The Voice of the suffering in Africa

Fr. Youhanna Al-Amin died in Kauda, a region of Sudan marked by tribal tensions and disputes among armed groups. According to local sources, the killing appears to have been an act of retaliation after he reported the theft of medicines intended for the local population. The Catholic Church in Sudan is mourning the death of Fr. Youhanna Al-Amin, parish priest of St. Vincent’s Parish in Kauda, who was killed on Friday, June 19, together with a parish watchman and another ...

The reconstruction of a remote village in Nigeria is a sign that hope can triumph over despair, and violence will not have the final word. On May 27, 2026, the Archbishop of Kaduna in Nigeria visited a remote village to celebrate Mass with his faithful. But this was no ordinary pastoral visit: it was the celebration of a victory over death, hatred, and discrimination. Just over two years after the total destruction of the village of Adama Dutse by terrorists, ...

During a Mass held on the first anniversary of the Yelewata massacre, Bishop Anagbe remembered the victims and renewed his call for the displaced to be able to return to their homes safely. One year after the Yelewata massacre in the Nigerian state of Benue, which claimed the lives of more than 250 people, hundreds gathered on June 13 to remember the victims of one of the deadliest attacks suffered by Christian communities in the region in recent years. The ...

Bishop Jude Arogundade thanked ACN for its campaign on behalf of survivors, who “will always carry the scars of what happened that day.” The bishop who spearheaded the campaign for justice following one of the worst atrocities against Christians in Nigeria has given a heartfelt response to the news that four gunmen have been found guilty in a court of law. Armed men carried out a killing spree during Pentecost Sunday Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, ...

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso was a friend and collaborator of ACN, and the foundation has expressed its deep sorrow in response to his death. Two days after the death of the Bishop of Quelimane in Mozambique, reactions continue to pour in, though an investigation has yet to discover suspects or possible motives. On Sunday, the Vatican press office released a statement from Pope Leo XIV, currently visiting Spain, which states that he “learned with deep sorrow of the grave act ...

Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., of Quelimane, Mozambique, was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday, June 6, and his body was found in a corridor of the episcopal residence. In an initial official statement sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the President of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique said that the prelate was found “lifeless and in strange circumstances that have yet to be clarified,” and appealed for “the serenity of faith and fraternal solidarity” ...