Day: 21 October 2016

NAIROBI OCTOBER 21, 2016(CISA) – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) selection panel has appointed Bernadette Musundi as its chairperson. The announcement which also confirmed Prof Abdul El-Busaidy as the deputy was made following the panel’s first meeting today after commissioning by President Uhuru Kenyatta last week. Musundi was selected by Kenya conference of […]

BRAZZAVILLE OCTOBER 21, 2016 (CISA) – The number of South Sudanese refugees registered in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo nearly doubled in September to reach about 54,000, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on October 20. South Sudan has now surpassed Burundi to become the third-largest source of refugees in Congo, after Rwanda and Central African Republic, […]

LUSAKA OCTOBER 21, 2016 (CISA) – Churches and civil society in Zambia have condemned attacks on citizens and media citing government’s attempt to diminish dissenting voices of citizens. In an October 19 press statement, the organisations under the banner Oasis Forum, through its chair, Fr Cleophas Lungu came out strongly against intimidation. “The Oasis Forum is […]

JUBA OCTOBER 21, 2016 (CISA) – The Religious Superior’s Association of South Sudan (RSASS), has established a peace centre in Kit in the Archdiocese of Juba. The centre was officially opened on October 15 by the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan, Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, assisted by Archbishop Paolino Lukudu Loro, of Juba, […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 21, 2016 (CISA) – Daystar University hosted the first ever International Communication Association (ICA) Africa Regional Conference in Africa at its Valley Road campus in Nairobi. The three-day conference October 19 – 21 whose theme is Growing communication scholarship-Looking to the past with gratitude, the present with passion, the future with hope, has brought together professional communication […]