NAIROBI FEBRUARY 19, 2016 (CISA) – Each individual has a responsibility towards ensuring social justice in our community, Jamey Ponte, Director Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots Kenya has said. Mr Ponte was speaking during the just concluded Commemoration of the World Day of Social Justice Multidisciplinary Working Conference held at the Catholic University […]
Day: 20 February 2016
UGANDA: State Shuts Down Social Media on Election Day
KAMPALA FEBRUARY 19, 2016 (CISA) – Ugandan government blocked its citizens from accessing Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook on the day of the presidential elections and parliamentary elections. However President Yoweri Museveni, who is vying for the top seat for the fifth time after ruling the country for the last 30 years, defended the ban. “Social […]
S AFRICA: A million Children Severely Malnourished-UN
JOHANNESBURG FEBRUARY 19, 2016(CISA) – Nearly one million children across eastern and southern Africa are suffering from “severe acute malnutrition” after two years of drought and the strongest El Nino in 50 years, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala has said. “The El Nino weather phenomenon will wane, but the cost […]
GHANA: Pope Appoints Fr Baawobr Bishop of Wa
FEBRUARY 19, 2016(CISA) – Pope Francis has appointed Rev Fr Richard Kuuia Baawobr as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wa. Until his appointment Fr Baawobr was the Superior General of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa. His appointment was announced by Archbishop Jean Speich, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana in a statement. […]
ZIMBABWE: Pope Accepts Resignation of Bishop Scholz
HARARE FEBRUARY 19, 2016(CISA) – Pope Francis, has accepted the resignation presented by Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Chinhoyi, in Zimbabwe, in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. Archbishop Robert Cristopher Ndlovu, the Archbishop of Harare has been appointed the Apostolic Administrator […]
UGANDA: Vote Counting Underway in Nation after Polls
KAMPALA, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 (CISA) – Counting of votes is underway in Uganda after the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections were held yesterday amidst delay of voting material in some areas, detention of a leading opposition candidate and a ban on social media. Jonathan Taremwa, spokesman for the Uganda electoral commission however extended the voting day […]