Month: December 2015

Pope Francis today opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee of Mercy. The ceremony took place after he celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in St. Peter’s Square. Over 50 thousand people including the President and Prime Minister of Italy, Sergio Mattarella and Matteo Renzi; as well as […]

Strathmore University Council has appointed an 11-member team to carry out an independent probe over the security drill in the institution that left tens of students injured and one staff member dead. In a statement sent to Newsrooms today, the team has been tasked to determine nine key issues among them how the drill was […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

KINSHASA DECEMBER 1, 2015(CISA)- The Catholic Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s have called on citizens to defy any attempts by President Joseph Kabila to hold on to power beyond the end of his term next year. “We ask the Congolese people to prove their vigilance in the spirit of article 64 (of the […]

BANGUI DECEMBER 1, 2015 (CISA) – “Bangui is today the spiritual capital of the world,” said Pope Francis as he opened the Holy Door of Bangui’s cathedral on Sunday 29 before beginning of Mass. This is the first time a Pope has opened a Holy Door outside Rome. The Jubilee of Mercy does not begin […]

OUAGADOUGOU DECEMBER 1 2015 (CISA) – The former Prime Minister Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been elected president. He becomes the second president since the country got independence in 1960. About three million people participated in the November 29 presidential and legislative elections. According to The Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Kaboere secured 53.5% followed  […]

JOHANNESBURG DECEMBER 1, 2015 (CISA) – The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, even as the world marks World Aids day, according to new data released November 27, by UNICEF. According to the report, AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the […]