Africa
7 May 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi: parties and guerrilla movements. INFO
Rome (Fides Service)- As announced, to better understand the political situation in Burundi we offer detailed information on political parties and guerrilla movements in that country
Political Parties
UPRONA (Unio ...
7 May 2004
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo unite efforts to attend to problem of foreigners expelled from Angola
Luanda (Fides Service)- The foreign ministers of Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo met on 5 May for a meeting of the Three-party Mechanism for Cooperation and Security, an institution set up by t ...
7 May 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations and Human Rights Watch launches alarm for situation in Darfur, west Sudan
Rome (Fides Service)- The United Nations Organisation and US based Human Rights Watch, accuse the Sudanese government of serious violation of human rights civilians in Darfur western Sudan. In a report of the humanitaria ...
7 May 2004
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Caritas Guinea Bissau marks 25th anniversary of service and assistance
Bissau (Fides Service)- Caritas Guinea Bissau recently marked the 25th anniversary of its founding. For the occasion a general meeting of parish Caritas offices in the dioceses of Bissau and Bafatà was held at the major ...
6 May 2004
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “This is not a war about religion” local Church sources in Nigeria tell Fides with regard to violence in central Nigeria
Lagos (Fides Service)- “We will never tire of repeating that this is not a battle between Christians and Muslims it is a question of ethnic identity and politics ” a local Church source in Nigeria told Fides with reg ...
6 May 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - “400 prisoners on death row. Ten years ago there were 90. The death penalty does not reduce crime” says Father Agostoni, missionary in Uganda, expert in prison pastoral
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “Today in Ugandan prisons there are about 400 prisoners awaiting execution” Comboni missionary Father Tarcisio Agostoni, on mission in Uganda since 1951, told Fides. The missionary, who has prov ...
5 May 2004
AFRICA/CHAD - More than 50,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad moved to safer camps
Rome (Fides Service)-More than 50,000 refugees from Sudan in Chad have been moved by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR to safer camps further in the interior.
The UNHCR hopes to open two more camps ...
5 May 2004
AFRICA/CHAD - Catholic Bishops voice seriously concern for fast deteriorating social and political situation in Chad and surrounding region and call on political leaders to “save Chad from a foreseeable tragedy
Moundou (Fides Service) - “For some time we have noted a growing degradation of the socio-political conditions in Chad, aggravated by tension between countries in this region” the Catholic Bishops of Chad write in a ...
5 May 2004
AFRICA/RWANDA - “Peace is built by offering opportunities for development and reintegrating former soldiers and child soldiers” say Catholic Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi
Rome (Fides Service)- What is the situation in Rwanda and Burundi 10 years after the genocide in Rwanda? This was the questions which the Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi asked themselves during a meeting of the Association ...
5 May 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - “We are against the formation of local militia groups because this could lead to ethnic conflict” says Archbishop Odama, Catholic Archbishop of Gulu in north Uganda
Kampala (Fides Service)- “If recruitment of local militia groups continues we risk an ethnic conflict ” Archbishop John Baptist Odama Catholic Archbishop of Gulu, northern Uganda told Fides confirming a recent statem ...
4 May 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “There is no crisis in the peace process ” local Church source in Burundi tells Fides after former rebels decide not to participate in government
Bujumbura (Fides Service)-“I would not speak of a crisis in the peace process or in government. This is simply strong pressure to urge respect for the conditions of the peace agreement” a local Church source in Bujum ...
4 May 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - “Progress made in last 15 months but much remains to be done” say Catholic Bishops of Kenya
Nairobi (Fides Service)- “ We thank God that we have a democratically elected government in Kenya”. With this statement the Catholic Bishops of Kenya introduce a press statement issued in April in which they reflect ...
4 May 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - National press opinions divide with regard to UN report on clashes in Abidjan on 25 March
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “So far there have been no official reactions, but a statement from the President is expected in the next few hours” a local Church sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast told Fi ...
3 May 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Disarmament proceeds but Catholic Radio Veritas in Monrovia denounces: “Some of the rebels are moving weapons across the border to Ivory Coast instead of handing them to the United Nations ”
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The process of disarmament proceeds peacefully and with order” a Consolata Missionary Sister in Harbel told Fides. Harbel is 50 km south of Monrovia, capital della Liberia. “However yeste ...
3 May 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great success for Catholic Action Peace March in Burundi. Since January 964 demobilised child soldiers have returned home
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We launched a clear signal for peace” Father Salvatore Niciteretse, from Burundi told Fides with regard to a peace march organised in April by the local national branch of Catholic Action ...
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