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.

A section of the members of the Care for Aging Sisters Association of Kenya (CASAK). Credit: CASAK

Catholic Sisters in Kenya Move to Address Caregiving Gaps among Elderly Women Religious

Not long ago, the Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) carried out an investigation into the situation of Catholic...

Africa’s population “targeted for decimation”: Catholic Pro-lifers on WHO Birth Control Strategies

Human Life International (HLI) Directors in Africa have criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for promoting strategies that the pro-lifers say seek to...

Fr. Patrick Lonkoy Bolengu at a mission station. Credit: Fr Patrick Lonkoy Bolengu

Catholic Priest Treks for Miles to Distribute Food to DR Congo’s Needy Families

Elderly women in impoverished communities served by St. Francis of Paola Parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic...

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama at St. Mulumba’s Parish in Igu, Bwari Area Council of Abuja. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese of

“Profound opportunity”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria Calls for Interfaith Dialogue as Easter Coincides with Ramadan

Christians celebrating Easter and Muslims living the Holy Month of Ramadan in Nigeria have been urged to embrace the season as a...

Seminarian Na'aman Danlami died when the Fulanis attacked St. Raphael Fadan Kamantan Parish on the night of Thursday, 7 September 2023. Credit: ACN

Apprehending Mastermind in Killing of Nigerian Seminarian “a welcome development”, Activist Calls for More Arrests

International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), a Catholic-inspired human rights foundation in Nigeria is calling for more...

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY). Credit: CDTY

“Emulate Simon of Cyrene, your fellow African”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan to Youths in Holy Week Message

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambia (CDTY) has challenged African young people to emulate the determination of Simon of Cyrene,...

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Archdiocese of Freetown during an interview with ACI Africa at his office in Freetown. Credit: Agenzia Fides

Catholic Archbishop in Sierra Leone Puzzled by Low Turnout for Holy Week Activities “in the last twenty or so years”

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has decried the low turnout for Holy Week activities in the...

Caritas Freetown Trains Sierra Leonean Police on Handling Gender Violence Cases

Caritas Freetown, the development and humanitarian arm of the of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has completed a training...

Victims of Sexual Abuse in Sierra Leone Graduate in Caritas Freetown’s Skills Program

Dozens of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Sierra Leone have completed a skills training program that Caritas Freetown designed...

Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis and Fr. Vittorio Boria reflect on the secret meaning of St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral in Ethiopia. Credit: CBCE

Art Inside Ethiopian Catholic Cathedral Reveals “paradise on earth”: Bishop

The structural design, the paintings, and the general aesthetics of St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral of the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of...

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

Catholics in Sierra Leone Asked to Confess Sins against the Environment

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has challenged citizens of the West African nation to treat...

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Archdiocese of Freetown during an interview with ACI Africa at his office in Freetown. Credit: Caritas Freetown

“Tribalism is showing its ugly head in our Church”: Catholic Archbishop in Sierra Leone

The Archbishop of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown has decried favouritism in the West African nation based on tribal lines, and...

Credit: The Conference of Major Superiors of Religious – Ghana (CMSR-GH)

Religious Orders in Ghana Urge President to Sign into Law Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

Members of the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious – Ghana (CMSR-GH) have urged the President of the West African...

Members of the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious – Ghana (CMSR-GH). Credit: The Conference of Major Superiors of Religious – Ghana (CMSR-GH)

Religious Congregations in Ghana Announce Crusade to “to cry out, as loud as we can” for Environment

To prepare for the Jubilee Year 2025, which Pope Francis announced on January 21, women and men Religious in the West African...

Catholic Activists in Africa Call on Uganda to Stop Planned Contraceptives among Children

Catholic activists in Africa under their umbrella organization,CitizenGo Africa are rallying for support to stop the plan by Uganda’s health docket...

Inaugural Training to Prepare African Pro-lifers to Address Issues in Modern Medicine

Pro-lifers in Tanzania, Rwanda and Cameroon are set to join the first cohort of a training that has been designed...

Catholic-led Researchers Decry Veiled “settlement of jihadists” Plan in Nigerian States

A Catholic-inspired group of researchers, criminologists and human rights activists in Nigeria is concerned that a section of Nigerian authorities...

Christian Foundation Appeals for Safety Measures in Nigeria Schools as Abductions Resurge

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, is appealing to the Nigerian government to implement a “Safe Schools Initiative”...

Credit: Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

Pauline Publications Africa Hailed for “very exemplary” Professionalism

With the mushrooming of publishing firms, most of them only interested in making profit, Paulines Publications Africa (PPA) under the auspices of the Pious...

“Not synodal”, Archbishop in Sierra Leone against “monopolizing” Parts of Holy Mass

The Eucharist is the centre of a synodal Church requiring the participation of all “by virtue of their common baptism”,...