KIGALI MAY 10, 2016 (CISA) – At least 49 people are believed to have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Northern Rwanda according to Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs. Another 26 people were injured, with more than 500 houses destroyed and several roads damaged between May 7 to 8 May. […]
Day: 10 May 2016
SOUTH AFRICA: Bishops Criticize Government for Spending Billions on Weapons
PRETORIA MAY 10, 2016 CISA- The Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has criticized the government for spending excessively on weapons given the country’s major social problems. “We insist that, in the absence of discernible external military threat to our country, and in a country which is struggling to recover from high levels of unemployment […]
KENYA: Opposition holds Demo against Electoral Body
NAIROBI MAY 10, 2016 (CISA) – Members of the opposition Coalition of Reform and Democracy (CORD), on Monday May 9, staged a street protest against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The opposition has accused IEBC of bias in favor of the government, demanding it be disbanded. The IEBC has however dismissed the charges […]
KENYA: UN Urges Kenya Not to Close Refugee Camps
NAIROBI, MAY 10, 2016(CISA)-United Nations has called on Kenya not to close Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps citing devastating consequences for hundreds of thousands of families living in the camps. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said the closure of the camps risked worsening the current global refugee crisis. “The safety of hundreds […]