Africa

• 25 November 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Thousands flee from violence in southern Congo. “We have a humanitarian catastrophe in Dubie” says Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Catholics in DR Congo continue to report on the alarming situation in the southern region of Katanga where the presence of armed militia is causing a serious humanitarian emergency. It was here ...
• 24 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary’s analysis of referendum vote Nairobi (Fides Service)- “A too hastily prepared referendum and the presentation of a controversial constitutional project containing certainly positive elements together with other questionable ones were the factors w ...
• 24 November 2005
  AFRICA/GABON - Presidential elections: Catholic Bishops call for “transparency” Libreville (Fides Service)- The Catholic Bishops of Gabon have launched a call for transparency in presidential elections 25 and 27 November. “We urge individual politicians and political parties to ensure transparency ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cleared of antipersonnel mines Benguela railway line across Angolan province of Moxico. Encouragement for recovery of the economy Luanda (Fides Service) - A strip of 230 km of the 300km strip of Benguela railway which crosses the Angolan province of Moxico has been cleared of antipersonnel mines according to Antonio Catumba, regional director of A ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Katanga in southern Congo victim of Mai-Mai militia: Catholic Bishops’ memorandum to President of Congo and United Nations Representative Kinshasa (Fides Service)- In a memorandum addressed to the President of DR Congo and the local representative of the United Nations Organisation the Catholic Bishops of Katanga in south east DR Congo expressed concern fo ...
• 22 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Young people teach young people how to avoid HIV/AIDS which continues to take millions of lives every year Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Prevention is the best way to stop the spread of the HIV virus which causes AIDS and the best people to teach young people how to keep clear of it are young people themselves. This is the convic ...
• 22 November 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Death of emeritus Bishop of Lilongwe Lilongwe (Fides Service)- Bishop Matthias A. Chimole, emeritus Bishop of Lilongwe, capital of Malawi, died of a heart attack on 18 October at Likuni Hospital Lilongwe. Matthias Chimole was born in 1916 at Nakhwala, di ...
• 22 November 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In one of the poorest districts of Cairo 270 children learn to read and write thanks to a Catholic missionary Cairo (Fides Service) - A Centre opened by Italian Comboni missionary Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, who has worked for years among abandoned children in the garbage collectors village in Cairo’s Mansheyit Nasser district cont ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Savage murder of Catholic priest from Manono diocese who tried to convince rebel leader to disarm Manono (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest Fr Francois Djikulo has been savagely murdered by rebels in Democratic Congo. The priest, from the diocese of Manono, had gone, without asking permission or even informing his B ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Eleven million electors vote in constitutional referendum and decide the destiny of the government Nairobi (Fides Service) - Kenya is living today 21 November a crucial day in its political history. Eleven million Kenyans are called to decide with a referendum whether to approve or reject a draft constitution which ha ...
• 19 November 2005
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate work with local Church to prepare young Catholics for marriage foundation stone of society Gaborone (Fides Service)- The increase in broken marriages and divorces in Botswana is a cause of concern for the local community Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI. According to OMI Information bulletin the mis ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Local Church collaborates with foreign partners to launch programme for better education Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- The local Church in Burkina Faso and a Swiss association have launched a joint programme to improve education in the African country. According to Swiss news agency APIC, Oeuvre Suisse d'Entr ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA - Don Orione family celebrates ordination of first local born priests in Kenya and Madagascar Rome (Fides Service)- Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 November, the Orinini Family founded by Saint Luigi Orione will rejoice for the ordination of two of its members deacon Peter Wambulwa Wakoba, and deacon Désiré Rand ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Political transition in Democratic Congo has become a headache for everyone” says Archbishop Monsengwo Pasinya president of the Catholic Bishops Conference who reaffirms the importance of a process of electoral education Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Democratic Congo said political transition in his country has become a headache for everyone. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisan ...
• 17 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo end their 14th plenary assembly Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The week long 14th plenary assembly of the Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo ended on 13 November. A total 140 general and provincial superiors of congregations ...