NAIROBI NOVEMBER 10, 2015 (CISA) – The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examinations (KCPE) began today with the over 900,000 candidates sitting for the national exams. The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Kivilu on Monday November 9 said the exams will take place in 24,278 examination centers and the examination papers had […]
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RWANDA: President Kagame warns of Genocide in Burundi
KIGALI NOVEMBER 10, 2015 (CISA) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has implored neighboring Burundi to avoid the ethnic violence that ended his country in genocide in 1994, Vatican Radio reported. Regional and world powers have grown increasingly concerned that the security situation in Burundi could lead to civil war or mass atrocities, and that a […]
UGANDA: Muslims ready to receive Pope Francis
KAMPALA NOVEMBER 10, 2015 (CISA) – The head of communication and information at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) headquarters at Old Kampala, Hajj Nsereko Mutumba, has assured Catholics that the Muslim community will join the rest of Ugandans in welcoming the pontiff. “We have no problem whatsoever with the Pope’s visit, since we currently […]
KENYA: Come out in Large numbers to Welcome Pope, Bishops Urge Kenyans
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 6, 2015(CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has called on Kenyans to welcome Pope Francis when he visits on November 25-27. In a statement read by Bishop Philip Anyolo, KCCB chairman titled “You shall know them by their fruits Mathew 7:16” the bishops said that the church and the nation […]
KENYA: Pope’s Visit a time to Define Relationship with State, Bishop says
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 6, 2015 (CISA) – Bishop John Oballa Owaa, Vice-Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has said Pope Francis visit “is a good time to evaluate and clearly define in law the relationship between the Church and the state here in Kenya”. Bishop Oballa of the Catholic Diocese of Ngong said […]
KENYA: Vatican, Palestine Flags Raised at UN Office Nairobi
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 6, 2015 (CISA)-The Holy See and the Palestine flags were raised at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Nairobi for the first time on November 5, 2015. The two flags were raised at the flag walkway located at the entrance of the main gate at UN Office in Nairobi at the empty flagpoles […]
SIERRA LEONE: Country to Mark End of Ebola Crisis
ABERDEEN FREETOWN NOVEMBER 6, 2015 (CISA) – Sierra Leone, worst hit by the Ebola Virus disease in West Africa, is preparing to mark the end of Ebola transmission on November 7 2015, if no new case of the virus is recorded. On this day if the nation marks 42 days without any new infections, they […]
TANZANIA: Dr. John Pombe Magufuli Sworn in as Fifth President
DAR ES SALAAM, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 (CISA)-Dr. John Pombe Magufuli Joseph was sworn in as Tanzania’s fifth President in a colourful event that took place at the Uhuru Grounds in Temeke, Dar es Salaam on November 5. “I promise to work to the best of my ability to deliver our election pledges after taking the […]
SENEGAL: UN urges West African Nations to End ‘Disease’ of Statelessness
DAKAR NOVEMBER 3, 2015 (CISA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that better laws, concrete data and widespread education are needed to tackle the “disease” of statelessness that affect the lives of more than a million people across West Africa. “Statelessness is like a disease, you pass it on to […]
SIERRA LEONE: New Bishop of Makeni Ordained
MAKENI CITY NOVEMBER 3, 2015 (CISA) – Most Reverend Natale Paganelli was on October 31 ordained as the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni. The Episcopal Ordination took place in Makeni city, in northern Sierra Leone and was presided over by Archbishop Miroslaw Adamczyk, Apostolic Nuncio of Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, […]