The Voice of the suffering in Africa

Fr. Stephen Idoko knows firsthand how true, lived religious freedom can strengthen a society. As a Nigerian priest, Fr. Stephen Idoko was only too familiar with the problems that terrorists created for Christians in his country: Boko Haram, the kidnapping of the Chibok school girls, the ongoing Fulani attacks on Christian communities, and so on. But the news that reached Fr. Idoko on April 24, 2018, drove that reality home in a terrifying way. It was then that he learned ...

Despite the danger, and the looming threat of famine, missionaries on the ground insist they will not abandon their flocks, since they are “living signs of God’s presence.” Hundreds of people have left everything and fled their villages as unknown terrorists ravage the countryside in the northern region of Upper Uele, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Testimonies sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) by missionaries in the DRC show that the situation is causing ...

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, ...