Africa

• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Women are the first to suffer violence unleashed by famine” says missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “The main concern at the moment is that the rain has suddenly stopped and crops are in danger of scorching before harvest time” says a missionary in Malawi a country suffering from famine in ...
• 13 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Pontifical Mission Societies Germany respond to Kenyan Bishops’ anguished appeal to save starving people Nairobi (Fides Service) - People in north east Kenya are in danger of starving to death. In response to repeated calls for help from the Catholic Bishops of Kenya (see Fides 12/01/06 and 01/02/2006) the national office o ...
• 10 February 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Funeral of Fr. José Afonso Moreira, 80 year old missionary shot dead yesterday in his bed with seven bullets Luanda (Fides Service)- This morning at 10am at the mission church in Bailundo 60 km north of Huambo local Catholics and missionaries attended the funeral of Fr José Afonso Moreira 80 year old Portuguese missionary of t ...
• 10 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - 700 village children in line to start new Catholic primary schoolin Morogoro Rome (Fides Service) - A new Catholic primary school in Morogoro, Tanzania, is ready to take 700 village children thanks to the “Helping Children” Foundation which funds programmes of education for children. The aim ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Elderly Portuguese missionary found dead Huambo (Fides Service) - Portuguese missionary Fr José Alfonso Moreira, aged 80, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, was found dead this morning in Huambo. The priest died of gun wounds. He had served at th ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate celebrate 75 years of service in Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI are celebrating 75 years of service in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Celebrations will start on Saturday 11 February with a Mass at St Elias pa ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Improving hygiene in Congo Hospitals: local Higher Institute for Nursing Science trains personnel for 6 pilot clinics Rome (Fides Service) - The Higher Institute for Nursing Science, HINS opened by Opus Dei in Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, trains local men and women to enable them to improve the nation’s he ...
• 9 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - International mediation in Ivorian crisis continues. South Africa open to position of President Gbagbo Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The important thing is that dialogue continues and that the international community continues its efforts to mediate” say local sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire with re ...
• 8 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought in north east Kenya: UN and local government say 230 million dollars needed to save the lives of 3.5 million people Nairobi (Fides Service)-“We appeal to the international community to see this arid land needs immediate help. We call for general political and social mobilisation to guarantee the right of access to water, fundamental ...
• 2 February 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Catholic Bishops (South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland) united in the Bishops Conference of Southern Africa have issued 4 statements on the urgency to restore hope to the people, give more value to the role of teachers, firmly oppose ‘marriage’ of persons of the same sex and condemn trafficking of sex slaves Pretoria (Fides Service) - Political and social situation; trafficking of women and children; valorisation of role of teachers; same sex “marriage” were four questions discussed in separate statements issued at the e ...
• 2 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Cautious optimism after mission sent by South African president Thabo Mbeki Abidjan (Fides Service) - “We are moderately optimistic” say local observers in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire with regard to the outcome of a mission to the west African country concluded yesterday ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA - Centenary celebrations for Sisters of St. Augustine who spread Catholic literature and make vestments Rome (Fides Service)- The Sisters of St Augustine who this year are celebrating 100 years since their foundtion this year have been present in Africa since 1960. In Burkina Faso the Sisters have a Catholic Book Shop and ...
• 31 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Lay Catholics must unite if they are to have an impact on the life of the country” say delegates at National Forum of Lay Catholics Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “To evangelise society the Church must act at the level of culture and at the level of the institutions. The actors in this field are the laity called to be ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘ligh ...
• 30 January 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad land of refugees: first refugees from Darfur, now women and children refugees from Central African Republic N’Djamena (Fides Service)- Since the end of December 2005 about 1,000 refugees from the Central African Republic CAR, mostly women and children reached southern Chad fleeing what they described as rebel attacks in the ...
• 30 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We can be more and better present among our people, Good Shepherds as the Church and the world expects” says Vice president of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference at Mass at the Tomb of St Peter Rome (Fides Service)- On Friday 27 January at the end of their ad limina visit to Rome a group of Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, celebrated Mass at the Tomb of St Peter before returning to their country and ...