Africa

• 6 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Constitution in Kenya. Brief Overview Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The new Constitution of Kenya was approved in the referendum of August 5, with 67.2% of the votes cast, an amount equal to 5,954,767 votes. The new constitution retains the presidential syst ...
• 5 August 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Worst cholera epidemic in 10 years: 30 cases a day Maroua (Agenzia Fides) – Cholera has killed at least 94 people in northern Cameroon and is spreading, in what health officials say is the most severe outbreak in 10 years. Moloko has had more than half the region's cas ...
• 5 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Constitutional referendum showing large percentage in favor Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Signs show a nearly certain victory for those who voted “yes” in the constitution referendum that was held yesterday, August 4, in Kenya (see Fides 03/08/2010). After a reading of 75% of t ...
• 4 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic Relief Services and the American law on the certification of Congolese minerals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Caritas in the United States, welcomes the approval by the U.S. Congress of the Law 111-203, whose Article 1502 establishes standards to prevent the marketing ...
• 3 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 12 million Kenyans to vote tomorrow in referendum on new Constitution Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Over 12 and a half million Kenyans will hit the polls tomorrow, August 4, to vote on the referendum on the new constitution. The text submitted to popular opinion calls for restrictions on pre ...
• 3 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops: “Law on minerals is a sign of solidarity from the US towards the Congolese people” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Congolese bishops have welcomed the American Congress' adoption of a legislation to create an honest management in the marketing of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is ...
• 2 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Former President Moi campaigning against new Constitution Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the referendum of August 4, for the approval of the new Constitution, former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya has intensified his campaign against the new constitutional text a ...
• 2 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New American law on “conflict minerals” addressed by President of the Congolese Bishops' Conference Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the American Law on Conflict Minerals.” This was the title of a press conference held by Bishop Nicholas Djomo, Bishop of Tshumb ...
• 2 August 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The tragedy of the talibes street children Gabu (Agenzia Fides) – Each year a minority of Koranic students, or talibés, put under the care of a religious leader, are at risk for abuse. In trying to find a solution to this serious problem, several agencies work ...
• 31 July 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - World Soccer Cup: “let's use the same determination to tackle the country's social problems" Christian leaders say Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- After South Africa's success in hosting the first-ever soccer World Cup in Africa, the government needs to use the same determination to deal with the country's social problems, say church l ...
• 31 July 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - From kidnapped seminarian to priest; testimonial of Stefano, abducted in northern Uganda in 2003 Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Stefano was 16 when he was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in an attack the minor seminary in the diocese of Gulu in northern Uganda on 11 May, 2003 (see Fides 12/5/2003 and 19/5/200 ...
• 30 July 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - In view of constitutional referendum packed Ecumenical Prayer Service at Holy Family Basilica, Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- The principal Churches in Kenya organised for today, 30 July, an ecumenical prayer service in view of a referendum on the country's Constitution to be held on 4 August. “Members of the most im ...
• 30 July 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Umpteenth River tragedy in Congo raises fluvial security issue once again Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- At least 140 people drowned in the waters of the River Kasai, a tributary of the Congo, when a ferry, on the way to the capital Kinshasa from Mushie, about 30km from the town of Bandundu, capsiz ...
• 29 July 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A complex scenario appears behind the recent attacks in Kampala Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Investigations into the double terrorist attack on 11 July in the Ugandan capital continue. Responsibility for the attacks, which left 76 persons dead and hundreds injured, was claimed by Shabab, ...
• 29 July 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula (1917-1989) proclaimed “national hero ” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, the Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, has voiced the gratitude of the Catholic Church in Congo to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph K ...