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Agnes Aineah

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.

Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops in Ghana on Politics for Nation Building and Social Cohesion in Ghana

Clergy in Ghana Told to Desist from Political Predictions ahead of National Elections

Every Ghanaian has a role to play in ensuring free, fair, peaceful and transparent elections slated for December, according to...

Official Logo for the Women's Day celebration in South Africa.

South Africa’s Religious Orders Decry Gender-based Violence on Women’s Day

A majority of women in South Africa are living in fear of abuse during COVID-19 lockdown, leaders of various Religious...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria.

It is Genocide Indeed, Nigerian Bishop Says of Increased Killings

A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria’s Diocese of Sokoto has likened the increased killings of Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen who...

Fr. Lazar Arasu, the Director of Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services with school children at Palabek refugee camp. / Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services

Why a Year Out of School, Church May Mean Loss of Spiritual Formation in Uganda

A member of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering among refugees in Uganda is concerned...

"The Future of Religious Life in Africa" a new book with a rich collection of reflections weaved together to tell the stories of consecrated life by religious people in Africa.

New Book on Future of Religious Life in Africa Lays Bare Technology Gaps

As Fr. Isaac Kibombwe, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) prepares for an online retreat organized...

Fr. Peter Konteh, founder of St. Mary’s Interim Child Care Centre within the Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone, / Caritas Freetown

Caritas Freetown Defying Setbacks to Rescue Sierra Leone’s Sexually Molested Girls

At St. Mary’s Interim Child Care Centre within the Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone, girls as young as five...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama (left) during Thursday's press conference in Abuja, Nigeria. / Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama

Nigerian Archbishop Shares Face Masks Experience in Light Moments with Journalists

An interactive session between Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese and journalists in the west African country on the...

Archbishop Anthony Muheria (right) and Bishop-elect Joseph Mwongela (left) in a video message for the postponed August 8 episcopal ordination. / Diocese of Kitui

Kenyan Diocese Postpones Episcopal Ordination of New Bishop, Eyes 1,000 Attendees

The episcopal ordination of the recently appointed Bishop of Kenya’s Kitui Diocese has been postponed from August 8 following new regulations that...

Members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at SECAM's Golden Jubilee in Uganda in 2019.

SECAM Leadership Defers Annual Collection amid COVID-19 Challenges

The leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has announced that the usual annual collection...

Bishop Natale Paganelli, Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone.

Prelate in Sierra Leone Condemns Unrest that Killed Five, Urges Focus on COVID-19 Fight

The Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone, Bishop Natale Paganelli, has condemned a recent attack in a town...

Bishop Joseph Kizito, Bishop of Aliwal Diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Inside New Bishop’s 100 Days “of prayer and growth” at a South African Diocese

The ordination of Bishop Joseph Kizito as the Local Ordinary of Aliwal Diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Eastern Cape,...

Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo, Pastoral Coordinator for the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). / Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA).

One-stop Virtual Counseling to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges in AMECEA Region

People weighed down by COVID-19 challenges in Kenya have, for the past three months, found solace by speaking to counsellors...

Poster for the virtual celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the English Africa Service of the Vatican Radio that took place on 17.07.2020 / Vatican Radio

Catholic Communicators in Africa Encouraged to Tell Stories Featuring Ordinary People

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of English Africa Service of the Vatican Radio, the virtual event that took...

Staff of Vatican Radio's English for Africa Service. / Vatican News

Catholic Journalists in Africa Pledge Support for Vatican Radio’s Africa Service @70

Members of the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP), which brings together Catholic journalists in both the Catholic Church...

A poster from the leadership of the Southern Cross encouraging Christians to read the Catholic Newspaper online.

South Africa’s Catholic Newspaper Closing Up Shop after Nearly 100 Years of Publication

It is indeed a wrap for The Southern Cross, the only Catholic newspaper in South Africa, which has announced its transition...

Salesians in Africa looking to employ e-learning in their technical and vocational colleges around the continent.

Salesians in Africa Eyeing E-learning to Fill Youth Skills Gap in Technical Training

Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in different countries in Africa joined the rest of the world...

Radio Veritas South Africa now airing programs of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) following a temporary interruption of the radio station’s normal programming after its manager tested positive for COVID-19.

EWTN Keeping Church in South Africa Engaged after Temporary Closure of Catholic Radio

Ardent listeners of Radio Veritas, the only Catholic radio in South Africa, are being treated to hours of Eternal Word...

(Left) The original church of the Most Holy Redeemer, built in 1921. (Right) Stigmatine Fathers Michael D’Annucci (left) and Charles Mittempergher, who served the mission in Mmakau for many years after their ordinations. Fr D’Annucci was murdered in a hijacking in Pretoria in December 2001 (he was declared a martyr in 2002); Fr Mittempergher died in Italy in December 2017. / The Southern Cross.

Why July is a Special Month for Pretoria’s First Black Catholic Parish

The Most Holy Redeemer, a Catholic Mission in South Africa’s Archdiocese of Pretoria, will, in a few months, mark 100...

Uganda's Cabinet Minister in charge of Refugees, Hillary Onek  inspecting the production of  Face Masks at the Don Bosco Vocational Training Center (VTC). / Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services

Ugandan Government Lauds Young Refugees for Pioneering Mass Production of Face Masks

Young refugees living at the Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Settlement have been applauded for being the first ever group to...

Reconstruction of 4 rooms and a community hall in favour of the Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Tamanrasset, Algeria. / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International

Why Congregation of Sisters in Algeria Needs to Survive amid Shortage of Vocations

Sometime last year, when members of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Algeria wrote to...