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.

Fr. Lazar Arasu with participants at Peace Meeting with UNHCR and other Leaders in South Sudan / Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services

Address South Sudan’s “deep-rooted tribal hatred” to Tame Conflicts: Salesian Cleric

Residents of Palabek Refugee Settlement located in the Archdiocese of Gulu in northern Uganda last month woke up to a...

African Bishops Join Worldwide Call to End Abuse by Multinational Corporations

Catholic Bishops from across Africa joined more than 110 Prelates from different parts of the world to appeal for an...

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the Nation on the new COVID-19 guidelines at Harambee House, Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenyan President Excludes Sunday Schools, Madrassas in Phased Reopening of Public Worship

Children attending Sunday School and those who go for Madrassas in Mosques are among the groups of congregants who will...

Bishops in Kenya Propose Small Christian Community Masses in New COVID-19 Guidelines

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), an umbrella body of all Catholic Prelates in Kenya is proposing the celebration...

Fr. Lazar Arasu, the Director of Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services with refugees in Uganda camp.

Salesians in Uganda Keeping Youth in Refugee Camps Productive during Pandemic

Refugees in Uganda have been hit by the four-month lockdown and ban on social gatherings and other public activities in...

Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando, Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Daystar University in Kenya. / Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK).

Meet Widely Published Kenyan Nun Seeking to Breathe Life in University Research

Sr. Agnes Lucy Lando understands what ails research in universities from her 14 years of teaching at Kenyan tertiary institutions...

African Media Practitioners Recall Memorable Moments with U.S. Cleric Who “married” Media

The rest of the world is mourning the passing on of Fr. Robert (Bob) Astorino who “married media professionalism” for...

Members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).

Catholic Lawmakers in Zambia Put on the Spot over Contested Bill

The Catholic laity in Zambia are demanding an apology from the Catholic Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Eastern African...

“The Elephant in the House: Leadership and Future Sustainability of Church Media Projects in Eastern Africa” by Fr. Andrew Kaufa. / Fr. Andrew Kaufa

Why “Catholic media institutions (in Africa) rarely survive beyond founders”: New Book

Church-run projects in Eastern Africa and across the continent struggle to survive beyond their founders owing to gaps in succession...

Carmelite Nuns providing aid to victims of violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International)

Carmelite Nun Recounts Brutal Attack that Left Countless Maimed in Mozambique

On Thursday, June 4, a Carmelite nun working in Macomia, a small town in the northern province of Cabo Delgado,...

A poster for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Church Leaders in South Sudan Appeal for Release of Abducted Women and Children

On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, church leaders in South Sudan have denounced conflict-related...

Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha to be installed as Archbishop of Mbarara Archdiocese in Uganda on Saturday, June 20, 2020.

Church in Uganda Preparing for First Ever Virtual Installation of Archbishop

Arrangements are underway in Uganda for installation of Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha of Mbarara who will on Saturday, June 20 join...

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto Diocese in Nigeria.

Help Us Fight Militant Groups, Nigerian Prelate Appeals to International Community

A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria says that the government in the West African nation is overwhelmed in the fight against...

Bishop Frank Nubuasah of Botswana’s Gaborone Diocese.

Prelate in Botswana Explains Meaning of His Letter to George Floyd

A bishop in Botswana who wrote an emotional letter to George Floyd, citing a strong bond of friendship with the...

Four members of the Religious Congregation of the Precious Blood Sisters who succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa's Umtata Diocese.

Four Nuns Who Succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa “were generous servants of the Lord”

The leadership of the Catholic Church in South Africa has described the four members of the Religious Congregation of the...

Fr. Francis Onyango, a missionary priest in the Catholic Diocese of Manzini in Swaziland. / Fr. Francis Onyango

Self-discipline, Love, Central Values amid COVID-19 “new normal”: Missionary in Swaziland

Many people who have been worst hit by COVID-19 including those living in isolation, those separated from their loved ones...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria.

Prelate Blames Woes of Nigerian Children Seeking Islamic Education on an “elite” Group

A section of children living with their teachers to pursue Muslim knowledge in Northern Nigeria, also referred to as Almajirai,...

Members of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) of Kenya's Malindi Diocese preparing to distribute food items and liquid handwashing soap to vulnerable families. / Catholic Diocese of Malindi/CJPC

Inside Kenya’s "young" Diocese with Enviable COVID-19 Intervention Strategies

The story of Malindi Diocese located on the brink of the Indian Ocean at the Kenyan coastal county of Kilifi...

Fr. Columban Odhiambo, the administrator of St. Mary’s Mumias Mission Hospital, Catholic Diocese of Kakamega.

What One Catholic Mission Hospital in Kenya is Doing to Weather COVID-19 Storm

The management of St. Mary’s Mumias Mission Hospital, one of the health facilities of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kakamega, last...

Sr. Winnie Mutuku of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, founder of Upendo Street Children in Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Kitale. She was accorded the Presidential Order of Service, Uzalendo Award on Madaraka Day. / Sr. Winnie Mutuku

Kenyan Nun Wins State Award for Feeding Street Children amid COVID-19

Sr. Winnie Mutuku was serving late lunch to 14 street boys inside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart compound of...