Africa
11 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Tension reigns under apparent calm. New details on militia groups and their ‘death squads’
Lome (Fides Service)- “The situation is relatively tranquil but under the ashes their is still the fire of repression and revolt” said local sources in Lomé, capital of Togo, living a serious crisis since the electi ...
10 May 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Ecclesia in Africa ten years on: 6 dioceses in South and North Kivu look at the situation of evangelisation in east Congo
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “A day to note in the records of the local Church in Kivu” said Rev. Jean Baptiste Ruhangamugabu, Secretary of the Kivu Provincial Assembly of Catholic Bishops (APEKI) with regard to a meeting ...
10 May 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Agreement over appointment of Internal minister and disarmament of civilians: peace in Burundi makes progress
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We must be patient, the path is long but there have been positive developments, over the past few days, most promising for the peace process” a local Church source in Burundi told Fides wi ...
9 May 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Church in Congo mourns Fr. René de Haes killed in a robbery
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Lord forgive them for they know not what they do” said the Jesuit provincial Fr. Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana when he heard the news that his Belgian confrere Fr. René de Haes SJ had been kil ...
9 May 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - On the one hand there are the interests of extortionists, on the other “no programme” for real development. Peace has stalled” a local mission told Fides
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Hope is last to die but it is sorely tried” a missionary told Fides commenting the failed agreement over the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation process in the country.
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7 May 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Floods in north east Kenya affect 25,000 refugees from Somalia
Nairobi (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and partner agencies are working to repair heavy damage caused by torrential rains and devastating floods which hit refugee camps in Dadaab in nor ...
7 May 2005
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “The country awaits a new President to close the transition period and obtain promised international aid at last” a missionary said
Bangui (Fides Service)- “The election of outgoing President François Bozizé would appear to be certain. There are no signs of tension, except for a little arguing between adversary parties” a missionary in the Cent ...
6 May 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disarm civilians to favour a calmer atmosphere in view of presidential elections
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “The President’s initiative aims to create a calmer atmosphere in view of presidential elections planned for 19 August” a local Church source in Burundi told Fides commenting a decree iss ...
6 May 2005
AFRICA/MALAWI - Diocese of Mangochi mourns its Bishops
Mangochi (Fides Service)- Mangochi diocese in Malawi is mourning two Bishops who died in a month, one after the other. Bishop Alessandro Assolari emeritus and first Bishop of the diocese died on 13 April in Bergamo (see ...
6 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - “Only when people are no longer afraid in Togo will we be able to say that democracy and normality have returned”
Lome (Fides Service)- “There will be real change here in this country only when the people have overcome their fear. Fear of being arrested, fear of being murdered on the way to work or by army squads which come in the ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Increase pressure on Somali clans to help interim government exercise effective power” Apostolic of Mogadishu tells Fides commenting yesterday’s bomb blast
Mogadishu (Fides Service)- “There are contrasting reports with regard to yesterday’s explosion at the capital’s sports stadium” Bishop Giorgio Bertin, of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu told Fid ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Expectation for Opposition statement after Faure Gnassingbé Eyadéma is officially declared the winner of presidential elections
Lome (Fides Service)- The country is waiting for an official statement from the Opposition which will announce its intentions after the official proclamation of Faure Gnassingbé Eyadéma as the winner of presidential el ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - West Côte d'Ivoire swings from hope and more tragedies. Testimony from Capuchin Fathers
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Clashes in the past few days have been serious but also west Côte d'Ivoire will soon return to normality” said Capuchin Fathers in Man, the main town in western part of the country where cl ...
3 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - “Thank you Benedict XVI for calling for peace in Togo”
Lome (Fides Service)- “It is true there is no fighting on the streets but tension is still high and people are still frightened. The army continues to kill people known to oppose the regime” local sources in Togo tol ...
3 May 2005
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “There is an intimate and inseparable link between Mass and Mission. Our communion with Christ means that we share not only his life, but also his mission” : Bishop of Monze promotes deeper awareness of the ‘wonderful gift” of the Eucharistic
Monze (Fides Service) - The Eucharist and its connection with mission has been the focus of Catholics in the diocese of Monze in Zambia during the past year. In fact, in preparation for the centenary of the evangelisatio ...
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