Category: ARCHIVES

ROME JUNE 20, 2017 (CISA) – The Central African Republic (CAR) government and 13 of the 14 armed groups in the country on June 19 signed an accord aimed at ending an ethno-religious conflict that has killed thousands of people. The deal, which was mediated by the Roman Catholic Sant’ Egidio peace group and signed at […]

NAIROBI JUNE 20, 2017(CISA)-The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has  cautioned Kenyans against involving themselves in tribal politics that will stir up hatred among themselves. “We must resist and reject any form of incitements. We must foster a unified nation. Desist from inflammatory and irresponsible utterances stirring up hatred towards specific candidates,” the bishops […]

LUSAKA, JUNE 20, 2017(CISA) – Zambian Church leaders have condemned the government for mistreating the nation’s main opposition political leader, Hakainde Hichilema. In a statement June 16, the church leaders cautioned Zambian President Edgar Lungu for confining the opposition leader in a maximum security prison, even before trial for an alleged treason charge, is determined. “We […]

NAIROBI JUNE 13, 2017 (CISA) – Piloting of the newly proposed education system began yesterday June 12 in 470 select schools across the country. The piloting of the new (2-6-3-3) education system targets more than 30,000 learners from pre-unit up to standard three that will end this academic year and will run until the end of […]

BANGUI  MAY 19, 2017(CISA)-The United Nations has expressed concern over latest flare up of violence that has claimed over 100 people. “Violence and rising tensions are spreading to areas of the Central African Republic that had previously been spared the kinds of terrifying violence seen in some other parts of the country. This is highly […]

JOHANNESBURG MAY 19, 2017 (CISA) –South African Council of Churches (SACC) has warned that corruption is turning the country into a “mafia state.” “We have come to recognize that South Africa may just be a few inches from the throes of a mafia state from which there may be no return, a recipe for a […]

KISUMU MAY 16, 2017(CISA)-Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu has acknowledged Small Christian Communities (SCCs) as a new way of life in the Archdiocese. The Archbishop was giving closing remarks on May 11 during the closing of a two-day SCCs workshop held in Kisumu. The Archbishop noted that the SCCs play an […]

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 […]