ZANZIBAR CITY JULY 25, 2017(CISA) – Bishop Augustine Shao of the Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar has urged the forthcoming Plenary Assembly of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) to focus more in promoting interreligious dialogue in the region. He noted that issues relating to interreligious dialogue and solidarity should be one of the key issues to be considered for deliberations during the 19th Plenary Assembly of AMECEA to be held in the, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July 2018. Bishop Shao said that, coming from a diocese where Islam is the main religion, “I feel disappointed that the issue of interreligious dialogue has not been given the emphasis it deserves.” He said that the pastoral care to Nomadic communities in East Africa should be reawakened before it gets out of hand. The diocese of Zanzibar faced a series of attacks between 2012 and 2013 from Islamic fundamentalists.