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.

Members of the African Synod Digital Youth Faith Influencers (ASDYFI). Credit: PACTPAN

Meet Young Catholic Influencers from 50 African Countries Evangelizing Digital Peripheries

Sergent Gomez yearns to see his parish grow. The member of Blessed Sacrament parish of the Catholic Diocese of Banjul...

Members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). Credit: CBCN

Bill Seeking to Regulate Nigeria’s Seminary Programs “unnecessary, impracticable”: Bishops

Members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have expressed their reservations about a bill that seeks to regulate Christian education...

Researchers Foresee “mass exodus” of Young Nigerian Christians: This is Why

The passivity of Nigerian authorities amid systematic religious-based attacks have left many young Christians in Nigeria disillusioned and many may...

Caritas Official in Sierra Leone Calls for Calm amid Chaos, “confusion”, after Tense Polls

The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown has urged voters in the just concluded...

Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five year. Credit: ACN

“Spiritually transformative”: Catholic Nun on Years Spent in Jihadist Captivity in Mali

Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years has...

Top Officials that Nigerian Activists Want Tried for Christian Persecution

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) is petitioning for the prosecution of over 30 top current and...

Young people to respresent Burkina Faso during the 2023 World Youth Day (WYD) in person in Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: Fr. Valéry Sakougri

Youth Attending 2023 World Youth Day from Burkina Faso Urged to Return Fearless

Burkina Faso needs fearless Christians, those who are ready to bear witness to their faith without fear of intimidation, young...

Religious freedom index in Africa. Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need-US

New Report on Christian Persecution Paints Grim Picture of Africa

Out of the 28 countries where Christians are most persecuted in the world, 13 are African, the Religious Freedom Report 2023 shows,...

Caritas Freetown Executive Director Fr. Peter Konteh makes a presentation during the training organized for violence incidence monitors and reporters ahead of Sierra Leone's Saturday, June 24vGeneral elections. Credit: Caritas Freetown Media team

Sierra Leonean Caritas, Regional Peace Entity Partner to Train Violence Incidence Monitors

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Caritas Freetown have completed a training aimed at enhancing capacity to monitor and report violence before,...

Caritas Freetown Executive Director Fr. Peter Konteh presents the Sierra Leone Election Pledge. Credit: Caritas Freetown Media team

Catholic Entity Appeals for Calm in Sierra Leone as Violence Rocks Days to Polls

The development arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone, Caritas Freetown, has appealed for calm amid reported...

Emeka Umeagbalasi of Intersociety making an address at the unveiling of a report on attacks against Christians in Nigeria's Imo State Credit: Emeka Umeagbalasi

Christians Smuggling Their Dead Relatives Back to Nigerian State for Fear of Attacks

Christians who have fled their homes in Nigeria’s Imo State are unable to give their dead relatives decent send-offs, and...

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone. Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh

Catholic Archbishop’s Plea ahead of General Elections in Sierra Leone

The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has appealed to the citizens of the West African...

A victim of Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno State. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Held by Boko Haram for Nine Years, Victim Seeks Help at Catholic Trauma Healing Center

About a month ago, Susan Swa escaped Kangarwa, an Island on Lake Chad where Boko Haram militants had held her...

Sister Beta Almendra, a Portuguese Comboni nun living in Wau. Credit: ACN

Catholic Diocese in South Sudan Raising Funds to Support War Victims in Sudan

The Catholic Diocese of Wau in South Sudan is preparing to send a special collection to Khartoum, Sudan, to support...

Fr. Joseph Bature Fidelis the Director of the Human Resource and Skills Acquisition for Trauma Healing Center of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri. Credit: Fr. Joseph Bature Fidelis

Priest Providing Trauma Therapy in Nigeria Recounts Near-death Experiences with Militants

Outside St. Hillary Nursery and Primary School of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, a middle-aged Priest gathered teachers and older...

Daughters of St. Paul Superiors in Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, flanked by the Delegate Superior, Sr. Rosemary Mwaiwa (in white scuff). Credit: Daughters of St. Paul, Nairobi

How Daughters of St. Paul in Eastern Africa are Bouncing Back from COVID-19 Plunge

Members of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP – Daughters of St. Paul) in Tanzania were journeying with...

Late Sr. Mary Scheller. Credit: Christ the King Monastery, Msongari, Nairobi.

Carmelites Eulogize “last” American Nun Whose Talent Warmed Kenyan President's Heart

Members of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) have eulogized their late U.S.-born Sister who entered Nairobi Carmel in Kenya as a...

How Nigerian Government is Overspending to Cover Up Christian Persecution

Many individuals and organizations who vehemently spoke against Christian persecution in Nigeria are now silent, a Catholic human rights defender...

Nigerian Researchers to Present Government’s “scorecard” Detailing Christian Persecution

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari’s hand-over on May 29 will be followed by the launch of a report detailing his government’s...

The Group of Seven (G7) countries who will be meeting in Hiroshima, Japan. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Catholic Bishops in Africa Appeal for “unpayable” Debt Cancellation ahead of G7 Summit

Catholic Bishops serving in the humanitarian and development arm of the Church in Africa are appealing to leaders of the Group...