NAIROBI, AUGUST 14, 2015(CISA)-President Uhuru Kenyatta has advised women to help correct the gender imbalance in elective office by voting in fellow women. “You have the ability and power to effect gender equality in the country’s leadership through the ballot,” he said. Speaking on August 13 at a women’s conference at the Kenyatta International Conference […]
Day: 17 August 2015
NIGERIA: Archbishop calls on Christians to remain Undeterred despite Insecurity
KADUNA, AUGUST 14 2015 (CISA) – Archbishop Mathew Ndagoso of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna has urged the Catholic media in Nigeria not to allow the present state of insecurity in the north of the country to prevent them from witnessing to Christ in the area. The Archbishop said this in his homily at the […]
GUINEA-BISSAU: President Dismisses Govt amid row with PM
BISSAU AUGUST 14, 2015 (CISA) – Guinea Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government of the West African nation due to a power struggle with the prime minister. Tensions caused by overlapping duties in Guinea Bissau’s semi-presidential system have grown between the president and Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira since elections restored civilian rule […]
BURUNDI: Church vows to stand with the People in Country’s Crisis
BUJUMBURA, AUGUST 14, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic Church in Burundi has vowed to continue standing with the people amid the ongoing political crisis. “Despite the difficulties, we will continue to support the people, to denounce violence and invite all parties to peace and the respect of human rights,” said Fr Lambert Niciteretse, the Secretary […]
KENYA: Let us join Hands to Promote Morality, Bishop Urges School Heads
NAIROBI AUGUST 14, 2015(CISA)-Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, Commission for Education and Religious Education has urged teachers to work together with the parish, Education secretaries and Religious Education advisors to instill good behavior among students in schools. “Our Catholic schools must be centers where values are consistently nurtured […]