The Voice of the suffering in Africa

For many years, ACN has provided support, especially through scholarships, to members of the Assumption Sisters of Eldoret. Using the skills obtained through this aid, the sisters have been helping girls on the street in Nairobi.  In Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, there are over 60,000 street families, including thousands of boys and girls who do not go to school and are often addicted to drugs or involved in other illegal activities, Sister Caroline Ngatia tells ACN, during a visit ...

Translated into approximately 200 languages, ACN’s Child’s Bible is the only book that some children own in their native language. Now, with the help of ACN, Father Stefaan Lecleir, a missionary priest in South Sudan, is having the Child’s Bible translated in Pazande, the language spoken by the Azande people in parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  “About 95 percent of the people in my parish are illiterate,” explains Father Stefaan ...

Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is in imminent danger of being taken over by the M23 rebels who seized the airport and parts of the city.   As fighting reportedly continues in Goma, the Church fears for the well-being of the innocent civilian population.  Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, the Bishop of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has issued a warning about the city’s drastic situation, as ...

A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas Day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from ACN’s local Church sources. Dozens of Christians were killed in attacks in and around Christmas time in Nigeria, especially in Benue State. News of these attacks only recently came to the attention of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), after the foundation received reports from local Church partners, highlighting the lack of coverage of ...

2025 could be a difficult year for Catholic schools in Mali. According to ACN’s Malian project partners, state subsidies will cease from the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year, which plunges theses schools into an uncertain future. Mali is increasingly suffering from the influence of fundamentalism, and most actors and partners in its Catholic education system emphasize the important role that Catholic schools play in development and interreligious dialogue, and hence the preservation of peace in Mali. “We really need ...

Of all the current war zones in the world, Sudan is among the least likely to heed Pope Francis’s repeated calls for peace in the world, as both sides show no signs of wanting to end hostilities, and the Christian presence in the country is minuscule. In this article, ACN shares the story of a bishop who bravely continues to lead his flock in the city of El-Obeid and finds hope in the Blessed Sacrament. The bishop spoke of this ...