NAIROBI MAY 23, 2017(CISA) – Tangaza University College in Nairobi is set to host an International Conference on Sustainable Security and Peace in Africa on the theme, “Moving towards Sustainable Security and Peace.” According to Bernedetta Kariuki, the event coordinator, the conference that will run May 25-26 will bring together speakers and panelists from parts of Africa, […]
Day: 23 May 2017
MALI: Pope Names Archbishop Zerbo New Cardinal
VATICAN CITY MAY 23, 2017 (CISA) – Pope Francis has elevated Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako to the rank of Cardinal alongside five other prelates. “I wish to announce that on June 28, a consistory will be held to appoint five new Cardinals. Their origin from different parts of the world manifests the catholicity of the […]
EGYPT: 48 to Face Military Trial Over Church Bombings
CAIRO MAY 23, 2017(CISA)-Egypt has referred 48 people for military trial over suspected involvement in church bombings that killed close to 70 people. Bombings near Cairo’s Coptic Church December 2016 killed 25 people while two church bombings April 9 2017, in Alexandria and Tanta killed more than 45 people during Palm Sunday services. Islamic State claimed […]
DRC: Ebola Claims Fourth Life
KINSHASA MAY 23, 2017 (CISA) – A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on May 23. Since the WHO declared the outbreak on May 12 in north-eastern Bas-Uele province, 37 suspected cases are being monitored, WHO’s Congo spokesman […]