East Africa
Report by Hassan John President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, of South Sudan recounting his experience at the Vatican last week at a retreat, said the meeting with Pope Francis was a “piercing experience.” Coming from his ...
Pope Francis on Thursday, April 11, at a peace retreat with South Sudanese leaders pleaded with President, Salva Kiir, and the opposition leader, Riek Machar, “as a brother, I ask you to remain in peace. ...
Report by Hassan John South Sudanese warring political leaders are meeting with Pope Francis in what, many South Sudanese hope, will be a soul-searching discussion to end the protracted conflict in the world’s youngest nation ...
Report by Hassan John South Sudan’s search for peace will take President Salva Kiir and his opposition leader Reik Machar to the Vatican in what the Holy See calls a “spiritual retreat”. Alessandro Gisotti, a spokesman ...
Report by Hassan John The United Nations has listed South Sudan as the world’s most miserable country out of 156 countries in its World Happiness Report released recently to mark the International Day of Happiness on March ...
Report by Hassan John Remains of Ethiopians passengers who died in the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash, six minutes after take off, near Addis Ababa last weekend have been buried after a funeral service at ...
Pope Francis, in a telegram, through Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State has sent his condolences to their families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines which crashed near Bishoftu, some 50km from Ethiopia’s capital, ...
The protracted war between Christian and Muslim militias in the Central African Republic, CAR, has made the country “the most dangerous place in the world for children,” UNICEF said in a statement. In the more than ...
Report by Hassan John The US State Department has awarded its International Women of Courage Award to Sister Orla Treacy, a 46 year oldIrish nun from the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also called Loreto Sisters), ...
Report by Hassan John South Sudan’s Catholic Bishops have warned, on Thursday February 28, that the peace agreement signed in September 2018 is collapsing and “all the parties are involved either in active fighting or ...
