ABUJA JULY 25, 2017 (CISA) – A United Nations human rights committee has called on the Nigerian government to step up efforts to rescue all women and girls abducted by Boko Haram and to ensure they return to school without stigma. “Nigeria should intensify its efforts to rescue all women and girls abducted by Boko Haram […]
Day: 26 July 2017
ZANZIBAR: Focus on Interreligious Dialogue, Bishop Augustine Tells AMECEA Bishops
ZANZIBAR CITY JULY 25, 2017(CISA) – Bishop Augustine Shao of the Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar has urged the forthcoming Plenary Assembly of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) to focus more in promoting interreligious dialogue in the region. “… the reality of the amount of land being bought by Muslims for the erection […]
NIGERIA: Pope Begins Replying to Rebellious Priests of Ahiara Diocese
IMO JULY 25, 2017(CISA) – Pope Francis has begun replying to letters from priests of Ahiara Catholic diocese, Mbaise in Nigeria’s Imo state who have refused to accept Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke as their bishop for the past five years. On June 8, Pope Francis gave the priests of Ahiara diocese a 30-day deadline to either […]
CONGO: UN Aids Chief Urges Global Action to Aid Country
KINSHASHA JULY 25, 2017(CISA)-United Nation Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’ Brien has urged the international community to scale up relief funding in the country. This, he said would help save millions of people suffering from violence, diseases and malnutrition. “I urge and encourage the international community not to let down the millions of people in […]