Africa
25 July 2008
AFRICA/MALI - Progress in peace talks between Mali authorities and Tuareg rebels
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Representatives from the Mali Government and members of the Tuareg Rebellion will meet in the coming days to continue dialogue on the peace agreements of July 2006.
The accords, mediated by Al ...
25 July 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Another attack on the Bakassi Peninsula kills 12 persons
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is worsening in the Bakassi Peninsula, where 12 people lost their lives on July 24. An armed group arrived in three motorboats and attacked a Cameroon military battalion. Among t ...
24 July 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “Grave concern at the wave of violence and unrest in schools”: A Message from Kenya’s Bishops
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Kenya have expressed their “grave concern at the wave of violence and unrest in secondary schools” (see Fides 23/7/2008) in a Message signed by Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowle ...
24 July 2008
AFRICA - Food emergency for 14.6 million people living in the Horn of Africa; 20 million people living in slums at the mercy of rising food prices
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 14.6 million people in the Horn of Africa now require humanitarian assistance due to poor rains, high food and fuel prices, conflict, and animal disease.
The alarm has been launched by the World ...
23 July 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Students’ rebellion also affecting the Seminary in Nairobi: “The frustration of the young people is not the only excuse for the violence,” a local Church source informs Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Over 300 secondary schools are in revolt in Kenya and in some cases, the students have sacked and burned the school buildings. The dormitories of Queen of Apostles Minor Seminary in the Archdi ...
23 July 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudan’s President on a “promotional” visit to Darfur
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – It is a “promotional” tour to show the world his own popularity, even in Darfur. This is how international analysts have interpreted Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the turbul ...
22 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Talks scheduled between the government and the opposition in the statement signed yesterday by Mugabe and the opposition leader
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 22, negotiation talks begin in South Africa, between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition party. The talks are a direct result of the preliminary agreement signed yesterday in ...
22 July 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the generalized chaos: even the control mechanisms on Somali clans have been broken”: an expert on the Horn of Africa gives his perspective
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the extreme fragmentation of Somalian society,” Agenzia Fides was told by Federico Battera, Professor of Political Science at the Uni ...
21 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Change for Zimbabwe: the government and opposition sign an agreement to begin direct dialogue
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Is the political climate in Zimbabwe changing? This is what international analysts and the country’s population are all asking after it was announced that on July 21, an accord would be signe ...
21 July 2008
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Cocaine: a threat to fragile local establishments from Guinea Bissau to Sierra Leone
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The confiscation of over 500 kilograms of cocaine from a plane in the Bissau airport is showing the gravity of the drug-trafficking situation, especially, the extent of its complexity on all le ...
18 July 2008
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pastoral prospects on globalization and its consequences on African cultures: Convention of African Members of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) – The African Members and Consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture will meet from July 23-26, 2008 with the aim of providing a new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture. The theme ...
18 July 2008
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Church in Liberia calls for the formation of a war crimes tribunal
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) – “We must ensure that those who bear the greatest responsibilities for the horrors in Liberia must be held accountable for the crimes committed,” said Monsignor Andrew J. Karnley, Apostoli ...
17 July 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola’s Bishops: “We entrust the successful outcome of the elections on September 5 to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Patroness of Angola.”
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “We are glad to see that the date for elections this year, September 5, has finally been determined. As Pastors, we once again ask the faithful and all Angolans to participate with awareness ...
17 July 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Tensions mount between Nigeria and Cameroon over the Bakassi Peninsula
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions have sparked once again over the Bakassi Peninsula, where in recent days, three Cameroon soldiers were wounded in an assault on a military post on the border with Nigeria.
Bakassi is ...
16 July 2008
AFRICA/TOGO - The Catholic University of Togo opens, forming a part of the Catholic University of Western Africa
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) – On July 5, the new Catholic University of Togo was officially opened. The Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest-Unité du Togo (UCAO-UUT) has two locations, one in Sanguera, on the ...
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