ACI Africa
ACI Africa (www.aciafricanews.com) is a service of EWTN News Inc. (www.ewtnnews.com) along with Catholic News Agency. It was officially inaugurated on Aug. 17, 2019, as a continental Catholic news agency serving the Church in Africa. Headquartered in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, this media apostolate will strive to tell Africa’s news by providing media coverage of Catholic events on the African continent and giving visibility to the activities of the Church across Africa. The editor-in-chief of ACI Africa is Father Don Bosco Onyalla.
Articles by ACI Africa
Religious sister in Kenya detained as probe into colleague’s death continues
Oct 16, 2025 / 15:11 pmA judge in Kenya has ordered the continued detention of a Catholic religious sister accused of involvement in the death of her colleague.
Nigeria rights groups seek release of 850 Christians held in notorious jihadist village
Oct 1, 2025 / 06:00 amTestimonies of Nigerians kidnapped by jihadist Fulani herdsmen have revealed that hundreds of Christians are still being held by the Islamist group.
Mozambique Church leaders decry silence after mosques built on land taken from Church
Sep 11, 2025 / 14:04 pmIn a report by the pontifical and charity foundation Aid to the Church in Need International, Church leaders say mosques are springing up on land snatched from the Church.
Cameroon government lauds Catholic Church’s peace-building efforts ahead of election
Aug 17, 2025 / 07:00 amThe minister of state, secretary-general at the presidency of Cameroon has commended the Catholic Church for peace-building ahead of the country’s presidential election in October.
Amid aid cuts, Catholic relief groups vow continued backing for Africa
Aug 5, 2025 / 13:11 pmOverseas development agencies pledged their continued support for the Church and civil organizations in Africa amid foreign fund cuts.
Pope Francis and Africa: The many highs and a moment of misgiving
Apr 25, 2025 / 16:56 pmPope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to the release of Fiducia Supplicans.
Bishop calls for peace in South Sudan as country’s first vice president reportedly arrested
Mar 29, 2025 / 07:00 amAmid rising tensions in Africa’s youngest country and reports that the country’s first vice president was arrested, Bishop Christian Carlassare called for peace.
Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ‘unstable’; Church leaders yet to comment
Mar 17, 2025 / 14:30 pmA source has told ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, that “experts” in Ethiopia are warning of a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Catholic priests, religious brother attacked at Mozambique archdiocesan training center
Feb 27, 2025 / 07:00 amAn attack on the Nazaré Training Center in Mozambique’s Archdiocese of Beira on Sunday left two priests and a religious brother at the facility injured.
Religious sisters abducted in Nigeria released, ‘in good health’ after weeklong captivity
Jan 15, 2025 / 07:00 amThe members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ who were abducted on Jan. 7 in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria have regained their freedom.
Cardinal raises questions on ‘hasty beatification’ plans for King Baudouin of Belgium
Nov 5, 2024 / 15:00 pmCardinal Fridolin Ambongo raised a “red flag” about the pope’s announcement in Belgium about opening the beatification cause of King Baudouin.
Nigeria diocese appeals for help, prayers after thousands displaced by floods
Sep 12, 2024 / 11:00 amThe Diocese of Maiduguri announced that the flooding in Maiduguri, a city in northeast Nigeria, is the worst the region has experienced in decades.
Catholic bishops, Church leaders in Africa laud ACI Africa ahead of its 5th anniversary
Aug 8, 2024 / 17:06 pmChurch leaders and groups throughout Africa extended their congratulations to ACI Africa, a service of EWTN News based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Christians in Egypt embark on construction of churches as persecution ebbs
Jun 26, 2024 / 10:30 amChurch projects that had been halted in Egypt when the North African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are being resumed.
Malawi’s vice president, a ‘devout Catholic,’ among 10 confirmed dead in plane crash
Jun 11, 2024 / 13:05 pmThe secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, Father Valeriano Mtseka, described the late vice president as a “devout Catholic.”
Kenyan pilgrims begin more than 200-mile walk to mark Ugandan Martyrs Day
May 25, 2024 / 08:00 amMillions are expected to arrive at the Namugongo Shrine, the site where St. Charles Lwanga and his companions were burned alive, to celebrate the Ugandan martyrs.
Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder
May 2, 2024 / 11:00 amFather Paul Tatu Mothobi, CSS, was found dead of gunshot wounds last weekend in South Africa.
Christian leaders in Africa mark 30 years since Rwandan genocide
Apr 17, 2024 / 07:00 amMembers of the Africa Christian Professionals Forum expressed their solidarity with the people of Rwanda as they remember the 800,000 people killed in the genocide.
Cardinal Sarah says contemporary Church is experiencing ‘temptation of atheism’
Apr 15, 2024 / 13:30 pm“We pretend to be Christian believers and men of faith; we celebrate religious rites, but in fact we live as pagans and unbelievers,” Cardinal Robert Sarah said.
South Sudan bishop: Our people ‘on brink of destitution, slowly perishing’
Mar 11, 2024 / 17:55 pmIn a March 8 letter, Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala described the desperate situation of his people in South Sudan.