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 […]
Month: February 2016
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 […]
KENYA: Archbishop Kivuva Opens new Parish in Timbwani Mombasa
MOMBASA FEBRUARY 16, 2016(CISA)-Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa on Sunday February 14, opened the Blessed Joseph Allamano Parish in Timbwani, Mombasa. Speaking during the event that also saw Fr Urbanus Mutunga appointed the parish priest, Archbishop Kivuva said the new parish meant a new dawn for the faithful who have […]
UGANDA: Bishop Kakubi laid to Rest in Mbarara
MBARARA FEBRUARY 16,2016(CISA)-Hundreds of faithful from the Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara on Saturday, February 13 attended the burial of Bishop Emeritus John Baptist Kakubi at the chapel of St Joseph’s Vocational School, Nyamitanga. Bishop Kakubi died on February 11 at Kampala International Hospital at the age of 87. The requiem Mass for the late Bishop […]
BURUNDI: European Union Threatens to Impose More Sanctions
BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 16, 2016 (CISA) – The European Union is prepared to toughen economic sanctions on Burundi following the failure of talks to end a political crisis in the country in which more than 440 people have been killed. “The EU… stands ready to impose restrictive measures against those whose actions might have led or […]
NIGERIA: War on Corruption Shouldn’t be Lopsided, Bishop tells Government
IFO, FEBRUARY 16, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government not to allow war on anti-corruption be lopsided. Speaking at the closing ceremony of a three day pastoral visit to St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Alaja, Ifo in Ogun State, February 14, Odetoyinbo said, “The anti-corruption crusade […]
ZAMBIA: Church Urges Catholic Media to be Non-partisan on Elections
LUSAKA FEBRUARY 16, 2016(CISA)-The Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Chairperson for Communication Bishop Moses Hamungole has appealed to journalists working in Catholic media houses to put stay focused and professional in their line of duty. “I urge you to stay focused and professional in your line of duty. Be balanced, accurate and seek the voices of all […]