The Voice of the suffering in Africa

“The families will be relieved and happy to hear that those who planned the abduction of their children have been arrested. This is truly good news,” says Bishop Bulus Yohanna. Bishop Bulus Yohanna of Kontagora, Nigeria has welcomed reports that security forces in Nigeria arrested individuals allegedly involved in the mass kidnapping that took place on November 21, 2025, at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri in the Diocese of Kontagora. A total of 265 students and staff members were ...

Villagers in Cabo Delgado used to be united despite their religious diversity, but lately, religion has become a dividing factor, reports Bishop António Juliasse. The jihadists who have been waging an insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, are trying to establish a caliphate in the image of the Islamic State, says Bishop António Juliasse of Pemba. In a message sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Juliasse said that “the signs are all there. ...

The residents of eastern Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), feel abandoned by the international community. But they know that if they flee, the M23, an armed rebel group backed by Rwanda, will take over their lands. “We don’t feel isolated, we feel abandoned,” says Fr. Floribert Bashimbe, the vicar-general of the Diocese of Bukavu, located in the east of the DRC, on the border with Rwanda. According to the priest, the conflict of interests over the extraction ...

A missionary warns that people have forgotten about Sudan, a country currently experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, due to a three-year-long civil war. As citizens of the world, all people share the responsibility for peacebuilding, including in places the world has forgotten, such as Sudan. That was the message a missionary priest in Sudan wanted to drive home in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). “The Catholic Church teaches that we share a ...

The statement comes in the wake of a devastating attack against a landmark Catholic church and compound located in the region of Meza in Cabo Delgado. The Muslim community of Mozambique has issued a statement condemning the ongoing attacks by jihadists in the north, which have increasingly been targeting Christian people and sites. The jihadists who operate in Cabo Delgado and claim allegiance to the Islamic State recently attacked the Catholic parish of Saint Louis de Montfort in Meza, in ...

Attack on the parish of St. Louis de Montfort generated widespread panic among Christians. A historic church in Meza, in the region of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, was reduced to rubble during an attack by jihadist insurgents. According to information sent by sources on the ground to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the attack took place April 30 at around 4 in the afternoon, as armed militants entered the parish of St. Louis de Montfort and began to ...