Africa
25 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - WE WERE 6 NOW WE ARE 165 SAYS SISTER HELENA KOTANDOLA ONE OF THE FIRST SISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED 50 YEARS AGO IN TSHUMBE DIOCESE
Tshumbe (Fides Service) – “It is a great joy to see our family grow day by day” says Sister Helena Kotandola one of the foundresses of the diocesan congregation of Saint Francis of Assisi which celebrated it 50th a ...
24 July 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - REBELS ATTACK FRANCISCAN MISSION; ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER BROTHERS IN MONROVIA REPORT: THREE IN A BED, CHILDREN DYING FROM LACK OF FOOD, ANAEMIA, MALARIA
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “We were deeply concerned for our Sisters and for the suffering that this tragic situation is causing the people of Liberia. The Sisters are unhurt and they will continue their pastoral and ...
23 July 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - FIRST HAND REPORT FROM THE CAPITAL OF LIBERIA
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “Up to five minutes ago we could hear the sound of shelling coming from the port and the east side of the city” a missionary in the Liberian capital Monrovia, whose name we withhold for s ...
21 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - BEING BOTH PATRIOTIC AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF ‘ENEMY’ PEOPLE AT WAR: CHALLENGES FACING EVANGELISATION IN CONGO. INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP OF KISANGANI
Kinshasa (Fides Service) – The Lord is challenging his disciples in Africa of the Great Lakes region to live the Gospel radically”. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani said this in an in an interview wi ...
18 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - FIRST PASTORAL VISIT BY CARDINAL CRESCENZIO SEPE: THE CHURCH IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BEGS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 7 – 13 July Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, made his first pastoral visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo during which ...
18 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ARCHBISHOP OF KISANGANI PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ASKS FOR UN MANDATE IN ITURI TO BE PROLONGED
Kinshasa (Fides Service) – Pax Christi International PCI has launched an appeal for the extension of operations of the United Nations and the European Union to Ituri, in the north east of Democratic Congo. In a letter ...
17 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ANOTHER MASSACRE IN ITURI REGION. TERRIFIED PEOPLE SEEK SAFETY IN PARISHES AND FOREST
Bunia (Fides Service) – “We have reliable confirmation that at least 24 people were killed four days ago in that area” local Church sources in Bunia, main town of Ituri region in north east Democratic Congo, commen ...
17 July 2003
AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - SITUATION UNCERTAIN FOLLOWING COUP: IS OIL THE TARGET?
Sao Tome (Fides Service) – There is confusion in Sao Tome and Principe, the small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, after the army staged a coup during the night of 15 July. The rebel military led by the head of the ...
16 July 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - TRUCE IN BUJUMBURA AFTER DAYS OF SHELLING, BUT FOR HOW LONG? CONCERN OVER DESPERATE CONDITIONS OF THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PERSONS
Bujumbura (Fides Service) – Calm has returned to Bujumbura capital of Burundi after the artillery attack on Tuesday 15 July targeting mainly the district of Gihosha. “There are only sporadic shootings in outlying are ...
16 July 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - DECADE OF WAR - BACKGROUND
Bujumbura (Fides Service ) – Civil war in Burundi exploded in 1993. The conflict involves the mainly Tutsi army and the mainly Hutu guerrilla a tribe which is the majority in the country. The root of the conflict is m ...
16 July 2003
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - FROM HELL IN THE CITY TO HEAVEN OF NEW LAND: PRIEST RUNS PROGRAMME TO HELP ANTANANARIVO’S RURAL REFUGEES
Antananarivo (Fides Service) – Every year thousands of country people pour into Antananarivo the capital of Madagascar in search of work. Most have been driven to the city by dire poverty caused by severe drought in th ...
15 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - TRAGIC GROWING PHENOMENON OF STREET CHILDREN: CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES HAVE THREE HOMES IN KISANGANI FOR LITTLE PEOPLE NOBODY WANTS
Kisangani (Fides Service) - A roof over their heads, regular meals, a chance to learn to read and write and acquire a skill. All this is provided for about 87 girls and boys who have found a new home in Catholic institut ...
15 July 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - THOUSANDS SEEK SHELTER IN THE CAPITAL, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATES PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE HOPING FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “The humanitarian situation gets worse every day” a missionary in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, told Fides Service. Over the past weeks Monrovia has been the scene of heavy fighting betwe ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 60 MILLION AFRICANS SUFFER FROM HIV/AIDS: 2ND AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAUNCHES CALL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Rome (Fides Service) – During the 2nd Summit meeting of the African Union, AU held recently in Maputo, Mozambique, for the first time the Africa Leaders put health emergencies HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria as a priority o ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - AFRICAN UNION MEETING REVEALED “A WILL TO HAVE AN AFRICAN POLICY FOR AFRICA” ARCHBISHOP OF BEIRA TELLS FIDES SERVICE
Maputo (Fides Service) – “The African Union Summit meeting in Maputo affirmed an African policy for Africa” says Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonclaves of Beira referring to the meeting of African heads of states 10-12 J ...
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