Africa

• 24 February 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA -: “The army and rebels are locked in mortal combat to destroy each other but innocent citizens pay the price” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides Kampala (Fides Service)- “This is a human tragedy, a human tragedy ” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu repeats again and again over the phone to Fides Service. Gulu is in northern Uganda where rebels of the Lord� ...
• 23 February 2004
  AFRICA /KENYA AIDS in Kenya 750 people die of AIDS every day, more than 31 per hour, more than 1 every 2 minutes. First conference of Kenyan women Rome (Fides Service) - In Kenya there are one million orphans whose parents died of AIDS, every day 750 people die of AIDS, more than 31 per hour, more than 1 every 2 minutes. These figures were quoted by Kenya’s Healt ...
• 23 February 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - 10th anniversary Institute for Social Ministry: renewing society in the light of the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching Nairobi (Fides Service) -“The Institute for Social Ministry makes a significant contribution towards renewing society by motivating spiritually those called to public office with a spirit of service while offering them ...
• 20 February 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We must work to promote respect for the dignity of every human being ”. the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace visits second largest shanty town in Nairobi Nairobi (Fides Service) - Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace started his visit to Kenya in Kibera, the second largest slum in Nairobi. A report from the African Catholic n ...
• 20 February 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Everyday life of a missionary in Congo shared by missionary Father Sergio Vandini Rome (Fides Service)- Rev. Father Sergio Vandini, from Terni diocese in Italy, sent as a Fidei Donum priest to Ntambue, 10 km from Kananga, West Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, sent Fides a brief report on his life ...
• 19 February 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Elections cannot be organised in 9 months: open debate Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “The enormous amount of work awaiting us cannot be completed in nine months. The political leaders must realise that elections cannot be organised in such a short time”, this opinion was ex ...
• 19 February 2004
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Clean water for 100,000 people Rome (Fides Service) - In mid January the Movement for the Fight Against Hunger in the World (MLFM) went on a mission to evaluate a water project underway in Humure, Rwanda. The work is progressing. With the help of a lo ...
• 18 February 2004
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Dramatic appeal from Caritas Internationalis: Eritrea urgently needs clean water, seed for farmers, medical care for millions of impoverished people Rome (Fides Service)- “Eritrea is battling with the consequences of 4 successive years of drought and has still not recovered from the tragic war with Ethiopia” said a member of Caritas in Britain CAFOD Catholic Agen ...
• 18 February 2004
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Radio Magnificat first Catholic Radio station in the Republic of Congo still waiting for licence Brazzaville (Fides Service)- “I will pursue every legal path to get a licence to broadcast and assignment of wave lengths” Spiritan Father Maurice Milandou, director of Radio Magnificat an initiative of the Catholic ...
• 17 February 2004
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Bishops of Sierra Leone and Gambia concerned about spreading imported Muslim fundamentalism Freetown (Fides Service)- Catholic Bishops of The Gambia and Sierra Leone met from 13 to 15 February at Kenema in Sierra Leone. The meeting was attended by Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda Archbishop of Freetown, Bishop Pat ...
• 17 February 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Students demand better conditions of life and study Conakry (Fides Service) - Fifteen students arrested on 13 February during an unruly demonstration near the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry in the Guinean capital are still detained by the police, local Church so ...
• 17 February 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - “We are grieved by the fact that instead of working for social development our national leaders assign social advantages to themselves openly demonstrating disinterest for the people’s wellbeing ” say Catholic Bishops of Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The process of political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo is too slow according to the Catholic Bishops. This was affirmed in a Message “For love of Congo, I will not be silent� ...
• 16 February 2004
  AFRICA/THE GREAT LAKES REGION - Democratic Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Rev. Ferdinando Colombo, vice president of VIS reports on progress of development programme launched three years ago by this Salesian volunteer aid agency Rome (Fides Service)- The Italian development agency VIS (Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo), sponsored by the Salesian Fathers has various programmes in the countries of the Great Lakes region of Africa, Democ ...
• 16 February 2004
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Reports of more fighting in south west Ethiopia where ethnic tension, oil, gold and foreign interests make an explosive mixture Gambella (Fides Service)- The situation is still confused in Gambella, south west Ethiopia, where international media say that since January 200 people have been killed and at least 10,000 have fled their homes because o ...
• 16 February 2004
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian Fathers caring for the sick in Africa: Fides speaks to one of the many missionaries who have chosen to live among some of the poorest people on earth Rome (Fides Service) - Forty years have passed since the first Camillian Fathers arrived in 40 Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, where today a parish dedicated to Saint Camillus stands in an area of 200 square km of ...