Africa

• 4 December 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Associations of French speaking and English speaking Bishops' Conferences of West Africa, about to merge: meeting in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The associations of French speaking and English speaking Bishops conferences of west Africa, up to now two distinct bodies have decided to merge. During a Meeting 5 to 9 December in Abuja, in Nig ...
• 30 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Chaos reigns in Somalia but some come looking for oil Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- Somalia is in the grip of chaos but business continues as usual. While most of the people in the capital Mogadishu have fled the city because of fighting between the Ethiopian troops supporting ...
• 30 November 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Promote “second generation” vegetable fuels advise experts meeting in the capital of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- Increase the use of fuels of African vegetable in view of the exhaustion of fossil fuels. This was advised by experts at a meeting which ended on 29 November in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkin ...
• 29 November 2007
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Hope for peace is stronger scepticism” a Catholic missionary in the north of Ivory Coast tells Fides Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides)- “Ivory Coast continues to swing from hope and scepticism, but I am convinced the former is going to win” says a Catholic mission in the northern Ivory Coast city of Bouaké. “Scepticis ...
• 29 November 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mangichi Diocesan Youth Day at the first Catholic Mission: “Our young Christians of today have rediscovered their roots” said a local Italian missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “Persistent heat of 40 degrees for the past few weeks, did not dissuade young people in the diocese of Mangochi from taking part in the Diocesan Day for Youth. Our youngsters take part in many ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Cardinal Dias presides Mass to close Jubilee Year for the 25th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kibeho Kibeho (Agenzia Fides) - Today 28 November, in Kibeho (Rwanda), in the diocese of Gikongoro, there were important celebrations to mark the end of a special Jubilee Year on the occasion of the first apparition of the Bles ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Africa suffers effects of other continents' greenhouse gas emissions: Mozambique responds with solar panels Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- Greenhouse gas emissions by industrialised countries threaten Africa, the continent which contributes less to global warming. This was stated by the United Nations Development Programme in a repor ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA - Temporary trade agreement signed between European Union and Community of East African Countries Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- A temporary trade agreement has been reached between the European Union and the Community of East African Countries which includes Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The new agreement s ...
• 26 November 2007
  AFRICA - Africa and Europe unite against drug trafficking: anti-drug police coordination centre Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa and Europe unite to fight drug trafficking. This emerged from a Seminar in Rome for heads of anti-drug services of northern and western Africa countries and G6 countries, France, Germany, Gre ...
• 26 November 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Do not disappoint the hopes of the people of Sierra Leone” a Catholic missionary pleads Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- Fr Gerardo Caglioni, Xaverian missionary in Sierra Leone for 12 years, ( the author of several books including the History of the Evangelisation of Sierra Leone and writing at present the histor ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “There is no honour without burden. If the Lord asks us, through the Pope, to shoulder this responsibility I am certain that this is not our work, it is the Lord who works in us, we are his tools” says Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “These sort of things are totally unexpected. Especially in my case, I have just been moved to Nairobi as Archbishop” Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Catholi ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian senate rejects ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria's senate has approved a motion declaring that last year's handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal. With a vote yesterday 22 November, Senators called on the g ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 November 2007, appointed Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi (Nigeria) Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P., Superior General of the M ...
• 22 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Thank you Holy Father for mentioning the tragedy of the people of Somalia” Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father's appeal which called the attention of the international community to the tragic situation of the people of Somalia” said the Catholic Bishop of ...
• 22 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New Prime Minister appointed, conditions of civilians ever more critical: 1 million displaced Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister of the National Transition Government instead of Ali Mohamed Gedi who resigned on 29 October ...