Africa
16 December 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “Discouragement is widespread but all is not lost”: comment from Burundi following postponement of Constitutional revision
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “There is widespread discouragement with regard to the process of transition and this is a dangerous element, but it is important that the sides keep talking rather than having recourse to ar ...
16 December 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Another “creeping war” which has already put 35,000 people to flight: this is eastern Democratic Congo
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Another war is approaching, we can feel it. It will be the third here in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but unlike the others this war is hidden and creeping so as not to draw the attention ...
16 December 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Another cease fire agreement reached for Darfur: but will it be respected?
Khartoum (Fides Service)- There is new hope for peace in the martyred western Sudan region of Darfur after Khartoum agreed yesterday 15 December to cease military operations in the region, paving the way for a resuming o ...
16 December 2004
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Christmas of solidarity: Catholic schools help refugee children from Sudan
Sydney (Fides Service) - Australia’s Catholic schools are organising scholarships and teachers training courses for refugee children and adults from Sudan where thousands are dying of hardship, hunger and disease cause ...
15 December 2004
AFRICA/CHAD - “All is not lost. We are a people of hope and we see signs of a new dawn appearing” the Catholic Bishops of Chad write in a Message for Christmas
N’Djamena ( Fides Service)- “God loves this land of Chad and shows his love through the rich natural resources given to the country: rivers and abundant fish, land and a great variety of fruits, pastures and animals, ...
15 December 2004
AFRICA - Congo, Burundi, Uganda: three Great Lakes region countries in crisis
Rome - (Fides Service)- Three countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region are in the grip of crisis: Democratic Congo, Burundi and Uganda. East Congo has once again been plunged into fear and violence with the arrival of ...
14 December 2004
AFRICA/TUNISIA - St. Augustine African and Universal: Tunis hosts important exhibition on the Bishop of Hippo
Tunis (Fides Service ) - On the occasion of the 1650th anniversary of the birth of St Augustine of Hippo, St Louis Catholic Basilica in Tunis will host an Exhibition on the famous 4th century Bishop of Hippo from 15 Dece ...
14 December 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - “I think the peace agreement for southern Sudan will be postponed to January or February next year” Bishop Gassis of El Obeid told Fides
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “I think the peace agreement for southern Sudan will be postponed to January or February next year” Bishop Gassis of El Obeid told Fides. “In fact the status of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mou ...
14 December 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Hidden tragedy in Ivory Coast: in the past month more than 5,000 people have been chased from their homes. Catholic village chief among those killed
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Such violence against civilians has never been seen in two years of crisis. Rebels are breaking into homes, smashing doors, injuring helpless people, robbing everything” a local source in B ...
13 December 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - More violence in North Kivu threatens whole area. Christian Churches in Goma launch appeal: “No to a spirit of division and tribal rivalry, yes to peace and mutual acceptance”
Bukavu (Fides Service)- Hundreds perhaps thousands are fleeing the area of Kanyabayonga 160km north of Goma in North Kivu where violent fighting broke out yesterday. “The fighting is between RCD rebels and regular army ...
13 December 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Talks for peace in Darfur resumed but the situation in the region is still critical
Rome (Fides Service)- Fresh diplomatic efforts are being undertaken to solve the tragic crisis in Sudan’s western region of Darfur. In effect Sudanese government and rebels operating in Darfur resumed talks on Friday 1 ...
13 December 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - A Christmas with hope for peace in northern Uganda: “but more than one million people are in conditions of extreme poverty” a local missionary told Fides
Gulu (Fides Service)-“This Christmas will be different because the peace talks with rebels have given rise to new hope for the future” local sources in Gulu, main town of Gulu region in northern Uganda, devastated by ...
10 December 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - More Ivorians in Liberia have repatriated.
Monrovia (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has started a two day operation in north eastern Liberia to assess the actual number of Ivorian refugees in the area.
In a report sent to F ...
9 December 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “We are back to where we started” say Fides sources a month after violence in Ivory Coast
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We are back where we started at least apparently. After violence a month ago public order is stable and calm has returned. At the political level we see again the sort of dialogue between the ...
9 December 2004
AFRICA/CONGO RD - A conflict which costs more than 31,000 lives every month:: Democratic Republic of Congo is living its darkest and bloodiest war
Bukavu (Fides Service)-“Tension rises by the hour, even though there is no fighting at the moment in the city and Congolese troops present in strength seem determined to protect Bukavu from any sort of aggression ” ...
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