Month: August 2016

DADAAB AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA)-At least 24,000 refugees from Dadaab camp have so far been assisted to voluntarily return to Somalia since a tripartite agreement was signed in 2014, a senior UN official has said. Speaking during the commissioning of the Dadaab power station in Dadaab today, Wella Kouyou, the deputy representative of the United Nations […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Maurice Muhatia, Chairman, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Commission for Education and Religious Education has called on the government to hire school chaplains to help end arson in schools. “We have noted with concern and there seems to be evidence that most of students involved in burning of schools are vulnerable children […]

ADDIS ABABA AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia have called for peaceful dialogue among all parties on the conflicts that have caused loss of lives and properties in the country. “We ask all people to cooperate in building a society free of all hatred that we can pass on to the next generation,” the […]

JOHANNESBURG AUGUST 19, 2016 (CISA) – Farmers in drought – hit southern Africa urgently need help to plant the next harvest, or else the food crisis in the region will continue into 2017, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned on August 18. “If there is good support from (local) governments and the international […]

NAIROBI, AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)- The Catholic Church through the Justice and Peace commission will tomorrow, Saturday August 20, 2016 hold Mass in memory of Fr John A. Kaiser at Morendat, Naivasha. The event will begin with a procession that will begin at 9.00am from Naivasha parish to Morendat the place where Fr Kaiser’s body was […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 16, 2016 (CISA) – A conference for principals of Catholic sponsored schools is currently underway in Nairobi. The three day conference (16 – 18 August) organized by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Commission for Education and Religious Education is taking place at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, (Langat-campus). The Conference […]

CAIRO AUGUST 16, 2016(CISA) – Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical leaders have signed a bill approving church construction and restoration in the country. Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Magdi al-Agati said August 11 that Egypt’s Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical leaders signed the bill in front of Bishop Paula of Tanta, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Council […]

LUSAKA, AUGUST 16, 2016 (CISA) – Zambian police has arrested over 150 opposition demonstrators following protests that erupted after President Edgar Lungu was declared the winner of a highly-contested vote. Supporters of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema took to the streets in Southern Province after the election results were released Monday August 15, blockading roads with […]

GULU, AUGUST 12, 2016(CISA) – Religious leaders of Acholi sub-region in northern Uganda have called on the international community to urgently intervene to completely end violence in South Sudan. “The international communities should do all it takes within their powers to ensure that calm returns to South Sudan and they should provide relief and medical […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 12, 2016(CISA) – The African Regional Conference on Families will take place in Nairobi between September 22 and 24, President for African Organization for Families, Anne Kioko has said. “The congress will be a platform to celebrate the African family, deliberate on what is currently ailing the African families and look for a […]