Africa
17 November 2003
AFRICA/UGANDA - GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS OFFERING SAFE HAVEN TO GUERRILLA LEADERS TO STOP WAR IN NORTHERN UGANDA, BEFORE IT SPREADS TO INVOLVE MORE TRIBES
Kampala (Fides Service)- “At the moment it is difficult to say whether there are concrete facts behind the news ” local observers in Kampala told Fides with regard to reports of a possible agreement between the Ugand ...
17 November 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE TO RETURNING REFUGEES, COMMUNICATIONS AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE EVANGELISATION IN MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo (Fides Service)- “The fact that three of the newly created Cardinals are Africans from Ghana, Nigeria e Sudan demonstrates that the Christian faith has taken deep root in Africa and this is an encouragement to c ...
14 November 2003
AFRICA/ANGOLA - AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED DENOUNCES VIOLENCE IN CABINDA ENCLAVE: BESIDES SUMMARY EXECUTION, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
Luanda (Fides Service) – Catholic priests in Angola have denounced crimes against humanity, aggression of civilians by Angolan army troops in Cabina enclave, separated from Angola by the Republic of Congo. A report sen ...
14 November 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - THE CHURCH IN FAVOUR OF DISARMAMENT OF LOCAL MILITIA. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
Monrovia (Fides Service)- The Catholic Church in Liberia supports the process to disarm local militia and for this reason it has asked to be represented in the national Commission for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reha ...
13 November 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - AREN’T THERE ENOUGH WARS IN AFRICA WITHOUT SNAPPING THE THIN THREAD OF PEACE IN IVORY COAST TOO?
Abidjan (Fides Service) - Opinions differ in Ivory Coast with regard to the recent meeting of West African nations in Accra (Ghana) to promote peace in the country. The meeting was attended by the presidents of Ivory Coa ...
13 November 2003
AFRICA/KENYA - UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRIKE: CATHOLIC BISHOPS URGE RESEARCHES AND GOVERNMENT TO THINK OF THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY AT THIS TIME OF DIFFICULTY FOR ALL AFRICA
Nairobi (Fides Service)- “The closing of all state universities in Kenya is a sad event” the Catholic Bishops of Kenya say in a statement with regard to a strike called by university assistants and researchers which ...
12 November 2003
AFRICA/UGANDA - EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH ARCHBISHOP ODAMA AFTER TALKS BETWEEN ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN UGANDA AND UN UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Gulu (Fides Service)- “We were more than satisfied with the talks with the United Nations special envoy ” Archbishop John Baptist Odama Gulu, northern Uganda told Fides with regard to a meeting of representatives of ...
12 November 2003
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - OFFICIAL RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Nouakchott (Fides Service )- According to official results, outgoing President Maaouiya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya was re-elected with 66,7 % of votes place in Mauritania on 7 November (see Fides 8 November 2003).
Taya, in po ...
12 November 2003
AFRICA/SUDAN - GROWING CONCERN FOR RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS AFTER SIGNING OF PEACE AGREEMENT
Khartoum (Fides Service) – There is growing concern with regard to the return of Sudanese refugees from neighbouring countries. As the signing of a peace agreement between the Khartoum government and the SPLA Sudan Peo ...
11 November 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - BOMBED BUJUMBURA NOW FEARS VAST SCALE OFFENSIVE BY HUTU WARRIORS ENCIRCLING CAPITAL
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “There is an atmosphere of unreal calm in the city charged with tension ” local Church sources in the Burundian capital Bujumbura tell Fides after a night of heavy bombing of north eastern ...
11 November 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKES STEPS TO STOP WAR WHICH HAS ALREADY TAKEN A DEATH TOLL OF THREE MILLION ”
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Democratic Congo continues to lift its voice in defence of peace and the victims of war. In a message issued at the end of a plenary assembly 2 - 8 November 2003 in Kinsh ...
10 November 2003
AFRICA/UNITED NATIONS - UNITED NATIONS MAY PREFER MERCENARY SOLDIERS FOR PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS IN 21ST CENTURY
Rome (Fides Service )- Should the UN hire peacekeeping troops from Private Military Companies? This question was put by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General to a group of experts whom he asked to examine the possibility of u ...
10 November 2003
AFRICA/UGANDA - KARAMOJA FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY: TOO MANY WEAPONS IN CIRCULATION GROWING INSECURITY
Kampala (Fides Service ) - The LRA Lord’s Resistance Army is not the only group to kill and cause insecurity on Uganda’s roads. It is true the LRA sows terror in the northern district but another forgotten tragedy i ...
10 November 2003
AFRICA/UGANDA - DEATH OF LRA COMMANDER STILL A MYSTERY
Kampala (Fides Service)- Mystery still surrounds the death of Charles Tubuley, second in command of the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). He was reportedly killed during fighting with the army last week (see Fides 5 Novemb ...
8 November 2003
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - PRESIDENT TAYA IN THE LEAD AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS YESTERDAY
Nouakchott (Fides Service)- President Maaouiya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya appears to be in the lead in the count of votes placed during presidential elections yesterday 7 November in Mauritania. The first results give Taya 61% ...
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