BUJUMBURA DECEMBER 4, 2015, (CISA) – Regional mediation to establish a peace process between the government and opposition is needed to prevent further bloodshed, a US envoy has said. “The most urgent thing is a regionally mediated dialogue that will deal with the crisis itself,” Thomas Perriello, the US special envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes […]
Day: 7 December 2015
SENEGAL – Caritas to Launch Program to Fight poverty and Illegal Migration
DAKAR DECEMBER 4, 2015 (CISA) – Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye, of the Catholic Archbishop of Dakar, On December 8, will launch a project promoted by Caritas Dakar to tackle poverty and the illegal migration of young people in the suburbs of Pikine. The official launch of the initiative will be held at the local town hall, […]
CAMEROON: 900 captives of Boko Haram freed by Military
YAOUNDE, DECEMBER 4, 2015(CISA)-Cameroon’s government has said a multi-national military action has freed 900 hostages of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. The Joint forces from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Benin have reportedly killed over 100 militants and arrested 100 more in late November. The military operations appear to have taken place in the Sambisa […]
GHANA: Bishops Call on Charity for those with HIV and AIDS
ACCRA DECEMBER 4, 2015 (CISA) – The Bishops of Africa have issued a pastoral letter ahead of the Jubilee of Mercy, calling for people to “exercise charity and mercy as they seek to help persons to “recover and restore relationships strained by the presence of HIV and AIDS in our communities.” “One of the tenets of our […]