DJIBOUTI OCTOBER 17, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti has called on the people of Somalia to have hope and unity after the country suffered a deadly terrorist attack on October 14. “I would say that even though what has happened is a catastrophe, we mustn’t despair. It would be a double attack […]
CAPE TOWN, OCTOBER 17, 2017(CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for the formation of an anti- corruption court to fast track hearing of corrupt cases in the country. This reaction came amid the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ruling that upheld the High Court decision to reinstate 783 […]
KAMPALA, OCTOBER 17, 2017(CISA) – Archbishop John Baptist Odama, Chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, has asked members of Parliament to put an end to the culture of aggression and embrace new ethos of honesty, self-respect and respect for others. “I request our legislators to do their work with absolute honesty, in line with our […]
NAIROBI, OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) – “The current crisis can offer Kenya an opportunity to carry out honest dialogue about the underlying unresolved grievances, concerns and anguish,” the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has said. While calling on Kenyans to desist from any act of violence, the bishop conference committed to resolving the political stalemate […]
NAIROBI OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) –Amnesty International has condemned the government’s decision to ban demonstrations in the central business districts of the three main cities, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. According to the human rights NGO the ban may be used to legitimize police crackdowns. “This ban, announced just two weeks ahead of a fraught repeat […]
JUBA OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) – South Sudan will have four new bishops soon, Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan has said. Archbishop Balvo was speaking October 10 during the celebration of Saint Daniel Comboni at Saint Theresa Cathedral Kator in Juba, where he said the process of appointing new bishops for […]
KINSHASA OCTOBER 13, 2017(CISA) – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) main opposition party, Movement for Solidarity for Change (MSC) has condemned the country’s electoral commission for postponing elections until mid 2019. “Electoral commission president Corneille Nangaa’s remarks on the need for 504 days before the organization of elections is a declaration of war against the Congolese,” […]
NAIROBI, OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA)-The Kenya Conference of catholic Bishops (KCCB) has warned of impending social and economic crisis if the current political menace in Kenya is not addressed. In a statement sent to the press, they expressed their dissatisfaction on the unending election standoff, which has worsened the economic and social conditions of the […]
TORIT OCTOBER 13, 2017(CISA)– Bishop Anselem Umoren, the Auxillary bishop of Abuja, Nigeria has called the South Sudanese, living in South Sudan, and abroad to desist posting hate messages on social media. Speaking during the official inauguration of Our Holy Rosary Church in Torit, the Catholic Diocese of Torit, October 9, Bishop Anselem said that the […]
NAIROBI OCTOBER 10, 2017 (CISA) – The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has criticized the use of excessive force by the police after the August 8 General Elections which they say left 37 dead and 126 people injured. In a report dubbed Mirage at Dusk: A Human Rights Account of the 2017 General Election, the commission […]
