NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The media has a duty to constantly explain to citizens their electoral responsibility during campaigns, Dr James Oranga Lecturer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nairobi has said. “Citizens ought to hold people, who have been seeking election to account,” said Dr Oranga during a […]
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SOUTH AFRICA: Bishops Call for Parliamentary Intervention on Media Censorship Ahead of Elections
CAPE TOWN JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has called on the parliament to intervene and bring to an end to media censorship by the national broadcaster ahead of next month’s local government elections. “Through its editorial policy and the subsequent crisis, an impression has been created that the […]
KENYA: Missionary Brother Honoured for Exemplary Water Project
MERU, JULY 12, 2016 (CISA) – The Catholic diocese of Meru July 9, honoured Bro Guisseppe Argese an Italian Consolata Missionary for coming up with exemplary water projects that today supply clean water to close to half a million people in Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties. “We are here today to celebrate water. Water does a […]
VATICAN: Pope Appoints Greg Burke New Director of Holy See Press Office
VATICAN CITY JULY 12, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis has appointed Greg Burke, 56, currently as Director of the Holy See’s Press Office. The 40 year old Spanish journalist from Madrid, Paloma García Ovejero has also been appointed the Vice director of the press office. She will be the first woman to hold the position of the Press Office’s Vice […]
ETHIOPIA: Steer Africa to prosperity, Cardinal Souraphiel tells AU
ADDIS ABABA JULY 12, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, Chairman of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa(AMECEA) has called on the African Union(AU) member states to work together to enable the continent achieve its intended goals. “As the African Heads of States come together in Kigali, in Rwanda, I ask that we pray together for […]
KENYA: Salesian Province of East Africa offers Communication Program for Youth
NAIROBI JULY 12, 2016 (CISA) – Bosco Eastern Africa Multimedia Services (BEAMS) and the Department of Social Communication of the Salesian province of East Africa are conducting a five week intense formation in “Communication and Media Skills for youth and Social Work.” The program sponsored by the Catholic Scholarship Program began on July 4 and […]
SOUTH SUDAN: Church Leaders Call for Immediate End of Violence
JUBA JULY 12, 2016(CISA)-South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has called on the top leadership in South Sudan to restrain their forces and stop violence from escalating further. “We, the leaders of the Church in South Sudan, are extremely disturbed about the fatal shootings which occurred in Juba on the evenings of 7th and 8th […]
NIGERIA: Priests’ Association Condemns Kidnapping of Priests and Nuns
ABUJA, JULY 12, 2016 (CISA) – Association of Catholic priests in Nigeria have condemned the rise in kidnapping of the clergy and religious sisters. According to Vatican Radio, the most dramatic and recent incident is that of Fr John Adeyi the Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo who was kidnapped on Sunday, 24 […]
KENYA: Requiem Mass for Slain Human Rights lawyer, Compatriots Held at Consolata Shrine
NAIROBI JULY 8, 2016(CISA) – A joint memorial mass in remembrance of slain Lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri was held July 8 at the Consolata Shrine in Westlands, Nairobi ahead of Kimani’s burial on July 9 in Kikuyu, Kiambu County. The three bodies were pulled out of the Ol Donyo Sabuk River […]
ZIMBABWE: Cleric Leads Anti-Government Protests
HARARE JULY 8, 2016 (CISA) – Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor has launched a social media movement against the policies of President Robert Mugabe’s government. On July 6, much of the country was shut down by a “stay away” general strike, organized by Mawarire’s movement – #ThisFlag – to get Zimbabweans to rally round the […]