Agnes Aineah

Agnes Aineah is a Kenyan journalist with a background in digital and newspaper reporting. She holds a Master of Arts in Digital Journalism from the Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications and a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communications from Kenya's Moi University. Agnes currently serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.

Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo of Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Bomadi. Credit: ACN Portugal

Roads in Nigeria Impassable amid Increased Kidnappings, Catholic Bishop Says

The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Bomadi has decried the deteriorating security in various parts of the country, noting...

African Scholars Hoping for Lengthy Synodality Beyond October 2023 Synod of Bishops

A working group of theologians, professionals, and academics who participated in a symposium that the African Synodality Initiative (ASI) organized...

Clergy in Africa Hesitant “to embrace change” in Synodal Process: African Scholars

Members of the Clergy are hesitant to embrace a Church where dialogue is fostered among her variety of members, participants...

Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho of Kenya's Malindi Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Environmental Task Force to Address Farmer-Harder Hostility: Kenyan Catholic Bishop

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Malindi in Kenya has blamed protracted violence between the farming and cattle-rearing communities in the...

Fr.Joseph Akete Bako. Credit: Father Emmanuel Anyanwu

Mixed Signals as Nigerian Catholic Archdiocese Disputes Abducted Priest Murder Allegations

Conflicting reports have emerged describing the fate of a Catholic Priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna,...

Fr. Felix Zakari Fidson, abducted in Nigeria's Zaria Diocese on 24 March 2022. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Joy, Gratitude as Catholic Priest in Nigeria Released after 40 Days of Abduction

The Catholic Diocese of Zaria in Nigeria has announced “with joy” the release of Fr. Felix Zakari Fidson who has been in...

Catholic Diocese in Eswatini Conducting Home Visits to Boost Participation in Synod

The team tasked with facilitating participation in the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality in Eswatini’s Catholic Diocese of Manzini is conducting home visits to...

Christian Entity Lauds Legalization of Hundreds of Churches in Egypt

The Egyptian government had granted legal status to 239 churches and other places of worship in the country, a move...

Teams from the Association of Consecrated Women in East and Central Africa (ACWECA), Strathmore University and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation pose for a group photo at that launch of the Sisters Blended Value Project in Kenya
Credit: Association of Consecrated Women in East and Central Africa

Pray and Work, Catholic Sisters in Africa Told, Urged to Grow Social Enterprises

Members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have been told to devise ways to sustain their...

Christian Entity Rallying for Protests against Harsh Sentencing of Nigerian Activist

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights agency, is appealing to people who support the right to freedoms of expression...

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

Catholic Bishops in Kenya Say Country’s Third President Set Good Example for Leaders

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have paid tribute to the country’s former president, Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki, saying...

Fr. Timothy Ngwuta. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Nigerian Diocese Demands Release of Priest Accused of Murder, Urges Thorough Investigation

The Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki in Nigeria has decried what it terms as a wrongful arrest of a member of her Clergy...

Berhaneyesus Cardinal Souraphiel. Credit: Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat/Facebook

Let’s Conquer Hatred with Love, Cardinal Says in Message for Good Friday in Ethiopia

The Cardinal in Ethiopia has challenged the people of God in the Horn of Africa nation to allow love to...

Late Ambrose Sule laid to rest 21 April 2022 in Owerri Archdiocese. Credit: Br. Ferdinand Mary Nguaan

Seminarian’s Last Words on Good Friday Will Live on in Nigeria: Catholic Priest at Burial

Many will remember Ambrose Sule, the Nigerian Seminarian who died on Good Friday, as a dedicated, “silently brilliant” and well-articulated young...

Protesting of the students at the entrance of the University of Swaziland. Credit: DHPI

Catholic Peace Entity Says Arson Across Eswatini signals “very worse times lying ahead”

If unaddressed, various acts of violence in Eswatini, including the torching of private and public property, signals “very worse times...

Mass burial for victims of persecution in Nigeria. Credit: Intersociety

Why Jihadists are Killing Muslims in Nigeria in Alarming Numbers: Study Report

A recent study by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has revealed that jihadists in Nigeria are...

Bishop Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma of Nigeria's Orlu Diocese. Credit: CBCN

“Our land becoming symbolism for darkness”, Nigerian Bishop Says of Killings During Easter

The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Orlu has condemned the Easter Sunday attack against innocent civilians in Imo State of the...

Alarm as Over 6,000 Christians “hacked to death” in Nigeria in Fifteen Months: Report

A total of 6,006 Christians in Nigeria were hacked to death from January 2021 to March 2022, a recent investigation...

A section of participants who completed a Project Management course of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) in collaboration with Strathmore University. The training is part of ACWECA's Sisters Blended Value Project (SBVP). Credit: Sr. Celestine Nasiali/ACWECA

Catholic Sisters in Eastern Africa Gain Project Managements Skills in Pioneer Training

Sr. Leah Nelima Nyongesa, a member of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Meru understands the challenge that her...

Nuns from the Carmelite Sisters of the Child Jesus community. Credit: ACN

Carmelite Missionary Sisters Facilitating Reconciliation, Support in Burundi as “mothers”

In Burundi, Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus are referred to as “mothers” owing to their relationship with locals who...