NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will visit Kenya next month. According to a press invite sent to CISA, Cardinal Turkson will deliver his message of openness and participates in the international conference on “extractive industries, Conflict and sustainable development” organized by Hekima Institute of […]
Day: 21 September 2016
KENYA: Church Selects Bernadette Musundi to Team to Select New Electoral Officials
NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA)- Kenya conference of Catholic Bishops(KCCB) has selected Bernadette Musundi, to a nine-member team that will select a new electoral commission. The Catholic Church was among religious leaders who met at Ufungamano House in Nairobi on September 19 to select the representatives. Other leaders appointed by the religious leaders include the National […]
DRC: Exercise Maximum Restraint in Dealing with Protestors, Ki-moon Urges Police
KINSHASA, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Congolese national security forces to exercise maximum restraint in their response to protests. “(Ban) condemns the violence that has already led to the death of at least 17 people, including three police officers in the capital,” Reuters quoted his spokesman as saying Monday, […]
S SUDAN: Refugees fleeing Country Pass One million Mark
JUBA SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 (CISA) – The number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing the country has passed the 1 million mark, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported. With this milestone, South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as countries which have produced more than a million refugees, UNHCR spokesperson Leo Dobbs told […]