Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — A day after Catholic bishops in Mozambique rejected general elections results as fraudulent and manipulated, poll violence had loomed large in the southeastern African country, …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Father Christophe Komla Badjougou, a priest of the Diocese of Yagoua in northern Cameroon, was in Yaoundé to get his visa to Italy, when he …

ROME (OSV News) — The penitential liturgy with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 1 opened with testimonies of those who have faced great suffering, among those a survivor …

(OSV News) — The ongoing synodal conversations leading up to the Synod on Synodality has engaged church leaders in Africa on various issues, including the Catholic Church’s approach toward Christians …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As Kenya mourned the 21 young boys killed in a school dormitory fire Sept. 6 in Kieni, Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Nyeri said the church …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — As Congo remained the epicenter of the latest mpox outbreak, Catholic Church leaders in the country were calling for increased action, while expressing concern at …

(OSV News) — A Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious …

(OSV News) — A leading African cardinal has described the Catholic Church in Africa as “a champion of human development,” saying that it’s precisely the church that makes up for …

(OSV News) — As fighting continues to rage in Sudan in the Horn of Africa, Catholic bishops in neighboring South Sudan accused warring factions of committing “horrendous war crimes” while …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — The Kenyan capital descended into chaos June 25 as protests over legislation dubbed a finance bill left several dead and dozens injured. The country’s bishops …