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MOGADISHU MAY 2, 2017(CISA) – Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN has said. The United Nations children’s agency warned that 275,000 of those children were expected to be so severely malnourished that […]

ABUJA APRIL 28, 2017 (CISA) – Monsignor Antonio Guido Filipazzi is the new Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria. According to a statement by the Secretary General, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Fr Ralph Madu, Pope Francis made the announcement on April 26. “He (Filipazzi) was born in Melzo (Milan- Italy) on October 8, 1963. He was […]

CAIRO APRIL 28, 2017(CISA) – Pope Francis today began a two-day state visit to Egypt aimed at fostering joint Christian-Muslim efforts for peace. The Pope touched down at Cairo International Airport at 14.20PM and was received by the Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Catholic bishops and other Christian clerics amid tight security. The Prime Minister later accompanied […]

NAIROBI APRIL 28, 2017 (CISA) – The German Federal Foreign Office, through the German Embassy Nairobi has signed a partnership agreement with the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (KCCB-CJPC) towards a peaceful and credible electoral process. “We are happy to support the conference of Bishops in Kenya with this grant in […]

NAIROBI APRIL 28, 2017 (CISA)-The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has expressed concern over the shift of attention from handling famine to politics. “Whereas many people, especially in dry areas continue to experience a worsening situation of drought, it is evident that all attention has been diverted to politics with considerable resources being used in […]

NAIROBI APRIL 28, 2017 (CISA) – “We pray that the chaotic manner in which these nominations have been conducted will not be a mirror of what will happen in the General Election,” Bishop Phillip Anyolo, Chairman Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has said. “We have been following with keen interest the ongoing party primaries’ […]

LUSAKA APRIL 25, 2017 (CISA) – The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has condemned the recent arrest of leader Hakainde Hichilema who is in prison charged with treason, a non-bailable offence in Zambia. The bishops were speaking following the recent arrest and detention of Mr Hichilema, the leader of United Party for National Development […]

KINSHASA APRIL 25, 2017 (CISA) – The appointment of Bruno Tshibala as Premier of DRC Congo has attracted criticism from local bishops who have accused the President Kabila of dishonouring the New Year’s Eve agreement. In a statement sent to Fides, the bishops described the development as a distortion of the New Year’s Eve agreement […]