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.

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

Christian in Mozambique Risks Life by Declining Offer to Convert to Islam

A Christian man who was offered an opportunity to convert to Islam risked his life by declining the offer at...

Religious leaders in Africa sign Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Religious Leaders in Africa Commit to end Human Trafficking at Joint Declaration

Religious leaders from West and Central Africa have jointly declared to use their positions in the society to end slavery...

Fr. James Kinoti serving at St. Catherine of Alexandria Tarasaa Parish in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Malindi. Credit: Fr. James Kinoti

Six Kenyan Catholic Dioceses in Urgent Need of Help as International Funding Plunges

Kenyan Catholic Dioceses experiencing primary evangelization are among those in urgent need of help owing to the plunge in funding...

Some youth leaders during the training session in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Credit: DBYES Nairobi/Facebook

Youth Animators in Kenya Undergo Training to Enhance Participation in Church Activities

Youth leaders and animators across various Catholic Parishes in Kenya have completed a training on a manual designed to improve...

A ma enters a building at a Nigerian orphanage which was attacked by Fulani herdsmen on August 2. Credit: Religious Freedom Coalition

Religious Entity Condemns Torching of Nigerian Orphanage for Recently Bereaved Children

The leadership of the Religious Freedom Coalition has described the recent torching of an orphanage that housed children who recently lost their...

PMS Kenya Announces “Missionary Rosary Marathon” to Support Evangelization in Peripheries

Catholic Parishes across various Dioceses in Kenya are invited to pray the Holy Rosary for those working towards evangelization in...

Christian Foundation Condemns Demolition of Nigerian Church by State Agency

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights organization, has condemned the demolition of the Church of the Brethren located in...

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama administering the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Dominic's Parish of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese/ Credit: Courtesy Photo

Archbishop Blames Government for Relocation of Nigerian Medics to Western Countries

Many doctors and other health professionals in Nigeria are leaving the country in search of better working conditions elsewhere, the...

Bishop Victor Hlolo Phalana of South Africa's Klerksdorp Diocese/ Credit: Courtesy Photo

South African Bishop Says People Struggling to Survive, Announces Consecration of Diocese

The Catholic Bishop of South Africa’s Klerksdorp Diocese has announced the consecration of his Episcopal See to the Sacred Heart...

Religious Missionary Goes on Pilgrimage to Celebrate Freedom from Jihadists in Mali

Sunday, August 1 was a moment of thanksgiving for Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli who was held in captivity for over...

South African Catholic Archbishop Lauds Program Keeping Migrant Children in School

The Archbishop of Johannesburg in South Africa has applauded the Three2Six project that is giving school going children of migrants...

Fr. Lazar Arasu, Director of Don Bosco Refugee Services, Palabek in Uganda during a talk with the youth at the refugee camp. Credit: Fr. Lazar Arasu

Catholic Priest in Uganda Calls for Strengthening of Church Marriages to Curb Cohabitation

A Catholic Missionary Priest in Uganda has raised alarm over the rise in cohabitation among the youth in African countries...

A section of Turkana elders from Kenya during a peace meeting in Ethiopia. Credit: Fr. Joseph Githinji

Emotions Run High as Kenyan Catholic Parish Unites Warring Border Communities

Sometime last month, a group of Kenyan elders led by the three Priests ministering at St. Joachim and Anne Catholic...

Mary Ashibi Gonsum, President of the Catholic Women Organization Nigeria (CWON). Credit: Agenzia Fides

Catholic Women in Nigeria Embark on Programs to Combat Deadly COVID-19 Pandemic

The leadership of the Catholic Women Organization Nigeria (CWON) is mobilizing leaders of the entity to help Nigerian authorities contain...

St. Elizabeth Catholic Health Centre Bali Nyonga in Cameroon's Bamenda Archdiocese. Credit: St. Francis Xavier Parish Bali Nyonga

Doctor, Nurse at Catholic Facility in Cameroon Detained for Treating Wounded Militant

A doctor and nurse based at the Catholic Health Centre of Bali Nyonga in Cameroon’s Archdiocese of Bamenda have been...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria's Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese/Facebook

Nigerian Archbishop Urges Calm amid Hardships, Calls on People to Shun Violence

The Archbishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has discouraged “criminal or violent actions”, noting that there are better ways...

Flag of Nigeria on soldiers arm. Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock

Over 3,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in 2021, Highest in Years: Intersociety Report

Thousands of Christians have been hacked to death by militants in Nigeria in the first 200 days of 2021, a...

Participants in the conversation on the Oxfam Australia report dubbed 'Buried Treasure' in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh/ Caritas Sierra Leone

Caritas Sierra Leone Calls for Transparent Tax System to Block Foreign Evaders

The Catholic Church in Sierra Leone, through her charity arm, is demanding accountability in the way the West African country...

A woman walks outside makeshift houses in Mozambique. Credit: Denis Hurley Peace Institute

Millions of HIV Patients Left Without Medication as Mozambican Crisis Escalates

People living with HIV have gone for months without medication amid a crumbling health system in Cabo Delgado Province in...

Sr. Marines Biasibetti, Director of Mozambican Episcopal Conference Commission for Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons makes a presentation at an event on July 27. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Peace Entities Call for End to Military Approach in Mozambican Crisis

Experts in conflict resolution and Catholic peace entities have reported a worrying escalation of militarization in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province...