Silas Mwale Isenjia

Silas Mwale Isenjia

Silas Mwale Isenjia is a Kenyan journalist with a great zeal and interest in Catholic Church-related communications. He holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, media, and communication from Moi University in Kenya. He has vast experience in the media production industry. He currently works as a journalist for ACI Africa.

Articles by Silas Mwale Isenjia

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is the founder of The Kukah Centre, a Nigeria-based public policy institute. Credit: The Kukah Centre

Nigerian foundation defends Catholic bishop after remarks about Christian genocide

Dec 3, 2025 / 10:00 am

The executive director of The Kukah Centre blamed the media for its inadequate reporting of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s remarks that he made at the Vatican.

Bishop Roger Coffi Anoumou of the Diocese of Lokossa in Benin represented the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at the second African Climate Summit on Sept. 7-8, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: SECAM

African bishops call for ‘Africa-led, community-rooted’ solutions for climate crisis

Sep 10, 2025 / 07:00 am

In a statement read out during the second Africa Climate Summit on Sept. 7-8, African bishops said the climate crisis is both a moral and ecological emergency.

Sister Gisela Rfanyu Shey speaks at the second African Women Theologian Conferece on Sept. 3, 2025, saying that to realize synodality in Africa, the Church should prioritize counseling amid the myriad of scars, including those of colonialism, war, ethnic conflict, poverty, disease, and systemic injustices. Credit: ACI Africa

For true synodality, counseling needs to be prioritized in Africa, religious sister says

Sep 8, 2025 / 12:07 pm

Sister Gisela Rfanyu Shey spoke about counseling as a path to healing and synodaloty at the second African Women Theologian Conference in Nairobi on Sept. 3.

Scenes from the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese martyr, in Rome on Sunday, June 15, 2025. In a Monday, June 16, audience with pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who traveled for the beatification of Bwana Chui at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Holy Father said: “This Congolese layman highlights the precious witness of the laity and young people.” Credit: Vatican Media

Beatified Congolese martyr highlights ‘precious witness of laity, youth’ Pope Leo says

Jun 18, 2025 / 11:57 am

Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese martyr who died at the age of 26, was beatified in Rome on Sunday, June 15.

Archbishop-elect Benjamin Phiri of the newly erected Archdiocese of Ndola in Zambia. Credit: Archdiocese of Ndola

Pope Francis erects new metropolitan see in Zambia, appoints pioneer archbishop

Jun 18, 2024 / 14:45 pm

The pope has erected the Archdiocese of Ndola in Zambia and appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri as its first archbishop.

Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine in Uganda for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, where the country's president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, urged them to be at the forefront of fostering peace in the East African region. Museveni lauded Christians and other believers in the country for "embracing unity" and fostering religious tolerance. Credit: ACI Africa

Uganda Martyrs Day: President urges Christians to lead by example in fostering peace

Jun 4, 2024 / 12:25 pm

The president of Uganda urged believers gathered at the Namugongo Shrine for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage to be at the forefront of fostering peace.

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia, which covers the Tigray region. Credit: CBCE

‘I’m a witness to unspeakable suffering’: Ethiopia bishop wants peace pact implemented

Apr 22, 2024 / 16:30 pm

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin pleaded for the implementation of the Nov. 2, 2022, peace agreement in Pretoria, South Africa.

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: KCCB

Catholic bishops in Kenya urge government to address doctors strike

Apr 13, 2024 / 08:00 am

“Witnessing the misery of the sick,” Kenya’s bishops urge the government there to address an ongoing strike of doctors and medical personnel.

Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German priest who was reportedly kidnapped in November 2022 in Mali, was freed Nov. 26, 2023. Credit: ACN

German missionary priest released a year after being abducted in Mali

Nov 27, 2023 / 14:45 pm

Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, a member of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa who was reportedly kidnapped in Bamako, Mali, has been set free.

Fulgence Kayishema, a former Rwandan police officer suspected to have ordered the killing of at least 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge at St. Paul’s Nyange Catholic Parish during the 1994 genocide, was arrested May 24, 2023. Credit: Courtesy photo

Police arrest suspected mastermind of massacre at Rwandan Catholic parish in 1994 genocide

Jun 1, 2023 / 13:00 pm

Reuters reported that Fulgence Kayishema, one of the top suspects in the genocide, was arrested May 24 on a grape farm in South Africa.