Month: October 2016

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 […]

ABUJA OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – A faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in 2014 is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls, the president’s spokesman said on October 16. “The faction said it is ready to negotiate if the government is […]

KINSHASA OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – The Constitutional Court in Democratic Republic of Congo on October 17 approved a petition by the electoral commission to delay the presidential election set for November 2016. The petition means President Joseph Kabila who was due to step down in December 2016 when his two-term mandate expires will remain in […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – Over 150 Catholic sisters from 15 countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss their role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The four- day convention begun October 16-19 on the theme the Catholic Sisters: Champions of Sustainable Development in Africa. The conference was sponsored by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and […]

JOHANNESBURG OCTOBER 14, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Church has supported the university students’ protest citing the inequality of opportunity for poor and competent students to access third level education. The country wide students’ protest dubbed FeesMustFall has affected the major public universities in the country. The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference noted that as a conference spread […]

BERLIN OCTOBER 14, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has called for urgent need to invest in strong health care systems in Africa. “Too many Africans have been deprived of access to healthcare for a long a period of time, despite the significant progress in the fields of technology, […]