Africa
9 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - From Abidjan confirmation that any attempt to solve problems with the mentality of Europe is bound to fail and thousands of innocent people die. How can democracy be saved?
Abidjan (Fides Service)- A fragile cease fire reigns in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast, since mixed patrols of Ivorian, French and UN soldiers were deployed on the streets to restore order after sacking and vio ...
9 November 2004
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Will Ethiopia face famine in 2005?
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- The Ethiopian government’s Commission for Disaster Prevention has warned that the country may face famine in 2005. According to the Salesian Missionaries’ news service, food shortage coul ...
8 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “There seems to be no end to the terrible hours of Saturday and Sunday”. Dramatic report from a missionary Abidjan where angry protesters continue to fight French troops.
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Shooting and shouting by young supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo can be heard coming from Cocody where the president has his residence” a missionary in Abidjan economic capital of Ivor ...
8 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Protocol to treat “invisible scars” caused by war, terrorism and torture
Rome (Fides Service) - Today more than one billion people in the world live in situations of war, terrorism, torture or experience various other forms of violence, which leave “invisible scars” such as mental depress ...
6 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Information blackout with regard to military operations in northern Ivory Coast. Rebel held areas without water or electricity
Abidjan (Fides Service) - There is a blackout of information in Ivory Coast. “People in government controlled areas have little chance of finding out what is happening in northern part of the country where New Forces r ...
6 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Besides providing medical treatment St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor is also “home” for 5,000 displaced persons and “commuter refugees”
Rome (Fides Service) - Lacor Hospital in the northern Ugandan district of Gulu founded in 1958 by Comboni missionaries, is the largest private charity hospital in this part of Africa. Directed since 1961 by the Corti fam ...
6 November 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Religious leaders committed to overcoming national divisions: “we must lay the basis for a new understanding of citizenship” a missionary told Fides
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “Our aim was to heal divisions caused by last week’s clashes (see Fides 30 October 2004)” SMA Provincial Father Mauro Armanino told Fides with regard to an interreligious meeting on Novemb ...
5 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Police release Rev. Matthew Ojiam, arrested on charges of contact with rebels in northern Uganda
Gulu (Fides Service) - Rev. Matthew Ojiam has been released, Archbishop John Baptist Odama, of Gulu told Fides “Rev Ojiam is free but police say they will continue their investigation with regard to contact with the re ...
5 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Fear of large scale offensive to follow up yesterday’s bombing on towns in rebel hands; homes and mission sacked
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Here in Bouake there is calm before the tempest. Any moment we expect the army to start a vast offensive” a local source in Bouke told Fides. Yesterday Bouke, the largest city held by Ivory ...
3 November 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyans celebrates victory of black US Senator of Kenyan origin
Nairobi (Fides Service) - The Kenyan family of Barack Obama - the only black person to be elected to the US Senate in 2004 - are celebrating his victory in the state of Illinois. The son of a Kenyan father and American m ...
3 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic cleric arrested in northern Uganda: “I had a brief meeting with Reverend Ojiam and found him calm and confident” the Archbishop of Gulu told Fides
Kitgum (Fides Service)- “I had a brief meeting with Rev. Ojiam and found him calm and confident that his position will be soon cleared” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (northern Uganda), told Fides with regard ...
30 October 2004
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Clashes in Somalia in disputed region between Somaliland and Puntland
Rome (Fides Service) - From 9 to 15 people are said to have died in violent clashes yesterday 29 October in northern Somalia, in Las Anod, in the disputed Sool region which lies between Somaliland and Puntland. Somalilan ...
30 October 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Explosion of tension deriving from years of violence and frustration” missionary in Monrovia told Fides
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “We seem to have gone back at least a year to the atmosphere of violence and anarchy which pervaded Liberia for years” Father Mauro Armanino, regional superior of the Society for African Mis ...
29 October 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Religious leaders tell political leaders: “Your sole aim must be to lead the nation to democracy!”
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - In a joint appeal the religious leaders of Democratic Congo encouraged the country’s politicians to conclude the period of transition and lead the country to democracy. The memorandum was sig ...
29 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Rumours of war. “No one here has disarmed, indeed, all have rearmed and if war resumes it will be a blood bath” local sources told Fides
Abidjan (Fides Service) - Tensions grows in Ivory Caost since the New Forces rebels accused the President, Laurent Gbagbo, of wanting to take rebel controlled areas with force.
At a press conference in Bouake, the main ...
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