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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.

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...

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...

Some residents in South Africa protests over lack of food and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. / Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

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...