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Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: KCCB

Catholic Bishops Call for Harmonized, Collaborative Efforts to End Arson in Kenyan Schools

Nov 12, 2021

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have called for collective and coordinated disciplinary measures that include counselling to address the “worrying” wave of student unrests that have led to the burning of property in at least 35 schools across Kenya.

A demonstrator sits on a barricade blocking a road near the Lagos State House, despite a round-the-clock curfew imposed by the authorities on the Nigerian state of Lagos in response to protests against alleged police brutality, Nigeria. / Reuters

Protests amid “uncivilized conduct of looting, arson” Saddening: Nigerian Archbishop

Oct 26, 2020

Reports of looting and destruction of property amid nationwide protests in Nigeria have “saddened” the Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese who has recalled the initially youth-led peaceful demonstrations against the country’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes in western France. / AFP via Getty Images.

Rwandan Refugee Admits Starting Fire at France’s Nantes Cathedral

Jul 26, 2020

A church volunteer has admitted to starting the fire at Nantes Cathedral and was charged with arson on Saturday.

Catholic Bishops Call for Harmonized, Collaborative Efforts to End Arson in Kenyan Schools

Protests amid “uncivilized conduct of looting, arson” Saddening: Nigerian Archbishop

Rwandan Refugee Admits Starting Fire at France’s Nantes Cathedral

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