Africa
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16 December 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - PEACE AMONG POLITICAL LEADERS MUST BE FOLLOWED BY PEACE AMONG HEARTS
Abidjan (Fides Service) - Slowly but surely withdrawal of heavy arms continues from the strip of no man’s land which divides army controlled territory from the zone in the hands of the New Forces rebels. Fides was told ...
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16 December 2003
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AFRICA STILL IN THE GRIP OF TRIBALISM: RIVAL ETHNIC GROUPS CLASH IN WESTERN ETHIOPIA. MISSIONARIES ASSIST REFUGEES
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- It is still very difficult to have a precise picture of what is happening in the Gambella region, about 400 km west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for several days the scene of tribal ...
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15 December 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - PAUSE IN UN DISARMAMENT PROGRAMME. BAD PLANNING CAUSES MALCONTENT AND SHOOTING: TOO MANY TROOPS WANTING TO TURN IN RIFLES IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY AND EDUCATION
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides)- “It was a false start” Father Mauro Armanino, SMA Provincial Superior in Monrovia, told Fides with regard to the pause in the Liberian disarmament process ordered by the United Nations after ...
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12 December 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - GUN BATTLE IN FRONT OF ABIDJAN TELEVISION STUDIOS MAY THREATEN DISARMAMENT PLAN STARTING TOMORROW
Abidjan (Fides Service )- “Unfortunately the episode came as no surprise” a local Church source told Fides with reference to the shooting incident this morning December 12 outside the national television studios in A ...
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12 December 2003
AFRICA/SUDAN - CARDINAL WAKO: “THE WILL TO PUT AN END TO THE WAR IS EVER STRONGER BUT SO IS THE FEAR THAT ONCE AGAIN HOPES FOR PEACE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED ”
Rome (Fides Service)- Cardinal Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum is in Rome with the Bishops of Sudan on ad limina visit to the Pope. In a conversation with Fides the Sudanese Cardinal stressed the importance of harmony among ...
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12 December 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - CATHOLICS PLAN CHRISTMAS SOLIDARITY FOR RETURNING REFUGEES NOW THAT GOVERNMENT AND REBELS HAVE MADE PEACE
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “As we prepare for Christmas we are thinking above all of the thousands of refugees who are coming back from Tanzania” a priest in Bururi diocese, in Burundi, told Fides. The priest, whom w ...
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11 December 2003
AFRICA/CAMEROON - “THE PLACE OF THE LAITY IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH” PASTORAL LETTER TO CATHOLICS IN NKONGSAMBA DIOCESE
Yaounde (Fides Service)- The participation of the laity in the triple function of the Church (sanctifying, doctrinal and pastoral) is the main theme of a Pastoral Letter “The place of the faithful in the mission of the ...
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10 December 2003
AFRICA/KENYA - FIRST AFRICAN GATHERING OF DON BOSCO FORMER PUPILS: AN IMPORTANT STEP
Nairobi (Fides/Ans) – The first ever African gathering of former Don Bosco pupils opened on 29 November at the YES Don Bosco Centre in Nairobi and closed on 4 December. With Alex Dockers, Vice President of the World Fe ...
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10 December 2003
AFRICA/RD CONGO - WOMEN FIRST VICTIMS OF WAR AND FIRST AGENTS OF PEACE: THE ACTIVITY OF A CATHOLIC CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT FOR PEACE INITIATIVES IN LUBUMBASHI SOUTHERN CONGO
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Women and children are always the first victims of war, exposed to all sort of violence from all sides. Among the wars where women are seriously affected, the conflict in the Democratic Republi ...
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9 December 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - YOUNG GUERRILLAS DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS TO DISARM: SHOOTING CONTINUES IN SOME PARTS OF MONROVIA
Monrovia (Fides Service )-“Difficulties encountered with regard to the disarmament operation are a sign that the process to peace is still long” Father Mauro Armanino SMA Superior Provincial in Monrovia, capital of L ...
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5 December 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - REBELS REJECT 15 DECEMBER DISARMAMENT DATE PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT GBAGBO. MISSIONARIES ASK FOR PRAYERS THAT CHRISTMAS MAY BRING PEACE AT LAST
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Listening to recent declarations by President Laurent Gbagbo, peace would appear to be within reach. But the rebels are still diffident and in my opinion the situation will not be settled imme ...
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5 December 2003
AFRICA/CONGO RD - ALARMING SITUATION OF MINORS “VICTIMS AND AGGRESSORS IN CONFLICT”: CHILD SOLDIERS, TORTURED AND IMPRISONED, ORPHANS WITHOUT PROTECTION
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Since October 29, 1996 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been in serious danger. The situation has become alarmingly worse in 2003”. There is no room for doubt with regard t ...
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4 December 2003
AFRICA/ANGOLA - ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS FOR DEVELOPMENT VIS LAUNCH NEW PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS OF ANGOLA
Luanda (Fides Service)- “We have just started two new projects for development in rural areas of Angola” Antonio Raimondi, president the Italian Association Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) told Fid ...
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2 December 2003
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A REFLECTION BY GENETIST REVEREND SIMPORE FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS: HOPE AND FEAR: DO WE LET PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES ACCUMULATE DRUGS IN THEIR STORE HOUSES WHILE THE POOR DIE FOR LACK OF TREATMENT?
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO
A REFLECTION BY GENETIST REVEREND SIMPORE FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS: HOPE AND FEAR: DO WE LET PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES ACCUMULATE DRUGS IN THEIR STORE HOUSES WHILE THE POOR DIE FOR LACK OF TREA ...
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1 December 2003
AFRICA - “OUR PRAYER IS ALWAYS FULL OF HOPE ”: A MESSAGE FROM MORE THAN 600 AFRICAN BISHOPS FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS 1 DECEMBER
Rome (Fides Service)- The Catholic Church’s commitment to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa and assist those suffering from the terrible scourge was confirmed once again by SECAM Symposium of Episcopal Conferences ...
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