Category: ARCHIVES

MOGADISHU FEBRUARY 9, 2016 (CISA) – Parts of Somalia and South Sudan are faced with food shortage and need urgent support due to severe drought, the United Nations has warned. “The level of malnutrition, especially among children, is of serious concern, with nearly 305,000 children under the age of five years acutely malnourished,” said UN […]

JOHANNESBURG FEBRUARY 9, 2016(CISA) – Pope Francis has named Fr Duncan Theodore Tsoke as auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg. Before his appointment, Fr Tsoke has been serving as the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg and parish priest at the Holy Family parish in Turffontein. He has served as parish vicar, […]

BANGUI FEBRUARY 9, 2016 (CISA) – The Central African Republic (CAR) presidential run-off and the first round of legislative elections will be held on February 14. Voters will go to the polls to choose between two former prime ministers: Anicet-Georges Dologuélé and Faustin Archange Touadéra after no single candidate emerged with a majority in the […]

KAMPALA FEBRUARY 9 2016 (CISA) – Inter Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has organized prayers for Uganda from February 12 to 14. The prayers will be conducted for peace, unity and stability of Uganda in the wake of the oncoming Presidential elections that will take place on February 18, IRCU said in a statement. The […]

FEBRUARY 5, 2016(CISA)–Somalia, Guinea and Djibouti have the highest prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) globally, a UN report has stated. UNICEF report noted that in the 30 countries where the practice is most widespread, the majority of girls had undergone FGM before their fifth birthday despite the practice being declared the practice a violation […]

JUBA FEBRUARY 5, 2016(CISA)-South Sudan parliament have passed a bill restricting numbers of foreign aid workers working in the country. The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) bill, passed on February 3 says that no more than a fifth of aid workers can be from abroad. “Aid agencies must ensure that not less than 80 percent of the […]

CAIRO FEBRUARY 5, 2016 (CISA) – Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II has said that domestic violence, whose victims are mainly women and children, represent a devastating social phenomenon that has severe effects on people’s lives and also on civil society. Patriarch Tawadros was speaking at a prayer meeting during the beginning of his visit to […]

HARARE FEBRUARY 5, 2016 (CISA) – President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in several areas of the country hit by drought. According to the Minister of Local Government, Saviour Kasukuwere the El Nino-induced drought has severely affected some areas across the country. According to a statement from the Social Welfare Minister Prisca […]

NAIROBI JANUARY 29, 2016(CISA)-President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday January 28 ordered the immediate withdrawal of the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015. “This will pave way for a process driven by the religious stakeholders with the participation of the government and the general public in structured consultation,” a statement from State House said. President Kenyatta reached […]

ADDIS ABABA January 29, 2016(CISA)- Millions of people in Ethiopia are facing intense food shortage after UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a warning on January 14, 2016 of a break in food aid deliveries. “Without additional resources the food sector projects a full-pipeline break in a couple of months,” said […]