Africa
20 October 2010
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic radio stations working for peace: seminar in Arusha
Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - "Reading the signs of the times, the peace and tranquillity of our society has been threatened by the many wars and political instability," said Fr. Simon Tengesi, the Vicar General for the Archd ...
20 October 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - Mali delegate appointed President of Electoral Commission
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “The decision to appoint a Malian as President of the National Electoral Commission (INEC) will help overcome the impasse that had arisen,” Fides learned from a source from the local Church ...
20 October 2010
AFRICA/MALI - Disabled seek role in national economy, not just handouts
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – According to the NGO Handicap International (HCI), Mali's disabled have access to some free healthcare options, and are supported by a number of associations and charities, but what they really ...
20 October 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - As rest of the world grapples with largely elderly population and pension burdens, sub-Saharan Africa worries for unemployed youth
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Population Reference Bureau, for every person over 65 in sub-Saharan Africa, there are at least 10 aged between 15 and 65. This is a stark contrast to countries like Japan that ...
19 October 2010
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great Lakes Churches Conference working for a regional peace strategy
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 19, the Conference for the Catholic Bishops of the Great Lakes Region opened in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi. It will be dedicated to the issues of peace and justice.
Accordin ...
19 October 2010
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Government operation against the Shabab, with the support of local militias
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The forces of the Transitional Government (TNG) of Somalia have gone on the offensive, capturing the town of Belet Hawo, on the border with Kenya. The locality has been subject to the contro ...
18 October 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - Authentic democracy implies a change in the prevailing mentality, affirms Archbishop of Conakry
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "On the eve of the second round of presidential elections, we must frankly ask ourselves: What do we want? Where are we headed, proclaiming slogans in the name of democracy? Are we sincerely w ...
18 October 2010
AFRICA/NIGER - National Pact among political and social representatives from Niger signed in Rome
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “After a week of meetings and work, on October 15, the military junta of Niger (CSRD), the government, the parliament of transition (CCN), the major political forces and civil society signed in R ...
18 October 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - New house for 5 youth in Cite Guanella, Dumi
Dumi (Agenzia Fides) – The accompanying phase has come to an end for five youth reinstated in the month of February in the village of Dumi, about 9 km from Cité Guanella. The end coincides with their entry in the new ...
15 October 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Hospitaller Sisters open nursery school on the outskirts of Bissau
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – On October 11, the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception opened a new nursery school on the outskirts of Bissau, in the Antula district. According to information sent to F ...
14 October 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “LRA rebels are moving towards Darfur,” Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The LRA rebels are moving towards the border with Darfur, Sudan," Fides has learned from Archbishop Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic, where the rebels of ...
14 October 2010
AFRICA - African resources, focus of “Workshop: Media and Africa”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “God forbid they find oil in our country." This is the sentence written by an African journalist during the "Workshop: Media and Africa," summing up the perception of the African people on the ba ...
13 October 2010
AFRICA - Several African oil-producing countries are at the bottom of the list in transparency of oil revenues
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Some of the major African oil-producers are among the countries with the least amount of transparency regarding use of oil revenues, according to the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), a non-profit i ...
12 October 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - Possibility of national unity government after presidential ballot is good news
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "This is good news, because Guinea needs to continue on the road of national unity, which has until now been well managed by the National Transitional Council (CNT),” Fides learned from a lo ...
12 October 2010
AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian leaders in Sudan warn UN of risk for war if people are left unheard
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The people of southern Sudan expect to fulfil their right of self-determination on the 9th of January 2011. Denial of this right, for whatever reason, represents a fundamental denial of thei ...
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