Africa

• 29 October 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Rumours of war. “No one here has disarmed, indeed, all have rearmed and if war resumes it will be a blood bath” local sources told Fides Abidjan (Fides Service) - Tensions grows in Ivory Caost since the New Forces rebels accused the President, Laurent Gbagbo, of wanting to take rebel controlled areas with force. At a press conference in Bouake, the main ...
• 28 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu main town in eastern Congo hub of political activity. Tomorrow Bukavu commemorates Archbishop Munzihirwa murdered in 1996 Bukavu (Fides Service) - Leading government members continue to visit Bukavu the main town in South Kivu, in the east of Democratic Congo. Last week vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo spent the morning in Bukavu “ ...
• 28 October 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Were trucks of arms confiscated in rebel controlled zone for president’s supporters or was it simply a provocation? Catholic Bishops appeal for peace Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The situation is so confused that there are at least 20 versions of the truth”, a local source in Bouake told Fides. Bouake is the main town in the hands of New Forces rebels in Ivory Coast ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations Security Council will meet in Nairobi to discuss peace in Southern Sudan and the situation in Darfur Rome (Fides Service)-The humanitarian crisis in the western Sudan region of Darfur is still at the centre of international attention. While in Abuja, Nigeria, talks between representatives of the Sudanese government and ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - War in eastern Congo: thousands of women silent victims Rome (Fides Service) - Tens of thousands of women and girls in Democratic Congo are victims of rape, according to a report on the situation in eastern Congo issued by the London based Amnesty International as part of a w ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity is building a Catholic hospital in the Nuba Mountains region: now that peace is in sight we must boost missionary activity” Catholic Bishop of El Obeid tells Fides Khartoum (Fides Service)- “In 2005 the people of Nuba Mountains will have a Catholic hospital at their service. We are building the hospital thanks to solidarity from many people” Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid ...
• 26 October 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prison inmates missionaries through prayer in mission month of October Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Even prisoners can be missionaries, I tell my brothers in prison when I meet them every Thursday and Sunday at Kamiti high security prison in Nairobi” Consolata missionary Father Eugenio Fer ...
• 26 October 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The situation in Angola two years after the civil war: Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference Rome (Fides Service)- “Two years since the end of civil war in Angola, the country is in a phase of reconstruction which is sure to last for a long time Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso of Saurimo who is secretary of the Ango ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda hosts Anglophone African Regional Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies NDESA Kampala (Fides Service)- The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) with the Episcopal Commission for Missions in Uganda is hosting this year’s regional meeting of the National Directors of Engli ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude Dar as Salaam (Fides Service) - Catholics celebrated World Mission Sunday throughout Tanzania on 24 October by emphasising the theme “The Eucharist and Mission.” There was wide use of the Message of Pope John Paul II ...
• 22 October 2004
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Comboni Bishop Armido Gasparini: 52 years on Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia dies at the age of 91 Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - After 52 years as a missionary in Eritrea and Ethiopia, Bishop Armido Gasparini and Italian Comboni missionary died yesterday 21 October, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Bishop was emeritus V ...
• 21 October 2004
  AFRICA - Conflict and dialogue between Islam and Christianity discussed by Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany committed to enhancing communion between Churches of the two continents and fruitful relations with Muslims Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany met in Akosombo, Ghana, west Africa between October 10 and 16 to “enhance communion among the Churches on our two continents and strengthen the witness to th ...
• 21 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 8,000 attend funeral of Catholic priest killed in ambush: “the priest was a target” local sources told Fides Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We have lost another man of peace” said a priest who attended the funeral of Father Gerard Nzeyimana from Bururi diocese killed in an ambush on 19 October. The funeral was held in Bururi ...
• 20 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Massacres in Darfur continue: 10,000 deaths every month. Caritas engaged in assistance Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation in Darfur is unbearable” Caritas Italy said in a report to Fides underlining the urgent need for decisive intervention on the part of the international community to put an end to ...
• 20 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Bururi (Burundi) said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana a Catholic priest in Burundi ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 ...