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HARARE AUGUST 30, 2016 (CISA) – Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has accused police of brutality and violating the rights of protesters during anti-government demonstrations in the last two months. In a statement on the protests the commission said its investigations had revealed “unbecoming and violent conduct” by police officers and urged victims to make […]

KAMPALA, AUGUST 30, 2016(CISA)-Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has urged Ugandans to make wills “to avoid leaving misunderstandings among potential beneficiaries of their property when they die.” Speaking at the burial ceremony of the late Fr Joseph Kijjambu at Sacred Heart of Mary Cathedral, Lubaga, August 27, Archbishop Lwanga […]

CAIRO AUGUST 26, 2016(CISA) – The Coptic Orthodox Church has reached an agreement with the government on the articulation of the church building and renovation draft law. The church stated that the phrasing of the draft law was agreed upon through discussion between the representatives of the church and state officials, including President Abdel Fattah […]

NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA AUGUST 26, 2016 (CISA) – Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face “severe acute malnutrition” due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF said yesterday. According to the United Nations’ child agency, which is appealing for $308 million to cope with the crisis, of the […]

ACCRA AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA) – National stakeholders’ forum on land grabbing begun August 23. The theme of the forum is Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana; restoring livelihoods; paving the way for Sustainable Development Goals. The forum is being organized by Caritas Ghana under the auspices of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference.   The forum will, among others, […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 23, 2016 (CISA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged South Sudan’s leaders to fully implement a previously signed peace deal or face a UN arms embargo and sanctions. “It’s really up to the people, the leadership of South Sudan to lead and to do the things that they’ve promised to […]

COTONOU AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA)-Preparations for the next stage of the Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust is underway in Cotonou. The pilgrimage is scheduled to take place from August 31 to September 4, 2016. Thousands of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 30 years) from Benin and other parts of West Africa are expected to […]

DADAAB AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA)-At least 24,000 refugees from Dadaab camp have so far been assisted to voluntarily return to Somalia since a tripartite agreement was signed in 2014, a senior UN official has said. Speaking during the commissioning of the Dadaab power station in Dadaab today, Wella Kouyou, the deputy representative of the United Nations […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Maurice Muhatia, Chairman, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Commission for Education and Religious Education has called on the government to hire school chaplains to help end arson in schools. “We have noted with concern and there seems to be evidence that most of students involved in burning of schools are vulnerable children […]

ADDIS ABABA AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia have called for peaceful dialogue among all parties on the conflicts that have caused loss of lives and properties in the country. “We ask all people to cooperate in building a society free of all hatred that we can pass on to the next generation,” the […]