NAIROBI, JULY 29, 2016 (CISA) Five middle-distance runners from South Sudan, until recently living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, left Nairobi on July 28 to take part in first-ever Refugee Olympic Team in Rio Brazil. According to the UNHCR, the five — two women and three men — will join five others from Syria, Democratic […]
Month: August 2016
South Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis Eminent as Violence Locks out Aid Agencies
JUBA, JULY 29, 2016 (CISA) – Aid agencies working in South Sudan have urged the government and the UN peacekeeping force, UNMISS, to ensure humanitarian agencies can operate safely in the country in order to get aid to those who need it. The aid agencies including CARE, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Christian Aid, […]
KENYA: Minor Seminary Becomes Casualty of Arson in Schools
MERU, JULY 29, 2016 (CISA) – St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Nkubu Meru has become one of the latest schools to be affected by arson that is going on in schools in Kenya. Property worth millions of shillings was lost when a dormitory that houses 120 students went up in flames on the night of […]