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.

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Our Priests and Nuns are Not for Sale, Nigerian Archbishop on Increased Kidnappings

The Catholic Church in Nigeria is not paying ransom for any Priest, Religious Sister, Catechists or any other Church leader...

Fr. Lazar Arasu, the Director of Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services with Pope Francis in Rome. / Fr. Lazar Arasu

COVID-19, Chance for Youth to Rise above Troubles, Desperation: Salesian Cleric in Uganda

The suffering brought about by several months of COVID-19 has pushed young people to desperation, a Catholic Cleric ministering among...

Allow Our Medical Experts to Test COVID-19 Vaccines Coming in, Prelates in Nigeria

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have asked that medical experts in the West African country be allowed to...

A poster circulated by the All African Council of Churches (AACC) after the coming into force of the Treaty on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). / All African Council of Churches (AACC)/ Facebook

Africa-Based Faith Organizations Welcome Treaty Banning World’s Nuclear Weapons

The All African Council of Churches (AACC) has joined other faith-based entities in welcoming the coming into force of the...

Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province after their July 13 to14 meeting held at Nigeria’s M&M centre, Ilorin, Kwara State. / Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Nigeria.

Bishops in Nigeria Support “alternative” Security Outfits, Say Authorities Have Failed

Catholic Bishops of Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have decried the lack effectiveness of security forces in combating violence in the...

Tigray region of Ethiopia / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International

International Catholic Entity Struggling to Access War Victims in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The Catholic Pontifical Organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, is experiencing difficulties delivering aid to victims of...

Gérard Ouambou / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International

Why CAR Risks Plunging in Deadly Coup amid Protracted Post-Election Violence

The ongoing violence in Central Africa Republic (CAR) following a contested presidential election is likely to plunge the country into...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama if Abuja in Nigeria administering the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Francis Parish in Pegi, northern Nigeria. / Archbishop Ignatius A. Kigama Facebook page.

Nigerian Prelate Cautions against “fanatical conclusions, practices” When Reading Bible

Christians in Nigeria have been urged to seek a deeper understanding of the word of God and to guard against...

SECAM Cautions against “spiritualities of deliverance, prosperity” in Kampala Document

Members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) have, in a new document unveiled Thursday, January...

Refugees and displaced in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)

Act to End This “Calvary”, Prelate Pleads with Authorities in DRC amid Renewed Massacres

Following reported renewed killings in villages in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Butembo-Beni...

Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Bert van Megen with a section of Spiritan Priests after the commissioning of Blessed Daniel Brottier Conference Hall and Accommodation facility 15 January 2021 / Credit: ACI Africa

Emulate St. Joseph, Be Good Teachers to Your Children, Nuncio in Kenya tells Fathers

As the Catholic Church all over the world continues to observe the Year of St. Joseph, which Pope Francis declared...

Why Missionaries’ Health, Education Apostolate is an Oasis for a Kenyan Marginalized Tribe

Br. Sebastian Oteng’ele, a nurse at Tangulbei Divisional Medical Programme (TDMP), remembers several instances seven years ago when he was...

Kenya's Oldest Missionary Congregation Ministering "where others would not go" Lauded

The Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya, Archbishop Bert van Megen, has lauded members of the Religious Missionary Congregation of the Holy Spirit...

Entrance to the St Albert’s Mission hospital in Zimbabwe’s Archdiocese of Chinhoyi.

Catholic Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe Struggling amid COVID-19 Infections in Workers

Only seven nurses have been left to cover shifts at St Albert’s Mission hospital in Zimbabwe’s Archdiocese of Chinhoyi after...

Two hospital-type beds and two wheelchairs for elderly religious sisters in Ethiopia. / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Elderly Sisters in Ethiopia Receive Boost from International Charity Organization

A recently established home for elderly members of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady (FMOL) has been equipped with...

Bishops in Tanzania with some seminarians of the Nazareth Major Seminary.

Inside Tanzania’s Growing Vocations to the Priesthood

The Number of young men choosing Priesthood in Tanzania is reportedly on the rise, Church leaders in the East African...

Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Nigeria’s Maiduguri Diocese.

Despite Boko Haram Insurgency, Christian Faith on the Rise in Nigeria: Catholic Bishop

Increased Boko Haram attacks meted against Christians in Nigeria are not undermining the practice of Christian faith in the West...

A Kenyan victim of human trafficking who worked for free in Lebanon sharing her experience with a Catholic nun.

Human Trafficking Returnees in Kenya, Uganda Recount Pain, Permanent Scars from Captivity

Juanita Ndagire was sure that she had a well-paying receptionist job waiting for her at a hotel in Dubai when...

Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Education to Dispel Fear, Bishop in South Africa Urges Government

There is no proper information on the COVID-19 vaccine that is set to be administered to South Africans to combat...

Embrace Humanity Even in War, Archbishop Appeals to Warring Forces in Cameroon

Archbishop Andrew Nkea of Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese has called upon warring forces in the Central African country to be more...