Predicted return of deadly locusts triggers fear in East Africa

A predicted return of desert locusts in East Africa is triggering concerns among Catholic leaders and experts in the region, where communities are still recovering from the destruction by the first wave early this year. The concerns follow a UN Food and Agricultural Organisation warning that a new wave is imminent. The agency cited increasing... Read More

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January 7, 2020

Kenyan Catholic leaders alarmed at increase in terror attacks

Catholic leaders in Kenya are sounding an alarm after a terror attack killed three Americans and forced local people to flee. The clerics feared the attack in Manda Bay in Lamu County – which occurred amid increasing tension in the Middle East – could be an act of revenge linked to the recent killing of... Read More

Catholic Times, News – World

September 25, 2018

East African bishops to prioritise fundamentalism in October synod

Due to its impact on young Catholics in Africa, fundamentalism will be a topic that bishops from East Africa prioritise in their talks with other delegates during the synod’s intervention sessions. More than 300 delegates, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, sisters and laypeople are expected to attend the 3rd to 28th October Synod of Bishops, which... Read More

Catholic Times, News – Vatican, News – World

July 24, 2018

East African bishops applaud Eritrea, Ethiopia peace process

The bishops of East Africa praised the peace efforts that brought an end to the two-decade war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. In a statement on 22nd July, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, known by the acronym AMECEA, said the steps taken by the leaders of both countries “show that Africans have... Read More

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August 11, 2017

Kenyan bishops urge calm as opposition rejects early results

Catholic bishops in Kenya called for calm in the East Africa nation, as pockets of violent postelection protests left at least five dead in opposition strongholds. The protests had ignited slums in Nairobi and Kisumu after Raila Odinga, the main opposition candidate, rejected the provisional early results, which showed incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta had taken... Read More

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July 21, 2017

Irish Church collection this weekend in aid of the hunger crisis in East Africa

Special collections will take place at all Masses across Ireland this weekend, on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd July, in support of people currently affected by the devastating hunger crisis in East Africa. Severe drought, driven by climate change, is currently affecting Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia and this has resulted in failed harvests... Read More

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June 23, 2017

Catholic bishop says troubled Somali refugees still need acceptance, help

In Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee complex in northeast Kenya, Somali refugees are caught in a very delicate and complex situation and Bishop Joseph Alessandro of Garissa, Kenya, is determined to help the world understand their plight. Bishop Alessandro said the complex’s 245,000 refugees, mainly Muslim Somalis who have fled famine and attacks carried out... Read More

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March 27, 2017

‘Phenomenal’ response as East Africa famine fund reaches £36m

More than £36 million has been raised to help famine-hit East Africa, where hundreds of thousands of children are at risk of starvation. The new total was revealed just a day after six aid workers were killed in South Sudan, the deadliest attack on humanitarian workers in the area in four years. The workers’ nationalities... Read More

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Predicted return of deadly locusts triggers fear in East Africa

Kenyan Catholic leaders alarmed at increase in terror attacks

East African bishops to prioritise fundamentalism in October synod

East African bishops applaud Eritrea, Ethiopia peace process

Kenyan bishops urge calm as opposition rejects early results

Irish Church collection this weekend in aid of the hunger crisis in East Africa

Catholic bishop says troubled Somali refugees still need acceptance, help

‘Phenomenal’ response as East Africa famine fund reaches £36m

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