Africa

• 21 April 2008
  AFRICA/GHANA - “It is time for wealthier nations to rethink old-fashioned programmes of agricultural subsidies that penalize poorer nations,” says UN Secretary General Accra (Agenzia Fides) - “It is time for wealthier nations to rethink old-fashioned programmes of agricultural subsidies. Economists agree that they inhibit trade and disproportionately penalize poorer nations, contribu ...
• 17 April 2008
  AFRICA - Food emergency and hunger map Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 36 countries have been heavily hit by the increase in the cost of food supplies. Of these 36, 21 are in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Latin America, and 2 in Europe. A study performed by the FAO, the Foo ...
• 16 April 2008
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Make an effort in maintaining a clean and honest vote”: Ivory Coast’s Bishops speak out following the announcement of upcoming presidential elections Abijan (Agenzia Fides) - “Now that the elections dates have been made public, we ask that the people of Ivory Coast begin working peacefully in preparation for the elections, that they may be clean and honest.” This ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - A new era in the evangelization of Africa with the publication of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, edited by the Kenyan Bishops’ Conference Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the publication of “The Catechism of the Catholic Church” and the “Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” in English and Swahili (the two official languages in Ke ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA - Faced with the “alimentary tsunami” that threatens the world, “handouts” are not enough - a worldwide plan is needed to give a boost to agriculture in Africa and other underprivileged areas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - International economic institutions are all hearing the same alarming news: the world is facing a serious food crisis that threatens to destroy the progress made, in recent decades, among the world ...
• 15 April 2008
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, in Madagascar for the 50th anniversary of the Cistercian monastery of Maromby Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, gladly responded to the invitation from the Cistercian monastery of Maromby, in Madagascar, to preside the 50th anniversary of its foundatio ...
• 14 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Kenyan government must face Mungiki violence in protest of the death of the leader’s wife Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “A government for peace,” read the front page article in the periodical “The Nation,” on the many-times reformed national constitution. On April 13, President Mwai Kibaki appointed oppos ...
• 14 April 2008
  AFRICA - Two missionaries killed in Kenya and Guinea remembered by the Holy Father Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The two missionaries remembered by Pope Benedict XVI in the recitation of the Regina Caeli on Sunday, April13 are Fr. Brian Thorp, Mill Hill missionary of 77 years of age, whose lifeless corpse was ...
• 11 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “We ask that a international mediator of the stature of Kofi Annan intervene in the Zimbabwean crisis”: appeal from Bishops of Southern Africa Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Botswana, South Africa, and Swaziland (gathered at the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference), in a statement issued immediately prior to the Summit meeting of Southern A ...
• 11 April 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Peace signings adjourned in northern Uganda Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “We have returned to Uganda and we will stay here until the head of the negotiation tells us that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is read to sign.” With these words Ruhakana Rugunda, Mini ...
• 10 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Extraordinary Summit of 14 southern African nations for the crisis in Zimbabwe Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Zimbabwe worsens and the 14 countries that form part of the South African Development Community (SADC) are holding an extraordinary Summit meeting in Lusaka in order to find a commo ...
• 10 April 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Peace signing scheduled today for northern Uganda, after many long years of war Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Over 200 political figures and other influential members of society are expected to attend the ceremony to be held for the first phase in the signing of a peace accord between the Ugandan govern ...
• 9 April 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya cannot withstand another crisis,” missionary tells Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The worst incidents were seen in Kibera, the largest of the slums near the capital city and one which serves as electoral stronghold for Odinga, as well as in Kisumu, his hometown,” Agenzia ...
• 9 April 2008
  AFRICA - “The 21st century will be the century of Africa and Asia” says Indian Prime Minister in his opening address at the India-Africa Summit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Investments, businesses, energy security, climate changes, reform of the United Nations, and peacekeeping. These were the main topics of discussion in the first India-Africa Summit that began ...
• 7 April 2008
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe still awaiting presidential election results, 9 days after voting day Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe continues to await, amidst tensions, the results of the presidential election that took place on March 29. Morgan Tsvangirai, the candidate for the opposition party, insists in declaring ...