NAIROBI JANUARY 20, 2015(CISA) – Bishop Virgilio Pante, the chairman of the KCCB Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Sea farers has called for reconciliation initiatives to help curb violence within refugee camps. Speaking during the World Refugee Day at the Kakuma Refugee camp in the Catholic diocese of Lodwar on Sunday January 18, Bishop Pante […]
Day: 20 January 2015
KENYA: Renew the bond of Ecumenism, Archbishop Urges Christians
NAIROBI, JANUARY 20, 2015 (CISA) – Archbishop Peter Kairo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri has invited Christians to renew their bond of communion in service to the Church. In a statement sent to CISA, to mark the opening of the annual week of prayer for Christian unity, Archbishop Kairo urged Christians to “live with […]
ETHIOPIA: New Diocese for Ethiopia and Metropolitan for Eritrea
BAHIR DAR, JANUARY 20, 2015(CISA) – Pope Francis has erected a new Diocese in Ethiopia which will be known as the Diocese of Bahir Dar – Dessie. The new diocese in Ethiopia has joined together the two districts of Bahir Dar and Dessie. The new diocese or eparchy will have as its new Bishop, Lisane-Christos […]
GHANA: West African Countries to Unite Against Boko Haram
ACCRA, JANUARY 20, 2015(CISA) – Leaders from West African countries will this week be holding a regional summit under the regional block ECOWAS to discuss the possibility of forming a united military force to fight Boko Haram. Speaking to Reuters on Friday January 16, Ghana’s President John Mahama and chairman of the ECOWAS said the […]
KENYA: President Faults Land Officials on School Playground Dispute
NAIROBI, JANUARY 20, 2015(CISA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta today faulted the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission for failing to resolve the Lang’ata Road Primary School land dispute. “We will begin to take action against Government officials who fail in their mandates,” said President Kenyatta following the tear-gassing of pupils protesting the grabbing […]
SIERRA LEONE: Hope as District goes 44 Days without new Ebola Infections
FREE TOWN, JANUARY 20, 2015(CISA) – Pujehun district in the southern region of Sierra Leone has gone for 44 days without any new case of the Ebola virus, Sadiq Siilah the chairman of the district council has said. Records show that since the outbreak occurred in the district on August 8 last year, there had […]