West & Central Africa
Bishop Andrew Nkea, of Mamfe Diocese, Cameroon, has declared that Fr. Cosmas Omboto Ondari, a Mill Hill Kenyan missionary, “was killed by Government Soldiers (Gendarmerie Nationale), who were shooting at random from their passing vehicle,” ...
The Nigerian Army has suffered yet another devastating attack with the killing of over 70 soldiers by the radical Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, on Monday November 19 at the 157 Task Force Battalion in ...
New York University’s Congo Research Group and the Bridgeway Foundation, on Thursday 15 November, have raised concern over growing ties between Islamist rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) ...
Pope Francis has once more prayed “for the dead and the wounded and for all violence to end in this beloved country,” the Central African Republic (CAR) devastated by war, as the Vatican marked the World Day of ...
The Anglican Primate of Nigeria Nicholas Okoh called for respect for the sanctity of life, at the annual general meeting of the Church of Nigeria, ‘The Divine Commonwealth Conference (DIVCCON). The Conference once again made ...
Four Catholic priests, returning from an annual class meeting, last month have been kidnapped in Warri, Delta State, southern Nigeria. The catholic priests; Rev. Fr. Anthony Otegbola of Abeokuta Diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Idiaye of ...
Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess Camilla of Cornwall’s three-days visit to Nigeria earlier this week, was said to include peace-building activities which is hoped will address the protracted attacks of Islamist herdsmen on ...
A leading British Parliamentarian, Baroness Caroline Cox. has told victims of Islamic Fulani herdsmen attacks in Anguldi refugee camp in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria, that they are “not forgotten”. Baroness Cox’s visit, one of ...
Charles Trumann Wesco, a Baptist missionary, has been shot dead in Cameroon, on Tuesdays 30 October, two weeks after he moved to the country to work with the Baptist Church. The 44-year-old missionary was with ...
General Idris Alkali, a retired military officer and a Muslim was killed, presumably, on his way from Abuja to Bauchi, in a-not-too-clear circumstance except the fact that the Nigerian army said his cell phone’s last ...
