NAIROBI NOVEMBER 4, 2016(CISA) – The Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) has condemned police brutality in dispersing anti corruption protesters on November 3, at Uhuru Park in Nairobi. “The Commission is concerned at the conduct of police officers that led to the forceful dispersal of the demonstrators and the arbitrary and brutal arrest of 10 […]

LILONGWE, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 (CISA) – Fernando Cardinal Filoni, Vatican’s Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has arrived in Malawi ahead tomorrow’s consecration of St Joseph the Worker Catholic Cathedral in Karonga Diocese. Cardinal Filoni will be the main celebrant in the Eucharistic celebration that will take place November 5 arrived in Malawi […]

NAIROBI NOVEMBER 4, 2016 (CISA) – The Kenyan government said on November 2 it would withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) after the sacking of a Kenyan who led the force. Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki was dismissed by UN chief Ban Ki-moon after a UN inquiry into the […]

TRIPOLI, NOVEMBER 4, 2016(CISA) – At least 240 migrants have drowned while crossing the Mediterranean Sea within the last 48 hours. The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) spokesman, Leonard Doyle, said the European Union is closing down all the avenues for people to move to Europe causing people to rush before ‘the gate closes.’ He adds […]

BANGUI NOVEMBER 1, 2016 (CISA) – France is ending its military mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) after three years of intervention, France’s Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian has said. According to Le Drian, French troops have had “a successful deployment, achieving their aims of ending the fighting, transitioning with the UN peacekeeping mission […]

HARARE, NOVEMBER 1, 2016 (CISA) – The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) released a Pastoral letter on October 30, aimed at “promoting, protecting, supporting and strengthening marriage and family values.” The 18 page pastoral letter titled, ‘The Family in Zimbabwe in the light of Amoris Laetitia’ is a reflection of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, ‘Amoris Laetitia’ […]

TORIT, NOVEMBER 1, 2016(CISA) – Thousands of people are fleeing South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission official has said. John Odongi Simon, the Acting Director of South Sudan Relief & Rehabilitation Commission in Torit confirmed that majority of those fleeing the country are women and children. “The residents […]

NAKURU OCTOBER 30, 2016(CISA)-Politicians and civil servants who steal funds meant for medicine and other medical supplies are committing murder, a catholic Priest in Nakuru dioceses has warned. Speaking during a get together Mass of different parishes in Njoro deanery last week Fr Dr Stephen Mbugua, the Chaplain at Egerton University, Njoro, said that the […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 14, 2016 (CISA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a directive that all eligible stateless Makonde people be issued with national Identity Cards by December. “I seek your apology on behalf of other Kenyans because we have taken too long to consider you as our brothers and sisters,” said President Uhuru October 13, […]

NAIROBI, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 (CISA)-Bishop Alfred Rotich, Vice Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Family Life National Office (NFP), has said that there is the need to restore sexual sanity and morality to give marriage and family their rightful place and dignity. He was speaking September 24 to Vatican Radio during […]