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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.

Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Kenya’s Nyeri Archdiocese. Credit: Archdiocese of Nairobi

“They want us to tremble”, Kenyan Archbishop Faults Proud Leaders, Urges Listening

The key message of the Synod on Synodality is listening, a virtue that most leaders in Kenya lack, the Catholic...

A screengrab from a video that shows students at St Theresa's Eregi Girls High School struggling to walk owing to a strange illness that was reported at the school in Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Kakamega

How “prayer” over Strange Illness at Kenyan Catholic School Sent Students into a Frenzy

On Wednesday, October 4, officials from Kenya’s ministry of education visited St. Theresa’s Eregi Girls High School of the Catholic...

Entrance to St. Theresa's Eregi Girls High School in Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Kakamega

Strange Illness at Kenyan Catholic School: What Really Happened?

Videos of Kenyan schoolgirls walking with difficulty, weeping and shaking uncontrollably took the internet by storm on Wednesday, October 4. Speculations...

St. Martin of Tour's Kembong Parish of the Diocese of Mamfe in Southwest Cameroon. Credit: Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM)

Catholic Priest Shot in Attack on Cameroonian Catholic Mission Recovering after Surgery

The member of the  Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), who was shot and seriously injured on September 26 when militants attacked St. Martin of Tour's...

Families fleeing violence in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique. Credit: DHPI

Catholic Peace Entity Concerned about “new wave of attacks” in Mozambican Province

Returnees who had been displaced from Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique are fleeing again following a “new wave of...

Bishop Isaac Dugu of Katsina-Ala Docese in Nigeria. Credit: Katsina-Ala Docese

“The streets are quiet”: Catholic Bishop on Nigeria’s Dull Independence Day

There was little celebration in Nigeria as the West African country turned 63 as an independent nation on Monday, October...

Bishop Isaac Dugu prays with pilgrims during the Marian pilgrimage in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Makurdi. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Makurd

“Demonic”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Condemns Laity’s “blessing”, Distribution of Water

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina-Ala in Nigeria has warned of the rise of “self-ordained men and women”...

Stephen Cardinal Brislin exchanges pleasantries with other cardinals at the the September 30 consistory in St. Peter's Square. Credit: Sheila Pires/ Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC)

New Cardinal in Southern Africa Urged to Call Leaders Out for Bad Governance

One of Stephen Cardinal Brislin’s tasks in Southern Africa will be to call leaders out when they deceive those they...

Screengrab of Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese in South Africa during the inaugural Mass of Stephen Cardinal Brislin. Credit: Southern African Catholic Bishops'Conference (SACBC)

South African Catholic Bishop Faults Leaders “saying no to the Synod”, Prays for Wisdom

The President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) is optimistic that the October 4-29 Synod on Synodality taking place...

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Murdered Seminarian’s Colleagues in Nigeria Named Religious Freedom Award Recipients

Two Nigerian Seminarians who survived the 2020 kidnapping in which their companion Michael Nnadi was killed have been named recipients of the...

Fr. Elvis Mbangsi, a Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) shot and injured in Cameroon. Credit: Mill Hill Missionaries

Catholic Priest Shot, Nursing “a serious fracture” in Attack on Parish in Cameroon

A Catholic Priest was shot and severely injured when militants attacked St. Martin of Tour's Kembong Parish of the Diocese...

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Catholic Activists Want TikTok’s “sexually provocative” Content Banned in Kenya

Catholic activists in Africa under their umbrella organization, CitizenGO Africa are calling upon the Kenyan government to ban sexually provocative content on...

Credit: International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety)

Human Rights Activists Challenge UN to Investigate Jihadist Killings in Nigerian Region

Activists at the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) are calling on the United Nations (UN) to intervene in insecurity...

Parishioners of St. Austin's Catholic Church of Kenya's Archdiocese of Nairobi pause to reflect on a Station of the Cross at the Subukia Shrine in the Diocese of Nakuru. Credit: ACI Africa

Pilgrims Share Stories of Conversion and Healing at National Marian Shrine in Kenya

The steep hill, marked with the Stations of the Cross, leads to a spring of water believed to offer miraculous...

Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh

International Peace Day: Caritas Official Lauds Sierra Leone’s Post-War Healing Progress

The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown has, in his message on the International Day of Peace, lauded Sierra Leoneans for rising...

Screengrab from video showing soldiers in Nigeria interacting freely with suspected bandits Credit: The Truth Nigeria

Catholic Researcher in Nigeria Reacts to Video of Soldiers Aiding Transit of Bandits

A viral video of soldiers suspected to be aiding a smooth transit of bandits in a Nigerian State has attracted...

Patients wait outside Wenje Catholic Health Facility. Credit: Fr. Fred Wafula

Relief as Spiritans Establish Medical Facility for Kenya’s Marginalized Communities

For a long time, residents of Wenje, a town in the coast region of Kenya served by the Catholic Diocese...

Matgoro community (Vicariat Apostolique de Mongo). Credit: ACN

Catholic Bishop in Chad Upbeat about “a vibrant Church” among Small Minority Community

Though Chad is significantly Christian, most inhabitants of the Eastern part of the country, which is served by the Apostolic Vicariate...

Rosh Hashanah celebrations at the Heliopolis Synagogue in Cairo. Credit: Facebook/JCC Cairo

Christian Entity Wants Egypt to Review Education Material “insulting” Non-Muslims

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights entity, is calling on authorities in Egypt to initiate reforms in the country’s...

A group of women and children rescued in forests in Mucimboa da Praia of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province early September.  Credit:DHPI

Catholic Peace Entity Condemns Rampant Sexual Enslavement of Mozambican Christians

Reports have emerged of Islamist Jihadists operating in Mozambique forcefully converting abducted Christian women into Islam and sexually enslaving some...