Africa
12 February 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - General strike resumes after appointment of Premier rejected by Opposition and unions
Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Guinea is again in a state of general strike. Unions and Opposition members announced the strike today 12 February after clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against the appointmen ...
9 February 2007
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia opens new website for formation and mission animation
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Pontifical Mission Societies Office in Zambia has launched its new website. www.pmszambia.org . The site has interesting information classified in the following topics: Home Mission Appeal; Ma ...
9 February 2007
AFRICA - Severe flooding in southern Africa: critical situation in Mozambique
Rome (Fides Service)- Torrential rains continue to lash Southern Africa. Besides Angola (see Fides 8 February 2007) serious floods are reported in Mozambique and Madagascar.
In Mozambique at least thirty people are sai ...
9 February 2007
AFRICA - Is Africa the new battle field in the war on terrorism?
Rome (Fides Service)- Could Africa be the new battle field in the war waged by the United States and its allies against terrorism inspired by the figure of Bin Laden? This is the question which emerges when reading event ...
8 February 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods: Archbishop urges Catholics to help people in difficulty, many homeless find shelter at parish centres
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of torrential rains in northern Luanda, capital of Angola are ever more serious (see Fides 30 January 2007). The government has announced a death toll of at least 114, and over ...
7 February 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Kenya refuses to allow negotiations between Ugandan rebels and Ugandan government to be moved to Nairobi
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has refused a request from the Lord’s Resistance Army to host peace negotiations between the rebel group and the Ugandan government, hitherto held in Juba, Southern Sudan, in Nairobi. Ken ...
6 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - On the horizon Africa and the whole world await your missionary commitment…put out into the deep of the missionary Ocean: Cardinal Dias presides installation of the new Bishop of Porto Novo diocese
Porto Novo (Fides News Service) - “After giving thanks yesterday in Ouidah for the Golden Jubilee of Episcopate of our beloved patriarch, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, today we have gathered here in this beautiful cathedr ...
6 February 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Unions threaten to strike unless a prime minister is appointed by 12 February
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Guinean unions and opposition groups threaten to strike unless President Lansana Conté appoints a new Prime Minister by 12 February. The promise to appoint the premier, pleasing to the opposit ...
6 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - Final statement of CERAO held in Cotonou for Golden Jubilee of first CERAO president Cardinal Gantin
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Regional Bishops’ Conference of French Speaking African Countries CERAO met from 30 January to 4 February at the Le Chant d'Oiseau Formation House in Cotonou, in Benin, on t ...
5 February 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - More than 1.500 children still in the ranks of the Ugandan LRA rebels report presented at "Free children from war" Forum in Paris
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)-. At least 1,500 child soldiers are still in the ranks of the notorious Ugandan rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army LRA which has led a bloody war in northern Uganda since the 1980s. Another 10,0 ...
5 February 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - At least 70,000 children recruited to fight civil war in Somalia where the situation is far from stable
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- The situation is still explosive in Somalia especially in the capital Mogadishu where early this morning 5 February rockets fell into the water in the city port but caused no damage to persons ...
5 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - Solemn celebrations for Cardinal Gantin’s Golden Jubilee. Cardinal Dias: “an African on mission to Rome traced a missionary furrow from Africa to the heart of Catholicity”
Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 February in Ouidah, in the Basilica dedicated to the Immaculate Conception Benin born Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, emeritus Dean of the College of Cardinals in Rome, celebrated the 50th annive ...
1 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN -Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals and first African bishop called by the Pope to an important post in the Roman Curia celebrates 50th anniversary of ordination as a Bishop with special Mass of Thanksgiving
Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago on 3 February 1957 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin was ordained a bishop having been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Cotonou in Benin on 11 December 1956. To mark this ...
30 January 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope”: appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI message to victims of flood disaster
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope” say local Church sources in Angola after Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegramme to express solidarity and encourage ...
29 January 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference January Plenary Session
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- On 24 January with a special Mass St Peter’s Seminary in Pretoria the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference started its January Plenary Session.
On Thursday 25 January, the last da ...
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