SHARE:
You are browsing topics on: Africa
“They beat me, but I thank God I survived,” says priest kidnapped by jihadists
category
A Catholic priest has given a harrowing account of how he nearly lost an eye after being kidnapped by armed extremists in Nigeria and held ...
Dozens killed in another church massacre in DR Congo
category
At least 40 people, including many children, were killed in a massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the early hours of Sunday, ...
Nigeria: Kidnapped priest, Father Alphonsus Afina, freed along with ten female hostages
category
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International joyfully announces the release of Fr. Alphonsus Afina, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, who ...
US human rights panel finds ongoing religious freedom violations in Nigeria
category
Religious communities in Nigeria are facing ongoing, systematic, and egregious violations of their ability to practice their faith, says a US human rights monitor. A ...
Nigerian minor seminary attacked: Security guard killed, three students kidnapped
category
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) strongly condemns the violent attack perpetrated on July 10, 2025 against the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivhianokpodi, Diocese ...
Help for the Priestly Formation of 76 Religious in Nigeria
category
Nigeria is a dangerous country for Christians, especially for priests. In the past 10 years, over 150 priests were abducted, and over a dozen were ...
A Car for a Remote Parish in Rural Zimbabwe
category
There is great rejoicing in Don Bosco’s mission in Mutuzukwe, Zimbabwe. Thanks to your generous support, the faithful in the remote outlying villages will no ...
Public memorial to victims of 2022 Nigeria church attack demolished
category
Like the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan, a public memorial park dedicated to the victims of a deadly Pentecost Sunday attack on a church in ...
Religious robbed, held at gunpoint, and threatened with decapitation in Mozambique
category
The Mercedarian Sisters were the second congregation to suffer an armed robbery in a matter of days, as the violence in northern Mozambique steadily worsens. ...
Nigeria: Priest commits to remain, rebuild after 200 Christians massacred
category
The priest in Nigeria who narrowly escaped with his life following one of the country’s worst massacres of Christians has spoken of his determination to ...