Africa
7 October 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ANY MOMENT NEW OUTBREAK OF WAR IN SOUTH EAST CONGO, AN ANALYSIS FOR FIDES: WHY ARE RWANDAN SOLDIERS DEPLOYING, WHY HAS RECRUITMENT OF TROOPS RESUMED HERE AT THE HEART OF THE POOREST AND RICHEST PART OF CENTRAL AFRICA?
Kinshasa (Fides Service) –Messages expressing fear of a new outbreak of war in south Kivu in the south east of Democratic Congo continue to arrive at Fides Offices. In a careful analysis sent to Fides Service, local ob ...
6 October 2003
AFRICA/SOMALIA - "DOCTOR TONELLI MURDERED FOR HER WITNESS OF GOD’S LOVE” SAYS MGR DE PRETIS, VICAR GENERAL OF DJIBOUTI
Djibouti (Fides Service) – “We were deeply shocked by the news of the murder of Annalena” Mgr De Pretis, Vicar General of Djibouti tells Fides with regard to the death of medical Doctor Annalena Tonelli, killed yes ...
6 October 2003
AFRICA/SOMALIA - TOUCHING MESSAGE SENT TO FIDES LAST YEAR BY ITALIAN “MOTHER OF SOMALIA”, DR TONNELLI MURDERED YESTERDAY OUT OF HATRED AND IGNORANCE
Rome (Fides Service) – In memory of Dr Tonnelli, killed in Somalia, yesterday 5 October, we publish the e-mail message she sent to Fides Africa section on 15 June 2002.
Dear Luca,
I am not a medical doctor. I have ...
4 October 2003
AFRICA/SUDAN - COMBONI’S SUCCESSOR BISHOP OF KHARTOUM SAYS: ST COMBONI HELPS REDISCOVER IMPORTANCE OF THE CROSS FOR CARRYING ON THE MISSION OF CHRIST” INTERVIEW WITH NEWLY APPOINTED CARDINAL GABRIEL ZUBEIR WAKO ARCHBISHOP OF KHARTOUM
Rome (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the canonisation of Daniele Comboni, Sunday 5 October, Fides Service interviewed newly appointed Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako Archbishop of Khartoum, the 7th successor of Combo ...
3 October 2003
AFRICA/SENEGAL - PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM/SCEAM.: RENEWAL FOR GREATER IMPULSE TO MISSIONARY ANIMATION
AFRICA/SENEGAL - PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM/SCEAM.: RENEWAL FOR GREATER IMPULSE TO MISSIONARY ANIMATION
The Purpose of the Meeting is to give new impulse to missionary animation and co-ordination among the components of ...
3 October 2003
AFRICA/SENEGAL - PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM/SCEAM OPENS IN DAKAR: SECRETARY OF CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES SAYS: “THE CHURCH MUST REFUSE FOR AFRICA THE LOGIC OF MARGINALISATION ”
Dakar (Fides Service) – Yesterday, Wednesday 1 October in Dakar (Senegal) SCEAM/SECAM began its Plenary Assembly. SECAM is the Symposium of the Bishops Conferences of Africa and Madagascar.
Present was the Secretary ...
3 October 2003
AFRICA/RWANDA – PRESIDENT KAGAME WINS ELECTIONS
Kigali (Fides Service) - The President of Rwandan has won elections again. After winning presidential elections in late August with 95% of the votes, Paul Kagame has gained a victory with his coalition obtaining the abs ...
1 October 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - COUNTRY IS NO MAN’S LAND RULED BY BANDITS
Abidjan (Fides Service) – Fresh outbreak of fighting in central Bouake. “It is impossible to say what is happening - local Fides sources say – it is too dangerous even to go out of the house. What is certain is tha ...
30 September 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - AWAITED WITH HOPE AND CONFIDENCE 15,000 UN PEACE KEEPERS, LARGEST UN FORCE. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND MEDICINE NOW REGULAR
Monrovia (Fides Service) – UN peace keeping troops are about to deploy in Liberia. The first UN soldiers will arrive tomorrow October 1 and at the same time 3,500 ECOMIL African peace keepers will be integrated into th ...
30 September 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - HUTU FIGHTING HUTU. THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS IN FLIGHT. UNLESS PEACE COMES SOON PEACEKEEPERS WILL BE WITHDRAWN
Bujumbura (Fides Service) – For two weeks there has been fierce fighting around Bujumbura the capital of Burundi. Local sources tell Fides Service that the conflict is between FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy an ...
29 September 2003
AFRICA/ANGOLA - RE-ORGANISATION OF FARMS AND SCHOOLS, PRIORITIES FOR SLOW REBUILDING OF ANGOLA. LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH CONTRIBUTES
Luanda (Fides Service) – “The country still feels the effects of so many years of civil war and hardship. People are disappointed with the government which promises a lot but does little. Nevertheless there are some ...
26 September 2003
AFRICA/SUDAN - MIRACULOUS HEALING OF LUBNA ABDEL AZIA, PRACTISING MUSLIM WOMAN, OPENED WAY TO COMBONI’S CANONISATION
Khartoum (Fides Service) – On 11 November 1997, Lubna Abdel Aziz, aged 38, mother of four children, was admitted to St Mary’s hospital in Khartoum run by the Comboni Sisters, for the birth of her fifth child with a c ...
26 September 2003
AFRICA - ELECTRICITY ADVANCES IN AFRICA. POWER DOUBLED IN CONGO. CONTINENT’S HYDRO-ELECTRIC RESOURCES ARE TURNED TO ITS OWN ADVANTAGE AT LAST
Rome (Fides Service) – Projects for providing electricity throughout sub-Saharan Africa are making progress. On 23 September at Imboulou in Republic of Congo work began to construct the largest hydroelectric plant the ...
26 September 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - NO SIGN OF PEACE FOR EASTERN CONGO! GROWING FEAR OF FRESH VIOLENCE
Kinshasa (Fides Service) – Rumours of imminent new outbreaks of violence continue to spread in south and north Kivu, region in Democratic Congo bordering on Rwanda and Burundi. Local Church sources contacted by Fides S ...
25 September 2003
AFRICA/NIGERIA - AMINA WINS HER APPEAL: “THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR NIGERIA” SAYS CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF JOS
Lagos (Fides Service) – “This is a good day for Nigeria” Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jos told Fides Service, after Amina, a northern Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery, won ...
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