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A woman prays during evening Mass at St. Michael Cathedral in Minna, Nigeria, Dec. 4, 2025. Catholic leaders in the Diocese of Otukpo, in Nigeria's Benue state, appealed for prayers following the Oct. 13, 2026, kidnapping of Father John Inalegwu Otache, pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Ajegbe–Awume. (OSV News photo/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

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Another priest is kidnapped amid Nigeria's security crisis

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 16, 2026|2 Min Read

A man carries the body of of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl during her funeral in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 24, 2026. She was shot in the back while eating inside her family's tent and later died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to medics and relatives. A network of Catholic priests in Africa has become the latest group to declare genocide in Gaza, as the United Nations reports continuing airstrikes, deaths and injuries, amid a shaky ceasefire in the area. (OSV News photo/Ramadan Abed, Reuters)

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More than 2,200 Catholic priests worldwide declare Gaza crisis a genocide

Fredrick Nzwili|Sep 3, 2026|3 Min Read

A Somali woman displaced by the worsening drought due to lack of rain holds her malnourished child outside their makeshift shelter at a camp near Mogadishu Sept. 23, 2022. (CNS photo/Feisal Omar, Reuters)

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Somalia is nearing the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, aid and Church organizations warn

Fredrick Nzwili|May 22, 2026|5 Min Read

A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint into the city of Goma, Congo May 20, 2026, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain. (OSV News photo/Arlette Bashizi, Reuters)

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As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations

Fredrick Nzwili|May 21, 2026|4 Min Read

Members of a South African anti-xenophobia organization hold a protest march in Johannesburg March 26, 2022, a campaign by another group that called on the government to prioritize jobs for nationals and remove immigrants who are in the country without authorization. (OSV News photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters)

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Catholic bishops in Africa urge end to xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Fredrick Nzwili|May 6, 2026|4 Min Read

Father Luke Yugue Mbokusa of South Sudan is seen in an undated photograph. Father Yugue and his driver Michael Gbeko disappeared without trace on April 27, 2023, in South Sudan. Three years into the disappearance and with few questions answered, Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio urged government action to find what he believes would be bodies of the priest and driver. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Tombura-Yambio)

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Church advocates for disappeared priest who became a symbol of South Sudan's struggle

Fredrick Nzwili|Apr 28, 2026|4 Min Read

A woman walks near her donkey cart transporting a barrel of water in the drought-stricken area of Higlo Kebele, Ethiopia, Feb. 8, 2022. As Lent starts Feb. 18, 2026, Catholic Church leaders in Eastern Africa are calling for increased attention on the millions of people suffering and needing relief aid, as a severe drought marches on in the region. (OSV News photo/Michael Tewelde, World Food Program via Reuters)

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As drought strikes hard, Church leaders in Eastern Africa call for Lenten prayers

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 18, 2026|3 Min Read

Displaced South Sudanese women sit on the ground Jan. 15, 2026, at a shelter in El Obeid, in Sudan's North Kordofan state. (OSV News/El Tayeb Siddig, Reuters)

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Catholic bishops warn of genocide as fears of war in South Sudan grow

Fredrick Nzwili|Jan 29, 2026|4 Min Read

Front pages of newspapers reporting on U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State group militants in Nigeria, according to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military, are displayed at a newspaper stall in Lagos, Nigeria, Dec. 26, 2025. While some Nigerian Catholic Church leaders welcomed the U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group militants in the northwest of the country, an outspoken bishop strongly opposed it, with some church leaders questioning the religious framing behind the action. (OSV News/Sodiq Adelakun, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders in Nigeria have mixed reaction to U.S. airstrikes

Fredrick Nzwili and Ngala Killian Chimtom|Dec 26, 2025|6 Min Read

Schoolchildren from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, are seen after arriving at the Niger State Government House Dec. 8, 2025, after being freed from captivity. Church officials confirmed that the remaining 130 students were released on Dec. 21, ending a month-long ordeal that began when more than 300 pupils were abducted Nov. 21 from the diocesan school in Niger State. (OSV News/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

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Final group of kidnapped Catholic school students freed in Nigeria

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 22, 2025|3 Min Read

Mnasoura Mostafa, 6, a Sudanese refugee from al-Fashir, looks on inside her tent at the Tine transit refugee camp in eastern Chad, Nov. 22, 2025. Mnasoura dreams of eating food in her home, far from the conflict in Sudan, amid ongoing fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army. (OSV News photo/Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Reuters)

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Sudan: Catholics appeal for ceasefire after drones kill over 100 civilians, including 63 children

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 10, 2025|4 Min Read

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Zakaria, MSF handout via Reuters) Editors: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

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Catholic leaders call to end war in Sudan after thousands trapped in besieged city

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 30, 2025|5 Min Read

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