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.

Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe of the Religious Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nominee for the 2020 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.

Ugandan Nun Eyes Coveted Global Teacher Prize for Transforming Ex-Rebels’ Lives

Some day in 1986 when the Lord’s Resistance Army, an infamous rebel group that terrorized people in the northern parts...

Late Sr. Henrietta Alokha,Ssh, Principal of Nigeria's Bethlehem Girls College who died while rescuing students after gas explosion in Abule Ado, Lagos, Monday, March 16, 2020.

Nigerians Eulogize Nun Who Died Saving Others in Sunday Lagos Inferno

The morning of Sunday, March 15 is one that residents of Nigeria’s Abule Ado town in the outskirts of the...

Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider, Safaricom, the company that operates M-pesa – the most popular mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service in Kenya.

Kenya’s Mobile Money Provider Revises Transaction Costs, Limits, to Tame COVID-19

With two more cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the East African nation of Kenya, bringing to three the number of...

Kenyan-born Spiritan Fr. John Munjuri, Parish Priest of St. Mary's Mukuru Parish, Archdiocese of Nairobi, who has facilitated a feeding program on Fridays under the auspices of St. Vincent de Paul Group / St. Mary's Mukuru Parish, Nairobi Archdiocese

Oldest Missionary Congregation in Kenya Igniting Hope Among Poor Slum Dwellers

The marram road that leads to St. Mary’s Catholic Parish in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a sprawling informal settlement located on...

The Secretary of the Holy See Delegation to the U.N. Geneva, Msgr. Mauro Cionini / Ignatius Takura Mugwagwa/EWTN Deutschland

Vatican Ready for “constructive, respectful dialogue” with Eritrean Government to End Woes

Delegates of the Holy See have, during the recent 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations...

Irene Kyamummi, 2020 Harambee Prize winner in a past interview in Kampala, Uganda. / Harambee Africa International

Ugandan Medic Clinches Prestigious 2020 Award of a Rome-based Institution

Irene Kyamummi, a Ugandan doctor who has had a career stint in neighboring Kenya is the winner of “the XI...

Kenya Military Principal Chaplain and Apostolic Administrator, Msgr. Colonel Benjamin Maswili at an official function in Kenya / Kenya Defense Forces

Inside the Life of a Kenyan Cleric Serving in the Military

Earlier this year, as Kenyans bade farewell to the country’s longest serving president, the late former President Daniel Moi, one...

Members of one of the support groups at Upendo Village in Naivasha, Kenya, in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, sharing a meal / Assumption Sisters of Nairobi, Upendo Village

I Owe Catholic Nuns, Entire Upendo Village My Life, Testimony by Kenyan Man Born with HIV

Sr. Florence Muia, a member of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN), recalls a day, in 2004, when she sat...

CJPC Chairman (R) unveils the banner for the 2020 Lenten Campaign / ACI Africa

Repent about Stolen Public Resources, Bishops in Kenya Appeal at Lenten Campaign Launch

As the war against corruption in Kenya intensifies following the launch of a six-month country-wide campaign against graft in October 2019, Catholic...

Kenya-based Catholic University Initiates a Response to Papal Call for Child Safeguarding

In an effort to respond to Pope Francis’ call that all local churches across the globe set working systems to...

Sr. Florence Muia, Founder of Upendo Village, an HIV and AIDS project in Kenya.

Meet the Kenyan Nun Who Built a state-of-the-Art HIV/AIDS Facility from Scratch

Love reigns at Upendo Village, a state-of-the-art facility where people living with HIV in low-end settlements around Naivasha in Kenya’s...

Candidates, including 10 Africans who graduated at the Pontifical Gregorian University on February 14, 2020 after a five-month training in Child Protection. / Centre for Child Protection (CCP), Pontifical Gregorian University

African Clergy, Religious, Laity Complete Child Protection Training at a Rome University

As a response to the challenge of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults that has affected the Church globally,...

Mother of the two brothers that were killed alongside 19 other Christians in Egypt.

“I’m the Mother of Martyrs”,Mom of Brothers killed by ISIS in Egypt says at Anniversary

As the Egyptian Coptic Church marks the 5th anniversary of the 21 Christian men who were beheaded by ISIS on a...

ope Francis and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the Republic of Mali. / Vatican Media

Pope Francis Engages President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali on Sahel Crisis

A statement released by the Vatican Press Office on Thursday, February 13 revealed that Pope Francis received in audience, in...

World War Hero’s Centre Where Nuns Give Home to Kenyan Girls Living with Disabilities

At an expansive portion of land in a rural suburb of Limuru in Kenya’s Kiambu County in the Archdiocese of...

Kakamega Primary School where 14 pupils died in a stampede, Monday, February, 3 2020.

Parish Mourns Vibrant PMC Girl Who Died in a Kenyan School Stampede Alongside 13 Others

Monday morning was just like any other school day for Mark Baraza who usually saw his first-born daughter, Lydia Lavender...

Diocese of Yola Bishop, Stephen Dami Mamza laying foundation for construction of eighty six housing units for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria on Monday, January 27. / Courtesy

Catholic Diocese in Nigeria Set to Construct Pioneer Residence for Boko Haram Victims

The Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has laid the foundation for the building of a residence that will house...

Franciscan friar and award winning Kenyan teacher Br. Peter Tabichi at the 2020 International Day of Education at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Kenyan Award-winning Friar Appreciates Opportunity “to compare notes” at New York Summit

The award-winning Kenyan science teacher, Br. Peter Tabichi has expressed his appreciation for the International Day of Education Summit 2020 that took...

Sunday of the Word of God: Kenyan Priest Urges Revival of Sunday School, Bible Stories

At a time when the Catholics across the globe are preparing for “the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word...

Participants at the just ended Jesuit conference for Africa and Madagascar in Nairobi. / Jesuits conference of Africa and Madagascar

Uganda Most Hospitable for Refugees, Hosts Most Displaced in the Region: Jesuits’ Report

The East African nation of Uganda is the most welcoming and hospitable country in the region for vulnerable refugees and...