LUANDA FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (CISA) –Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed today he will not run in this year’s presidential election, bringing an end to 38 years of his reign as head of state. According to Reuters, Dos Santos will however remain president of the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) […]
Day: 3 February 2017
DR CONGO: Priest Kidnapped for Protecting School Children Released by Militia
KANANGA FEBRUARY 3, 2017(CISA) – A group of militia men has released a priest they had kidnapped for trying to thwart their effort of preventing pupils from attending lessons at a local school. A Catholic priest of St. Alphonsus, Kananga who tried to make sure that the children remained in school was arrested by militiamen […]
SOUTH AFRICA: Don’t Disrupt Academic Programmes, Bishops Urge Protesting Students
JOHANNESBURG FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (CISA)– South African Bishops have called on university students to consider ways of achieving the outcomes of their campaign without the disruption of the academic programme. In a statement signed by Archbishop William Slattery of Pretoria, who is the spokesman of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), the bishops asked the […]