Africa

• 29 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Large numbers of faithful gather for inauguration of Kibeho Jubilee Year to mark 25 years since the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kibeho (Fides Service) - “Our Lady of Kibeho is a beacon of hope, a light for all Africa and the world. This is demonstrated by the fact that 10,000 people braved torrential rain to take part in the ceremony to open th ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Kenya Vision 2030”: long term development programme to make Kenya an economic power Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “A strategic plan to outline key interventions at the social and economic level and establish the order and responsibilities of the interventions” said Kenya’s Planning Minister Henry Obwoc ...
• 27 November 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN peacekeepers intervene against rebel military in the east. Expectancy for Supreme Court verdict defeated presidential candidate’s appeal Goma (Agenzia Fides)- MONUC peacekeepers of the United Nations mission Democratic Congo intervened this morning, 27 November, against military dissidents in Sake, 20 km from Goma, in eastern Kivu region. The UN troops su ...
• 22 November 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - ‘We appreciate the democratic progress made in our countries’ say Bishops Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Satisfaction for progress achieved at the social and political level in central African countries was expressed by the Standing Council of the Association of Central African Bishops’ Conferen ...
• 18 November 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Tension in Antananarivo after a night of shooting. Fides first hand chronicle Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in Madagascar is uncertain after a night of gunfire in the capital in the early hours of the morning Saturday 18 November near Ivato Military Base adjacent to Antananarivo airp ...
• 14 November 2006
  AFRICA -‘Three Border’ crisis at the centre of international attention: Darfur conflict could spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The Darfur crisis threatens to spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic. Developments in recent weeks are not encouraging: Chad declared a state of emergency after civilians in the ...
• 13 November 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Oil is non renewable, it must serve for the common good with an eye on the future for the coming generations says Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in Nigerian has sided with transparency and honesty in the management of oil and demands that it be used for the authentic development of the country. Archbishop John Onaiyekan ...
• 13 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Prison Fellowship Week of Prayer for victims and perpetrators of violence Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Prison inmates all over Malawi offered prayers for the victims of violence during a Week of Prayer in Prisons held 6- 13 November organised by the Malawi Prison Fellowship. “The Week of Pray ...
• 10 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts launch Seeds of Life and Hope programme to teach techniques of farming and animal breeding to promote social and economic insertion of women in difficulty and young deaf people Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- On 13 November the community of Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Nyamata Bugesera district of Rwanda will launch Seeds of Life and Hope, to teach poor people techniques of farming and anim ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Curbing global warming is a question of justice because the most affected people are the poor” Christian leaders say in a statement to 12th UN Conference on Climate Change in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - ““We pray that the world’s environment ministers meeting from November 6-17 in Nairobi, Kenya - a country currently in the grip of climate change - will find the courage to act with the ur ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALI - New info and communications technology catalyst for development in Africa: international meeting in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- Bamako, in Mali, is hosting an international meeting Novatech 2006, an industry forum bringing together all actors in ICT and e-commerce as part of a truly innovative ongoing process. Through thei ...
• 7 November 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bandits kill Brazilian Jesuit missionary and Portuguese lay volunteer, growing concern for safety of missionaries Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- The Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Portugal has reported that a priest and a lay missionary volunteer were killed and other persons were wounded in an attack on Angone Residence in Tete Pro ...
• 7 November 2006
  AFRICA - Asia courts Africa: South Korea signs 10 billion dollar contract with Nigeria Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Asia and Africa are ever closer. After the Beijing summit between China and 48 African countries (see Fides 6 November 2006) now South Korea is hosting a Korea-Africa Meeting in Seoul on 8 November ...
• 6 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA -Local Catholic Church holds Jubilee year to mark the 25th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kibeho Kibeho (Agenzia Fides)- “The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kibeho and the message were without a doubt a source of heavenly blessing for the Church, an opportunity for new evangelisation of society today” ...
• 3 November 2006
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Catholic Bishops of North Africa discuss Inter-religious Dialogue and the Drama of Emigration Tunis (Fides Service)- Dialogue between Christians and Muslims, the role of lay Catholics in the small Christian communities in north Africa and the drama of migration from sub-Saharan Africa, were the topics discussed b ...