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 Godfrey Onah of Nigeria’s Nsukka Diocese. Credit: Nsukka Diocese/Facebook

Nigeria “is founded on a lie, constitution is not working”, Catholic Bishop Says

The Nigerian constitution is not working because it has been crafted by leaders who do not have the people’s interest...

Christian Entity Denounces Sentencing of Nigerian Activist, Says “excessively punitive”

A High Court in Nigeria’s Kano State has sentenced the president of the Nigerian Humanist Society to 24 years behind bars on...

Violence in Mozambique Overshadowed by Growing Ukrainian Crisis, Catholic Charity Says

Mozambique is one of the embattled countries that risk receiving less visibility as the world focuses its attention on the...

At the Don Bosco Maputo Social-Sport School in Mozambique, more than 70 children and adolescents learn values and improve their academic performance. Credit: Salesian Missions

Salesians, Real Madrid Foundation Collaborating on Youth Sports in Senegal and Mozambique

Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) are collaborating with the Real Madrid Foundation to run schools in Senegal and Mozambique where young...

Catholic Charity says Church Alarmed by Increased Kidnapping, Indoctrination in Mozambique

Cases of kidnapping in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province are on the rise, Catholic Pontifical and charity foundation, Aid to the...

Victims of militant attacks in Cabo Delgado. Credit: Denis Hurley Peace Institute

Catholic Peace Entity Reports Renewed Attacks Near Mozambican Military Base

Militants operating in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province have launched fresh attacks in the province, this time targeting a region close...

Burnt church at Saint Pierre parish in Douroum, Cameroon. Credit: ACN

Catholic Priest in Cameroon Says Parish “paralyzed” by Heavy Boko Haram Insurgency

Boko Haram militants are expanding their operations to rural villages in Nigeria and on the border with other countries, a...

Sr. Esther Nkiru Ezedinachi stops to exchange pleasantries with a mentally challenged man on the streets of Nigeria's Anambra State
Credit: Sr. Esther Nkiru Ezedinachi

Catholic Sister in Nigeria Feeding Mentally Challenged People Displaced by Militants

Last Sunday, Sr. Esther Nkiru Ezedinachi distributed pounded yam, soup, and an assortment of other Nigerian dishes to 30 mentally...

Sr. Monique Lorrain. Credit: La Xavière Institute

Catholic Sister in Ivory Coast Working to Lift Spirit of Prisoners in Harsh Conditions

For 12 years, Sr. Monique Lorrain has been visiting Korhogo prison in the North of Ivory Coast twice a week,...

Pope Francis’ Planned South Sudan Trip Shines Hope for Refugees: Catholic Priest in Uganda

The number of refugees arriving in Uganda from neighboring South Sudan has risen in the past weeks, a Catholic Priest...

Pope Francis and President, Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi during a meeting at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on 27 March 2022. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis and President of Burundi Engage on Country’s Contribution to Church Growth

Pope Francis on Saturday, March 26 welcomed Burundi’s President, Évariste Ndayishimiye, at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City to a...

Fr. Innocent Akum Wefon (kneeling) exchanges pleasantries with the leader of the Pygmies of Kribi in Cameroon. Credit: Fr. Innocent Akum Wefon

Catholic Priest in Cameroon Says Logging Driving Pygmies into Heavy Drinking

The Pygmies who inhabit the edges of the Atlantic Ocean in the Central African nation of Cameroon have lived under...

Members of the IMBISA Standing Committee. Credit: IMBISA

How Botswana’s Language Culture is Enabling Vibrant Participation in Synodal Process

The people of God in a Catholic Diocese in Botswana are finding it easy to fully participate in the ongoing Synod...

Bishop Robert Muhiirwa of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal addresses members of the Press ahead of the Martyrs' Day celebration in the Archdiocese of Kampala. Credit: Ugandan Catholics Online

Millions Expected at Uganda’s Catholic Pilgrimage as Country Relaxes COVID-19 Rules

With Uganda having relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, including the widely publicized reopening of schools, millions of pilgrims from all over the world...

Peter and Elizabeth, two siblings who survived a kidnapping by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Kaduna. Credit: ACN

Harrowing Encounter of Nigerian Siblings Abducted by Fulani Herdsmen: Catholic Entity

Two siblings who survived a kidnapping by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have narrated their harrowing encounter in...

Catholic Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan Say Logo, Motto of Papal Visit a Call for Peace

Catholic Bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have launched the logo and the motto of the visit of Pope Francis...

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of Kenya's Kisumu Archdiocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Kenyan Authorities Laud Outgoing Catholic Bishop for Peace Initiatives in Warrying Region

Kenyan government officials have lauded the new Local Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, for...

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen blesses congregants at the installation of Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba as the Local Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Kisumu. Credit: ACI Africa

Nuncio in Kenya Cautions Predecessors against Interfering with Affairs of Successors

The representative of the Holy Father in Kenya has cautioned Catholic Church leaders who have been succeeded against meddling in...

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba blessing the different groups of people who attended his Saturday, March 19 Installation as Local Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Kisumu. Credit: ACI Africa

New Catholic Archbishop in Kenya Pledges to Deepen Evangelization in Metropolitan See

The newly installed Archbishop of Kenya’s Archdiocese of Kisumu has noted with admiration the great work done by his predecessors...

Bishop David Kamau, the Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi Archbishop, who has been appointed Apostolic Administrator Nakuru Diocese in Kenya. Credit: Archdiocese of Nairobi

Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi Archdiocese Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru, Kenya

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop David Kamau as the Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya.