, central Kenya, welcomed back the earthly remains of its founder, Italian Consolata missionary Fr Filippo Perlo. Father Perlo was 29 years old when he ...
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22 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - More than 10,000 escape fighting in north east Congo taking refuge in Uganda
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- More than 10,000 people have fled from Congo to Uganda since the a new outbreak of fighting between tribal guerrillas and former rebels in the north eastern part of Democratic Congo. The refugee ...
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22 February 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - 3 die of hunger in camp for former rebel soldiers in Burundi
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Three former rebel soldiers died of hunger in a camp for former rebel militia in north east Burundi. The news was reported by the Burundian army chief of staff.
“The members of the FDD (For ...
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22 February 2005
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “More financial transparency or aid will stop”: World Bank issues stern warning to Liberia’s interim government
Monrovia (Fides Service)- The World Bank issued a serious warning to Liberia to take steps to prevent corruption and show more financial transparency. This emerged after a visit to Monrovia by Shengman Zhang World Bank m ...
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22 February 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - Government cease fire expires today but “negotiations continue” says Internal Minister
Kampala (Fides Service) - The government’s cease fire with the Lord’s Resistance Army LRA rebels in northern Uganda ends today, (see Fides 17 February 2005). However a government spokesman said talks with the guerril ...
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22 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - For the first time in 9 years 50,000 mothers take to the streets to celebrate international Women’s Day in a city for years at the centre of a conflict whose principal victims were women of all ages
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “At last after 9 years, yesterday 8 March, women were free to celebrate international Women’s Day in the streets” said Xaverian missionary Fr. Luigi Lo Stocco, director of Radio Maria Malia ...
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21 February 2005
AFRICA - New look for United Nations Security Council: Africa wants to have its say
Mbamane (Fides Service) - Foreign ministers of 15 African countries are discussing how Africa can have more weight in the reform of the United Nations Security Council. The ministers, gathered in Mbamane, Swaziland for a ...
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21 February 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - 32 countries invited to send observers for March elections in Zimbabwe
Harare (Fides Service)- Observers from 32 countries will monitor legislative elections on 31 March in Zimbabwe. The news was announced by Zimbabwe’s foreign minister Stan Mudenge. The minister said President Robert Mu ...
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21 February 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Togolese parliament holds special session: are we nearing a turning point in the crisis?
Lome (Fides Service)- There is expectancy in Togo for the outcome of a special session of the National Assembly convoked today 21 February by deputy speaker Abbas Banfo. On the agenda changes to articles in the Constitut ...
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21 February 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - Heritage of war in southern Sudan: 4 million displaced persons and more than 500,000 refugees neighbouring countries
Rome (Fides Service)- The week long mission of deputy High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees Mrs Wendy Chamberlin to southern Sudan, Uganda and Kenya to assess the enormous needs in southern Sudan for the r ...
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18 February 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - “We have inherited 20 years of war and 2 million dead” Pastoral Letter from Catholic Bishops of Sudan
Khartoum (Fides Service) - “True peace is much more than the absence of war - the Catholic Bishops of Sudan wrote in a Pastoral Letter issued on the occasion of the recent Peace Agreement which ended civil strife in so ...
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18 February 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - “Unemployment, illiteracy, clashes among 22 different ethnic groups are main obstacles for evangelisation” says Bishop Naameh of Damongo diocese in northern Ghana
Accra (Fides Service)- “The presence of 22 different ethnic groups in our diocese is a problem but it is also a reason for hope for the future” Bishop Philip Naameh of Damongo diocese in northern Ghana told Fides. ...
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17 February 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Italian Capuchins in Venice celebrate 100 birthday of most senior confrere in the world. Testimonial of a life given for Africa
Rome (Fides Service) - On February 12 the Capuchin community in Conegliano nel Veneto celebrated the 100 birthday of Father Alberto Bertoldo, the most senior Capuchin in the world. “Father Alberto wins hearts with his ...
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