Africa
21 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - At the end of Cape Coast Seminar African and European Bishops call for new international economic order to end to new forms of slavery
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- ''New forms of slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, child soldiers, prostitution, etc., are due mainly to the enormous economic gap between rich and poor countries and between the rich a ...
21 November 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Moshi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, in con ...
20 November 2007
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Talks to complete peace agreements for Ivory Coast resume in Burkina Faso
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- On Sunday 18 November talks resumed in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the Ivorian parties which signed the peace agreement last March which ended the division of Ivory Coast (see F ...
20 November 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Tensions in Nigeria, key country in the balance of oil prices
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- Nigeria, one of Africa's largest oil producers, suffers from tensions in north and south which sometimes explode in violence.
In the southern Niger Delta region which has most of the country's r ...
19 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “The Catholic Bishops of Europe and Africa have addressed a letter to the Heads of State on both continents on the scandal of new forms of slavery” the Secretary General of the Council of the Bishops' Conference of Europe told Fides
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- “We experienced our being Catholics, in the “universal” sense, and discussed our common responsibility with regard to the scandal of new forms of slavery” Mgr Aldo Giordano, Secretary ...
19 November 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “There is an urgent need for knowledge sharing and economic cooperation between Africa and the Diaspora,” says President of South Africa
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- Sharing resources and experience to help Africa and the African Diaspora to growth together. This was the call launched by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa at when he addressed the Afri ...
16 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - There are over 27 million modern slaves: intervention by the secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples at Seminar on New Forms of Slavery promoted by the Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- In our world today 27 million people live in an enslaved condition. This was affirmed by Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants an ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Seminar on slavery and the continuation of the Symposium of African and European Bishops of 2004: intervention by the secretary general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- The Seminar for African and European Bishops continues in Cape Coast, in Ghana, on the theme of new forms of slavery (see Fides 14/11/2007). The Seminar is a new step in collaboration among th ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA - Energy for Africa: agreement signed in Rome in the context of World Energy Congress
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- The World Economic Forum and the World Energy Council have signed an agreement to reduce the shortage of energy in Africa. The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 November, in Rome in the context of ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Following the assault on Bakassi peninsula: Nigeria and Cameroon continue to collaborate
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- After the assault in which thirty men were killed in the peninsula of Bakassi (see Fides 14/11/2007) the mixed Cameroonian Nigerian Commission is meeting for its 20th session to settle last deta ...
14 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “Many in Europe and Africa are still slaves of poverty and injustice” says vice president European Bishops in Ghana Seminar for 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Africa
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- “In this era of global inter-dependence and new technologies, 'traditional' forms of slavery as well as some new forms still exist and in fact many people in Europe and in Africa continue to ...
14 November 2007
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Mysterious assault on Bakassi peninsula: at least 20 Cameroonian soldiers and 10 assailants killed
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- At least 21 Cameroonian soldiers were killed in a shootout with armed men wearing military uniforms, in the Bakassi peninsula, a territory rich in oil, which after a long dispute with Nigeria wa ...
13 November 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The people can take no more” Catholic Bishop, Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “Dramatic news continues to arrive from Mogadishu. Fighting persists and the people cannot take any more. This is a rebellion to every effect” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti ...
13 November 2007
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Fresh fighting in eastern Congo, more civilians move, the region has at least 800,000 internally displaced persons
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Rebel troops of Laurent Nkunda attacked a refugee camp near Goma, the main city in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo. Congo army sources say the attack was thwarted and 27 of the assail ...
12 November 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - “The people are ready to forgive the rebels” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu told Fides
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “There are concrete hopes for peace and we are confident for the future” said Archbishop John Baptist Odama of the diocese of Gulu, in northern Uganda, where the LRA delegation continues its ...
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