Africa
10 May 2007
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Monrovia University opens first Computer Centre
Monrovia (Fides Service)- Development in Africa is not only a question of constructing roads, bridges and aqueducts, but also and above all of education. This emerged during a ceremony to open a new Computer Centre for a ...
10 May 2007
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE “The light of Christ uplifts and gives meaning to the suffering caused by recent disasters in our country”: Catholic Bishops of Mozambique assure local Church's commitment to assist victims
Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- “As disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Bishops of his Church we cannot fail to express sincere human and Christian solidarity with our brothers and sisters affected by these tragedies” the ...
9 May 2007
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to abortion, yes to government development plan. We are ready to co-operate with the authorities to educate the people to denounce crime and violence” say Catholic Bishops at the end of Plenary Assembly
Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- A proposed bill on abortion; the challenges of Mozambican society today; the government programme to fight poverty; criminality, were some of the issues examined by the Catholic Bishops of Mozambi ...
9 May 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - “The phenomenon of immigration in fact poses forcefully the moral necessity to work for a new international economic order” Bishop Marchetto says at Colloquium on Pastoral Care of Migration in Africa
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church “mother and teacher” with special concern for people in difficulty, shares the path of those who leave Africa often risking their lives to emigrate to Europe in search of ...
8 May 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Diamond producers form association
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- African Diamond Producers Association ADPA founded in November 2006 is taking its first steps. ADPA held its first meeting at the end of April in Luanda, capital of Angola, where its head offices ...
8 May 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Army mutiny ends: “we are seeing the first signs of positive change” says communications officer of the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry underlining the executive's consideration for the local Church
Conakry (Fides Service)- “The crisis has ended and the worst appears to be over” Fr Come Traoré, in charge of communications in the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry, the capital of Guinea where it was feared an army ...
7 May 2007
AFRICA - “Do not deceive yourselves: young Africans will continue to emigrate to Europe risking their lives in search of a better world” says Catholic Archbishop of Abuja
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “It is no longer possible for a small group of countries to enjoy their wealth in solitude and think the poor will not spoil the party”. This warning was launched by Archbishop John Olorunfemi O ...
4 May 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Second protocol signed by Ugandan government and LRA rebels
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Another important step towards peace in northern Uganda was made on 2 May when a second agreement on political and economic solutions necessary to put an end to the conflict, was signed in Juba ...
4 May 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Spectre of another crisis hangs over Guinea where the army is in revolt
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Once again tension is rising in Guinea where troops in the country's two main barracks have mutinied demanding higher pay. The soldiers fired gun shots in the air and sacked deposits of weapons ...
4 May 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Situation desperate: more than one third of the people in Mogadishu abandoned the capital in the past two months
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that it intends to accelerate food supplies to at least 100,000 of the 365,000 people forced to abandon their homes in Mogadishu because of f ...
2 May 2007
AFRICA/MALI - “Political activity is not promoting one's own career but rather the common good” says Catholic Bishops in a statement on presidential elections
Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- “And if we were to re-establish politics?” was the title of issued by the Catholic Bishops of Mali on the occasion of the recent presidential elections. The statement, of which Fides received ...
30 April 2007
AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur Day : thousands of demonstrators all over the world demand immediate end to all violence
Rome (Fides Service)- Yesterday 29 April in thirty capitals all over the world thousands took to the streets calling for an immediate end to violence in the western Sudan region of Darfur since 2003 at the centre of a dr ...
30 April 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A special meeting of Catholic Bishops discusses roots of Zimbabwe's crisis
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The roots of the crisis in Zimbabwe were the main topic for discussion at a special meeting of local Bishops last week. According to CISA new service in Nairobi, the bishops listened to various r ...
28 April 2007
AFRICA/MALI - “These elections are a sign of democratic vitality however more effort must be made to bring the people closer to politics” says President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mali
Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- “These elections are a sign of democratic vitality however more effort must be made to help people understand what democracy is and what it means to vote. It will be a long term undertaking but ...
28 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We failed to achieve free, fair and credible elections” Catholic Bishops of Nigerian say on the basis of reports by 30,000 local Church observers
Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “Reports from our observers show that once again we failed to achieve free, fair and credible elections. These reports from all over the country demonstrate that the people's mandate has been abu ...
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