Africa

• 29 March 2006
  AFRICA - Swiss Missionary Fr Michael Traber social communications and human rights activist dies at the age of 77 Immensee (Fides Service )- Swiss Missionary Fr Michael Traber, of the Mission Bethléem Immensee (SMB), a missionary institute based at Immensee in Switzerland has died at the age of 77. The missionary was known for his ...
• 29 March 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Special status for Cabinda announced by Angolan Premier to solve the question of the oil rich disputed enclave Luanda (Fides Service)- The Angolan government is considering offering “special status” to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda which lies between Congo Brazzaville and Congo Kinshasa. Angola’s prime minister Fernando ...
• 29 March 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic Bishops ask UN general secretary to open International Criminal Court for Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “It would be opportune and desirable to have an International Criminal Court (ICC) for Democratic Republic of Congo”. This request was made to Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nati ...
• 28 March 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Important changes and debates as Malawi struggles to win the fight with famine Lilongwe (Fides Service) - “An important week-long meeting of the Malawi Constitutional Review starts today 28 March” says Italian Monfort missionary Giorgio Gamba in Malawi. “This event will mark the beginning ...
• 28 March 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Aid for drought affected people is coming but more is needed to save 11 million people in east Africa at starvation risk Nairobi (Fides Service)- Kenya has started a cereal import programme to help feed 5 million hungry people in the north east of the country. This was announced by President Mwai Kibaki who said food supplies distributed s ...
• 27 March 2006
  AFRICA - African Enchiridion the fruit of long labouring to collect African Catholic Church writings: testimony from author Fr. Oseni Ogunu Rome (Fides Service)- “The idea of writing the "African Enchiridion" (AE) was a gradual and difficult process which began in late 1997, in the course of my academic studies and research in Rome, says Oseni Ogunu aut ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Development and integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees discussed in the Angolan capital on Monday Luanda (Fides Service)- On 27 March in Luanda, the capital of Angola there will be a meeting to discuss the inclusion of the needs of thousands of former Angolan refugees who have repatriated since the civil war ended in ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Population census extended for 2 more days Abidjan (Fides Service) - A population census in Nigeria has been prolonged for another two days. The news was announced by the President Mr Olusegun Obasanjo who explained that the National Population Commission asked f ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Successful Comboni school in ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo attracts other similar initiatives Cairo (Fides Service)- A school opened by Comboni Fr. Luciano Verdoscia for children in the Mansheya ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo is giving rise to other similar projects. The district of the ‘refuse colle ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - American nun teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in Mombasa Nairobi (Fides Service) - Maryknoll missionary Sister Caroline Stanfill from Richmond USA, teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in a parish in the archdiocese of Mombasa, in K ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - EU military mission for general elections on June 18 Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The European Union has approved the deployment of a small military contingent in Democratic Congo on the occasion of general elections in June this year. A group of 450 men will guarantee secu ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Plan to meet food emergency in an area neglected by public structures and other food aid services focuses on children and schools Rome (Fides Service) - Malawi is one of the country’s in Africa most at risk for famine because of its mono-culture, impoverished soil and progressive diminution of farmers. Malawi is now at the centre of a massive int ...
• 23 March 2006
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Thousands of Liberian refugees refuse to return home Conakry (Fides Service) - The UN’s Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, a humanitarian news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa, eight countries in central Asia and Iraq, said in its March 1 report that thousa ...
• 22 March 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Sicilian town of Linguaglossa and Catholic mission in Madagascar sign twinning project Rome (Fides Service)- “It is difficult to live in a place where there is no water, or electricity, or medical care. Linguaglossa has begun to walk alongside with the mission district of Amborompotsy and on behalf of al ...
• 22 March 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - UN High Commission for Refugees suspends repatriation operations to Southern Sudan because of violence Khartoum (Fides Service) - Following armed attacks in southern Sudan the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has decided to suspend repatriation of refugees from Central African Republic, Uganda and Democratic Congo to ...