Africa

• 11 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “At least 50,000 people flee fighting in east Congo” says Italian Volunteer Service AVSI which has worked in the area for years Goma (Agenzia Fides)- At least 50,000 are fleeing their homes to escape violence in north Kivu in Democratic Congo, caused by fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkunda which started at the end of ...
• 10 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Ordination of new Catholic Bishop of Bururi: among those present Burundi's principal authorities Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- A joyful crowd welcomed the new Bishop of Bururi, in Burundi. Bishop Venant Bacinoni who was ordained on Saturday 8 September in Kabuye sports stadium. Civic authorities present for the occa ...
• 10 September 2007
  AFRICA - International Telecommunication Union secretary general wants “Marshal Plan" for telecommunications in Africa Roma (Agenzia Fides) - A “Marshal Plan" for telecommunications is what the Secretary General of the Geneva based International Telecommunication Union hopes for Africa. Mali born Hamadoun Touré said this when he prese ...
• 8 September 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Polling stations open for 2nd round of presidential elections. Catholic Bishops call for “Non-violence. Strive for unity and harmony” Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- In Sierra Leone polling stations opened for the second round of presidential elections (see Fides 7 September 2007). Some 2.6 million eligible voters are called to cast their ballots in 6,150 st ...
• 8 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “Thousands continue to flee from violence in north Kivu” says United Nations High Commission for Refugees Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- In the province of north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo thousands continue to flee the latest outbreak of fighting between government troops, rebels and militia groups which refuse to inte ...
• 7 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Three local Camillian priests ordained: “Your chose us Lord to serve your presence” Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - This was the verse on the invitation to the ordination of nine new priests in the diocese of Koudougou on, by curious providential coincidence, the 7th of the 7th , 2007. Seven has always be ...
• 7 September 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “The country is tired of empty promises” says missionary on the eve of second round presidential elections in Sierra Leone Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- Tomorrow 8 September Sierra Leone will hold second round presidential elections. In the first round on 11 August opposition candidate Ernest Bai Koroma obtained 44% of the votes and outgoing vi ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA - Lighting Africa: World Bank proposes to supply Sub-Saharan Africa with electrical power using new means Rome (Agenzia Fides)- To supply modern lighting to over 250 million Sub-Saharan Africans by 2030 in an ecological and inexpensive manner without the use of fossil fuel is the goal of a 'Lighting Africa' initiative launch ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - East Congo: “A spark of hope for negotiations although fighting continues” Goma (Agenzia Fides)- "There is some hope for negotiations, according to local radio stations Nkunda has said he is ready to talk with the government" Fides was told by a missionary in North-Kivu, eastern Democratic Con ...
• 6 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After caring for the sick for 35 years, a Camillian missionary leaves Ouagadougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - “At the end of this month of September I will leave the Camillian Mission in Burkina Faso”. These are the first words of a letter of good bye which Camillian Fr. Giovanni Grigoletto, ad ...
• 5 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO “Who is funding for the new war in Congo?” a missionary asks in a dramatic report to Fides Goma (Agenzia Fides)- Fides received a dramatic report from a missionary in north Kivu, Democratic Congo, where fierce fighting between the regular army and the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda has continued for several days ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Heavy fighting in a district of the capital between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, thousands of homes abandoned Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting broke out this morning in the Buterere district, in north Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The fighting was between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, FNL, ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The “curse” of petroleum: what happened to the 400 billion dollars booked by the Nigerian government since 1960? Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The issue of the distribution of oil revenues is at the centre of Nigeria's political life. For decades Nigerians living in the south (mainly Christians) where most of the oil fields are situated, h ...
• 4 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria will reform its oil sector: “We want to create a company which is competitive abroad ” Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - General restructuring of Nigeria's oil section will follow the approval by the federal government of a National Gas and Oil Policy. On the basis of the new plan the Nigerian National Petroleum C ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, the White Sisters, celebrate 100 years of fruitful in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a tribute to all the Sisters who worked in Kenya, who taught, nursed and were present in many vital and creative ways” writes Sr Maggi Kennedy of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady o ...