Africa

• 21 October 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Family and marriage, focus of CEAST Second Plenary Assembly Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – "Marriage and the Family" is the theme of the Second Plenary Assembly of CEAST (Conferência Episcopal de Angola and São Tomé), which opened October 20 in Luanda. During the week of the Asse ...
• 21 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Children’s health endangered by visceral leishmaniasis epidemic Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A failed harvest and the effects of prolonged flooding may be fueling an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, also known as Kala-azar, in parts of Southern Sudan, say health officials. Some 6,3 ...
• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic radio stations working for peace: seminar in Arusha Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - "Reading the signs of the times, the peace and tranquillity of our society has been threatened by the many wars and political instability," said Fr. Simon Tengesi, the Vicar General for the Archd ...
• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Mali delegate appointed President of Electoral Commission Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “The decision to appoint a Malian as President of the National Electoral Commission (INEC) will help overcome the impasse that had arisen,” Fides learned from a source from the local Church ...
• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/MALI - Disabled seek role in national economy, not just handouts Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – According to the NGO Handicap International (HCI), Mali's disabled have access to some free healthcare options, and are supported by a number of associations and charities, but what they really ...
• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - As rest of the world grapples with largely elderly population and pension burdens, sub-Saharan Africa worries for unemployed youth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Population Reference Bureau, for every person over 65 in sub-Saharan Africa, there are at least 10 aged between 15 and 65. This is a stark contrast to countries like Japan that ...
• 19 October 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great Lakes Churches Conference working for a regional peace strategy Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 19, the Conference for the Catholic Bishops of the Great Lakes Region opened in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi. It will be dedicated to the issues of peace and justice. Accordin ...
• 19 October 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Government operation against the Shabab, with the support of local militias Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The forces of the Transitional Government (TNG) of Somalia have gone on the offensive, capturing the town of Belet Hawo, on the border with Kenya. The locality has been subject to the contro ...
• 18 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Authentic democracy implies a change in the prevailing mentality, affirms Archbishop of Conakry Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "On the eve of the second round of presidential elections, we must frankly ask ourselves: What do we want? Where are we headed, proclaiming slogans in the name of democracy? Are we sincerely w ...
• 18 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - National Pact among political and social representatives from Niger signed in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “After a week of meetings and work, on October 15, the military junta of Niger (CSRD), the government, the parliament of transition (CCN), the major political forces and civil society signed in R ...
• 18 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New house for 5 youth in Cite Guanella, Dumi Dumi (Agenzia Fides) – The accompanying phase has come to an end for five youth reinstated in the month of February in the village of Dumi, about 9 km from Cité Guanella. The end coincides with their entry in the new ...
• 15 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Hospitaller Sisters open nursery school on the outskirts of Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – On October 11, the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception opened a new nursery school on the outskirts of Bissau, in the Antula district. According to information sent to F ...
• 14 October 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “LRA rebels are moving towards Darfur,” Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The LRA rebels are moving towards the border with Darfur, Sudan," Fides has learned from Archbishop Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic, where the rebels of ...
• 14 October 2010
  AFRICA - African resources, focus of “Workshop: Media and Africa” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “God forbid they find oil in our country." This is the sentence written by an African journalist during the "Workshop: Media and Africa," summing up the perception of the African people on the ba ...
• 13 October 2010
  AFRICA - Several African oil-producing countries are at the bottom of the list in transparency of oil revenues Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Some of the major African oil-producers are among the countries with the least amount of transparency regarding use of oil revenues, according to the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), a non-profit i ...