Nairobi, 11 May 2013: The Catholic Church in Africa is taking steps to establish a
continental news agency by appointing a coordinator to oversee the realization of
the initiative. Archbishop Charles G. Palmer-Buckle of Accra, Ghana, appointed
Don Bosco Ochieng Onyalla of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek as the Catholic News Agency
for Africa or CANAA Coordinator with effect from May 2. Archbishop Palmer-Buckle
is the Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors for CANAA and the Treasurer of the
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM. Fr Onyalla
is to coordinate the setting up of the continental news agency in Nairobi, Kenya as
its headquarters. He is also to establish and maintain contacts with other Catholic
communication channels in Africa and elsewhere, reaching out to potential partners
to support the activities of this new communication initiative.
CANAA’s fundamental
mission is to report news about, and of interest, to the local Churches of Africa
and to disseminate the information to the whole Church in Africa, and to the world.
Fr
Onyalla was the founder and Director of Good News Radio of the Catholic Diocese of
Rumbek until last October.Sourece: VR Sedoc