Africa

• 28 February 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Violent protests against increased prices has already claimed the lives of 17 Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - Protests against the increase of fuel prices that began in Doula, Cameroon’s industrial capital, have spread to the political capital, Yaounde, where fighting between demonstrators and police ...
• 27 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - The spread of armed groups: a disturbing sign following the interruption of negotiations between the government and the opposition Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “What will happen next? This is what everyone wants to know,” said a local Church source from Nairobi to Agenzia Fides, after talks between the government and the opposition were suspended. ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The ceasefire agreement is a great outcome that opens the path to lasting peace,” Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a great outcome and we are confident that soon there will be an all-inclusive peace agreement signed,” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, in Uganda’s north, told Agenzia Fides ...
• 25 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Negotiations recommence between the majority and the opposition: the points in dispute Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On February 25, in Kenya, the negotiations between the majority and the opposition continued, in efforts to solve the serious crisis that has been devastating the country since the presidential ...
• 22 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya finding the fragile balance: the road for peace opens while paramilitary groups continue to act Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “I am hopeful, yet a bit skeptical,” a source from the local Catholic Church in Nairobi told Fides. On February 21, in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, the government has given consensus for the ...
• 22 February 2008
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “We trust that Fr. Sandro will be shown complete justice,” the Bishop of Djibouti told Fides Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - “Our request for temporary bail for Fr. Sandro, for health reasons, was accepted and we are very glad. In two or three weeks, the process should be underway. We trust that Fr. Sandro will be ...
• 21 February 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “I understand that the war must end, but the victims and the great damage caused by the guerilla warfare cannot be forgotten,” a missionary says, following the signing of the peace accord. Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “I am still not aware of all the details of the agreement, but from what I can gather until now, from reading local newspapers, gives me mixed impressions,” Fr. Tonino Pasoline, Cambonian mi ...
• 20 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Geo-political consequences of the Kenyan crisis are most worrisome for neighbouring countries Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Negative consequences continue to increase due to the Kenyan crisis, taking their toll on the African nations of Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, and southern Sudan. In addition to th ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - African Energy Committee begins work: “Energy is at the heart of economic development in Africa, a continent that is rich in resources, but poor in energy consummation.” Argel (Agenzia Fides) - “Our continent now holds the record for the highest increase in oil production in its history, however at the same time, it has one of the lowest percentiles in the world of energy consumption,� ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Man’s dignity is the focus of reflection for the Plenary Meeting of Nigerian Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “We thank God for his goodness to his Church in our land and to our nation. Despite all pressures and constraints, despite infidelities occasioned by human weakness, the Church of God in Nigeri ...
• 18 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Kenya, Chad, and Mozambique: African Bishops mourn the loss of human lives Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The permanent committee for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SCEAM) that met February 8-9 in Johannesburg, South Africa (see Fides 5/2/2008 and 15/2/20 ...
• 15 February 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Africa has no power to decide on the use of its own resources; the continent is subject to the decisions made in other places,” says Cardinal Pengo, President of SECAM Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa is no longer per se a marginalized continent, as far as the global political set-up is concerned. The role of Africa in the world’s economic development, however, remains margin ...
• 14 February 2008
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Abyei is the key to peace in Sudan,” recent American study claims Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “Abyei is the key to peace in Sudan,” has been the claim of a study made by the ENOUGH Project, an American action group for ending wars and genocide. At the end of January, the group publi ...
• 13 February 2008
  AFRICA/CHAD - More refugees arrive from Darfour to Chad; the Catholic Church dedicated to humanitarian aid operations N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Worries increase in Chad due to the tensions being caused along the border with Sudan and for the arrival of more refugees from Darfour. Meanwhile, rebels who had sought to remove Chad Pres ...
• 12 February 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - 2 million unemployed: No roses for Kenya this Saint Valentine’s Day. Who thinks about the farmers of Naivasha? Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The investigation commission for the elections seems a necessary and important step that will shed light and return peace to the country,” Agenzia Fides was told by a source from the local ...