A new six-year report has challenged the widespread belief that the Boko Haram terrorist organization and its affiliate, Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, are responsible for the majority of civilian killings in Nigeria. Instead, […]
Yaoundé: The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, has offered a sobering assessment of freedom of religion in Nigeria, saying that the fundamental human right to freedom of religion or […]
Church leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have expressed misgivings at the government’s focus on constitutional reform as citizens are caught in a vortex of conflict and disease. Years of conflict have already inflicted […]
As the bishops of Cameroon renew calls for peace during their 51st Plenary Assembly, a retired bishop from the country’s conflict-afflicted Southwest Region has issued a stinging critique aimed at the way the country’s English-speaking […]
The Church in Kenya has joined the rest of the country in mourning the deaths of 16 students who lost their lives in a fire incident that occurred at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, […]
Chad’s typically reserved Catholic leaders has issued a rare and strong denunciation of the country’s worsening security situation, as well as the government’s drift toward totalitarianism. On May 12, 2026, the Union of Christian Executives […]
A Nigerian Catholic priest who was kidnapped three months ago has been freed. Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, a parish priest of Holy Trinity Parish of Nigeria’s Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, was kidnapped on February 7th and freed […]
(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April 16, 2026, address at St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Bamenda, Fon Fru […]
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, in southern Nigeria, has declared a week of prayer in reparation following the disturbing desecration of the Adoration Chapel at St. Mulumba Parish, where unknown assailants stole a monstrance containing […]
(CWR, Yaoundé) As the conflict in Sudan enters its fourth year, major faith-based organizations are uniting to demand immediate international action to protect civilians. In an April 15th statement, groups including ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, […]
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