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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.

Regina Lynch, project director at ACN. / ACN

Why an International Catholic Charity Finds COVID-19 Projects in Africa “most impressive”

The Catholic charity organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International says that pastoral projects, which the Church in...

John Cardinal Njue (right), Archbishop Philip Anyolo (Center) and CS Mutahi Kagwe (left) during Tuesday's meeting at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya. / KCCB

Kenyan Government Engages Catholic Church Leaders on Resuming Public Worship

Catholic Bishops in Kenya will be meeting in “coming days” to define a way that will see the lifting of...

Church in South Africa Reaches Out to Poor Families Defying Lockdown to Beg

Hard pressed to evade starvation amid stringent COVID-19 restrictions, poor families in South Africa are risking contagion and moving from...

Assistance to the Seminary of Kossoghin in Burkina Faso with hygiene and education for COVID 19 prevention / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)

St. Pierre Major Seminarians in Burkina Faso Receive Boost in COVID-19 Fight

Seminarians at St. Pierre Major Seminary in Burkina Faso are going to benefit from a financial donation from the international...

A poster for the African Liberation Day 2020.

On Africa Day, Africans Urged to “protect their heritage from organized criminal agents.”

On Africa Day this year, the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration (CALAR), a collaborative initiative of numerous groups on...

Bishop José Luis Ponce de León of the Catholic Diocese of Manzini in Swaziland, also called Eswatini.

“It is the context that has changed, not our call”: Prelate in Swaziland

With the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that COVID-19 may never go away, a Bishop in Swaziland has urged faithful...

Sr. Elizabeth Gathoni of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) / Sr. Elizabeth Gathoni

Kenyan Nun Journeying with HIV Patients in Jamaica to Overcome Stigma

For close to a year, Sr. Elizabeth Gathoni of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) has observed immense transformation in...

Entrance to the Good-Shepherd Learning Centre Madidi, South Africa. / SACBC

Nuns in South Africa Donate Food, Protective Gear to Needy amid COVID-19 Lockdown

With reported increasing cases of job losses and food shortage in South Africa following the COVID-19 lockdown in the country,...

Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio (Left) and  Fr. Thomas Ngong (right) sharing enriching avenues to keep faith alive during COVID-19.

Kenyan Clerics Share 8 Enriching Avenues to Keep Faith Alive During COVID-19

A Bishop in Niger, reflecting on the post-COVID-19 era, said that closure of Churches as a way to contain the...

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“You are missed,” Bishops Pen Letter to Laity in Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa

The members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have, in a pastoral letter, expressed solidarity with their laity...

Nurses and trainee health care-givers at Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Rumbek, South Sudan pose for a photo outside the Clinic on the eve of International Nurses Day. / Sr. Orla Treacy

In South Sudan, Nurses at Loreto Clinic Improvising Protective Gear in COVID-19 Fight

As the world marked the International Nurses Day on Tuesday, May 12, celebrating the fearlessness, hard work and selflessness of...

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Church Leaders in South Africa Urge Use of WhatsApp to Fight Gender-Based Violence

In South Africa where COVID-19 restrictions have plunged the country into various crimes including police brutalities and a rise in...

Teacher Stephen Mwangi at the ruins in Kariobangi North. Also visible are homeless families that were spending nights in the cold after their houses were destroyed. / Stephen Mwangi

Brave School Teacher Takes in Family after Nairobi Demolitions Leave Thousands Homeless

Stephen Mwangi recalls a day in March when learners at Watoto Wetu Centre, a primary school run by the Catholic...

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Caritas Senegal Redirects Climate Change Funds Towards COVID-19 Fight

The Catholic Church in Senegal through its charity arm, Caritas Senegal, has announced the interruption of a fundraising initiative launched...

Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo of Maradi Diocese, Niger. / ACN

Closure of Churches Spells Danger for “lukewarm Christians”: Bishop in Niger

A Bishop in Niger, reflecting on the post-COVID-19 era, has said that while some Christians will come out of the...

Some street children with the staff of Kwetu Home of Peace in Nairobi, Kenya. / Patrician Brothers.

How Patrician Brothers are Rehabilitating Most Difficult Cases on Kenyan Streets

Sadam Rashid stops his truck at a hardware store located in the middle of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya,...

Bishop Emeritus Paride Taban of South Sudan's Torit Diocese.

Retired South Sudanese Bishop Recalls a Journey of Perseverance at 40th Anniversary

Celebrated Bishop Emeritus of Torit diocese in South Sudan on Monday, May 4 marked his 40th Anniversary as Bishop in the...

Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of the diocese of Pemba, which is in the region of Cabo Delgado. / ACN

Why Persecution in Mozambique is “an injustice that is crying out to heaven”

A Bishop in Mozambique has decried the reigning oppression of people who speak against the increased attacks that mainly target...

Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo in Nigeria bringing life and hope in households through music.

Singing Bishop Breathes Life, Hope in Nigerian Households amid Suspension of Public Mass

A high-pitched musical sound is heard over the mobile phone as Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo...

Sr. Rose Catherine Wakibiru, Administrator of Limuru Cheshire Home, a charity organization for girls living with disabilities with young girls living with disabilities outside their home / Sr. Rose Catherine Wakibiru

Meet Kenyan Nun Behind Thriving Disability Program for Girls amid COVID-19 Restrictions

At a one-roomed house in Satellite, an informal settlement located outside Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, a 23-year-old girl living with...