NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA AUGUST 26, 2016 (CISA) – Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face “severe acute malnutrition” due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF said yesterday. According to the United Nations’ child agency, which is appealing for $308 million to cope with the crisis, of the […]
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SOUTH AFRICA: Bishops welcome Municipal Election Results
JOHANNESBURG AUGUST 26, 2016(CISA)-Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has welcomed the results of municipal elections that took place on August 3, noting that all parties have accepted the results as fair. “Democracy itself was the victor,” the bishops proclaimed. These elections should herald in a new phase in the history of our democracy involving […]
GHANA: Forum on Land Grabbing Begins in Accra
ACCRA AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA) – National stakeholders’ forum on land grabbing begun August 23. The theme of the forum is Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana; restoring livelihoods; paving the way for Sustainable Development Goals. The forum is being organized by Caritas Ghana under the auspices of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The forum will, among others, […]
KENYA: Implement Peace deal or Face Sanctions, Kerry warns South Sudan
NAIROBI AUGUST 23, 2016 (CISA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged South Sudan’s leaders to fully implement a previously signed peace deal or face a UN arms embargo and sanctions. “It’s really up to the people, the leadership of South Sudan to lead and to do the things that they’ve promised to […]
BENIN: Preparations for Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust Underway
COTONOU AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA)-Preparations for the next stage of the Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust is underway in Cotonou. The pilgrimage is scheduled to take place from August 31 to September 4, 2016. Thousands of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 30 years) from Benin and other parts of West Africa are expected to […]
KENYA: 24,000 Refugees have Voluntarily left Dadaab Camp for Somalia, says UN
DADAAB AUGUST 23, 2016(CISA)-At least 24,000 refugees from Dadaab camp have so far been assisted to voluntarily return to Somalia since a tripartite agreement was signed in 2014, a senior UN official has said. Speaking during the commissioning of the Dadaab power station in Dadaab today, Wella Kouyou, the deputy representative of the United Nations […]
KENYA: Church Calls on Govt to Hire Chaplains in Schools to end Arson
NAIROBI AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Maurice Muhatia, Chairman, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Commission for Education and Religious Education has called on the government to hire school chaplains to help end arson in schools. “We have noted with concern and there seems to be evidence that most of students involved in burning of schools are vulnerable children […]
ETHIOPIA: Cardinal Calls for Peaceful Dialogue to Resolve
ADDIS ABABA AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia have called for peaceful dialogue among all parties on the conflicts that have caused loss of lives and properties in the country. “We ask all people to cooperate in building a society free of all hatred that we can pass on to the next generation,” the […]
SOUTH AFRICA: UN Call for Urgent Action to Stop Hunger Crisis Extending into 2017
JOHANNESBURG AUGUST 19, 2016 (CISA) – Farmers in drought – hit southern Africa urgently need help to plant the next harvest, or else the food crisis in the region will continue into 2017, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned on August 18. “If there is good support from (local) governments and the international […]
KENYA: Church to hold Memorial for Fr John Kaiser
NAIROBI, AUGUST 19, 2016(CISA)- The Catholic Church through the Justice and Peace commission will tomorrow, Saturday August 20, 2016 hold Mass in memory of Fr John A. Kaiser at Morendat, Naivasha. The event will begin with a procession that will begin at 9.00am from Naivasha parish to Morendat the place where Fr Kaiser’s body was […]