Africa
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7 July 2004
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “With its lies the government is pushing half of the population towards poverty!” says Archbishop Pius Ncube Bulawayo, second largest town in Zimbabwe
Harare (Fides Service)- “People have nothing to eat. People are dying because the government is lying ” Archbishop Pius Ncube, Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest town said in his discourse f ...
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7 July 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - “Desperation, violence against exhausted people fleeing from a war without end. Latest report by UN High Commission for Refugees
Khartoum (Fides Service)- Despite a cease fire signed in April by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups fighting in the western Sudan region of Darfur continues to cause thousands of civilians to flee their homes, ...
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7 July 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “We risk epidemics because the streets are lined with tons of refuse. What are the NGOs and UN in the city doing?” an Italian missionary in Monrovia asks
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “We have peace but the country still lacks essential services. It is enough to take a look at the streets in the capital filled with refuse which no one collects” Father Mauro Armanino, Ital ...
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6 July 2004
AFRICA/CONGO RD - “We will do everything in our power and within the limits of the Church’s mission to save the process of transition”: message from Catholic Bishops of Congo
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A strong position in favour of the country’s transition process has been taken by the Catholic Bishops of Congo. The process began in June 2003 with the formation of an interim national unity ...
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6 July 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - When pictures speak more than words. On Fides web site see photographs of war torn Nuba Mountain area of Sudan
Rome (Fides Service)- At last the world has noticed the forgotten tragedy in Sudan, concentrating its attention on the drama in the western region of Darfur where, it is openly said, a genocide is being perpetrated again ...
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6 July 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “African Union summit last hope for peace in Ivory Coast” say Fides sources voicing concern for tension with Burkina Faso
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The African Union Summit in Addis Ababa is the last hope for restoring peace in Ivory Coast” local Catholic sources in Abidjan told Fides. The serious crisis in Ivory Coast which started in ...
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5 July 2004
VATICAN - Swahili version of Pope John Paul II’s Message for World Mission Day 2004 “Ekaristi na Misioni” now available
Dar-es-Salaam (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II’s Messge for this year’s World Mission Day, celebrated in most countries on Sunday October 24, is now available in Swahili spoken by the Bantu people and used as a li ...
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5 July 2004
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa at the centre of continental diplomacy. Tomorrow African Union Summit. From capital of Ethiopia UN Secretary-General suggests a ‘Green Revolution’ for Africa
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- The Darfur tragedy, the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, the crisis in Ivory Coast, tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea. These are the main themes on the agenda for discussion by h ...
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5 July 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “With the re-opening of the border with Rwanda, Bukavu can breath again at last” local sources tell Fides
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “On Saturday 3 July at 10am to border between Congo and Rwanda was opened and supply trucks started to cross into Congo. This is an important sign of hope for a speedy return to normality ” ...
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2 July 2004
AFRICA/CHAD - Darfur Crisis: UN High Commission for Refugees continues to assist 100,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad. Massive air lift to supply aid. But unless the violence is stopped it is like pouring water into a bottomless bucket!
Rome (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has begun an air lift to carry extremely urgent emergency aid to tens of thousands of Sudanese who have fled to Chad from the western Sudanese r ...
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2 July 2004
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The new law on firearms will be a u turn for South Africa’s Far West mentality” spokesman of Southern African Bishops’ Conference told Fides. It is also a victory for NGOs backed by the local Church
Johannesburg (Fides Service)- “This is definitely positive fact and a step forward to change a widespread Far West mentality in South Africa ” Rev. Efrem Tresoldi, spokesman of the Southern African Bishops’ Confere ...
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1 July 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - Tragedy in Kenya food poisoning from Aflotoxin on maize Machakos diocese calls for help
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- The Food Poisoning Disaster started on 8 April this year and affected parts of Kibwezi Deanery which covers Makindu, Kibwezi, Kambu and Mutito Andei parishes. There were 35 reported deaths, over ...
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1 July 2004
AFRICA/RWANDA - Italian movement to fight world hunger plans 20 km power line to supply electricity for 40,000 people in Muhura district
Rome (Fides Service ) - The Italian Movimento per la Lotta contro la Fame nel Mondo in collaboration with Barnabite missionary Father Mario Falconi, has officially started a programme to supply electricity to the norther ...
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30 June 2004
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “Plan to destabilise the government behind attacks on national independence day” missionary with long experience in Madagascar tells Fides
Antananarivo (Fides Service)-“There are political forces which want the situation in Madagascar to precipitate” Salesian Father Cosimo Alvati, director of Radio don Bosco in Antananarivo, told Fides with regard to at ...
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28 June 2004
AFRICA - More than 30 million small arms in 44 countries Sub-Saharan Africa: we are concerned experts say but “the problem can be solved”
Rome (Fides Service)-According to an annual report issued by the independent organisation Small Arms Survey there at least 30 million small arms in Africa. The organisation, which studies the diffusion and impact of smal ...
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