Magdalene Kahiu

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.

Fr. Tesfaye Petros Botachew, the Apostolic Administrator of Gambella Vicariate. / Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat

After Ethiopia’s Gambella Bishop Succumbed to COVID-19, Vicariate Gets Administrator

Following the demise of Bishop Angelo Moreschi of Ethiopia’s Gambella Vicariate, the first Catholic Prelate known to have died of...

Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Bishop of Katiola, Ivory Coast, President of the Episcopal Conference of the Ivory Coast (CECCI)

“Universal charity, solidarity, prayer” Necessary in Combating COVID-19: Ivorian Bishop

There is a necessity for governments around the world to join hands in the fight against COVID-19 if the disease...

Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City and President of the Catholic Bishops conference of Nigeria (CBCN)

Nigeria’s COVID-19 Lockdown “getting people close to starvation”, Bishops Concerned

While the countrywide stay-at-home directive and the three-state 14-day lockdown implemented in Nigeria are important measures put in place to curb the...

In Telling COVID-19 Stories, “media should be source of hope, not despair”: Kenyan Bishop

With the global pandemic of COVID-19 receiving unrivalled news media coverage, a Bishop in Kenya has challenged personalities behind “all...

Msgr. Luis Miguel Munoz Cardaba, New Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Eritrea.

Pope Appoints Spanish-Born Cleric as Nuncio in Sudan and Eritrea

Pope Francis on Tuesday, March 31 appointed Msgr. Luis Miguel Munoz Cardaba, a native of Spain who has been serving...

Due to COVID-19, 50-person Congregation Witnesses Installation of Nigerian Archbishop

The installation of Archbishop Mattew Ishaya Audu as the Local Ordinary of Jos in Nigeria that took place Tuesday, March...

President Mahamadou Issoufou addresses the nation over covid-19, March 17, 2020.

In Niger, COVID-19 will worsen “an already fragile health system”: Cleric

With 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three deaths recorded in Niger, a Society of African Missions (SMA) Priest ministering...

President Faustin Archange Touadera during the meeting with stakeholders of various institutions in the country, including Catholic Church leaders.

Stakeholders in CAR Consult to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 with 5 Confirmed Cases

With just five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Central African Republic (CAR), stakeholders of various institutions in the country,...

Archbishop Nicodéme Anani Barrigah of Lome Archdiocese calling on Togolese to adopt new Habits to avoid the spread of COVID-19. / Radio Maria Togo

COVID-19 “an opportunity to reflect on the way we live, to convert”: Togolese Prelate

As countries around the world put in place measures to control the spread of COVID-19 including an appeal, sometimes enforced,...

Priests in the Archdiocese of Douala reciting the Rosary with the Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary during Monday's Procession around the city of Douala, Cameroon. / ACI Africa

Cameroon’s Douala Archdiocese Entrusted to “protection of the Virgin Mary” amid COVID-19

As governments in Africa struggle to contain the spread of COVID-19, with some nations seeking divine intervention by holding National...

Health officials in Siaya County Monday launched a search for an unknown number of people who interacted with the priest who recently returned from Rome and had since tested positive for coronavirus.

Kenyan Priest Tests Positive for COVID-19 after Defying Self-Quarantine Directive

A Kenyan Catholic priest has tested positive for COVID-19 days after returning to his country from Italy, the country most...

Late Bishop Justin Mulenga, 65, who passed on Friday, March 20 in his country’s capital, Lusaka.

Bishop Dies Two Days after Communicating Major Directives on COVID-19 in Zambia

A Catholic Bishop in Zambia has died just two days after he issued a statement with directives on COVID-19, which...

President Felix Tshisekedi and Archbishop Marcel Utembi at a previous event

Apply Government Directives “scrupulously”: DR Congo Bishops Urge, to Contain COVID-19

Following Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi directives aimed at containing the possible spread of COVID-19 beyond the...

Bishops in Zimbabwe Exclude Children, Sick, Elderly from Attending Mass

While there has not been a reported case of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe, Catholic leaders in the country that is situated...

Cristobal Lopez Cardinal Romero, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco.

“No room for selfishness, individualism” Moroccan Cardinal Urges Solidarity over COVID-19

A Church leader in the north African nation of Morocco has called for solidarity in taking preventive measures against the...

Archbishop Marcel Utembi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani, President his speech during the opening of the Meeting on March, 10, 2020. / CENCO

Bishops in DRC’s Kisangani Ecclesiastical Province Decry Insecurity, Attacks on Priests

The rising cases of insecurity within the Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) including “cases...

Bishops of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) who have suspended Public Masses amid half a dozen confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country.

Ghana is First Nation in Sub-Saharan Africa to Suspend Public Mass Over COVID-19

The West African nation of Ghana has become the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to temporarily suspend the public celebration...

Government Officials in Ghana Say No to Planned LGBTQ Meeting After Protests

Days after Religious leaders in Ghana raised concerns over a Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Trans and Intersex Association meeting that was...

Health Personnel checks the temperature of a traveller in coronavirus screening at Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana.

Church in Africa Cancels Six Major Events as Cases of COVID-19 Add Up

With deaths related to the novel coronavirus hitting over 3,000 and 64 countries, including 10 African nations confirming cases of...

Injured Fr Guy-Robert Mandro being taken to hospital by officials of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO).

Assailants Attack, Injure Catholic Priest in DR Congo, Diocese Calls for Investigations

Following an attack on a Catholic Priest of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Bunia diocese in the region of...