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Cartias Hall of the Catholic Church of Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta in Komanda, Congo, is seen in a July 27, 2025, photograph. At least 43 faithful, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack inside the church in eastern Congo, in Ituri province, carried out by a militia group linked to the Islamic State. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Justin Zanamuzi)

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Massacre 'of faithful in the house of God' in Congolese Catholic church leaves 43 dead

Fredrick Nzwili|Jul 28, 2025|6 Min Read

Nigeria

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Latest attack reportedly kills nearly 200 people in Nigeria

Fredrick Nzwili|Jun 13, 2025|5 Min Read

A woman cries during a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022, for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen. In the West African country, seminarian Andrew Peter, 21, has become the latest victim of killings there. On March 3, 2025, he was kidnapped alongside Father Philip Ekweli, a priest from the Diocese of Auchi in southern Nigeria. The priest was released March 13, but the abductors killed the seminarian, the diocese said. (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

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Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian

Fredrick Nzwili|Mar 19, 2025|2 Min Read

Congolese Red Cross members bury body bags in a mass grave at Musigoko cemetery in Bukavu, Congo, Feb. 20, 2025. The bags contained the remains of victims killed in recent clashes between M23 rebels and the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). (OSV News photo/Victoire Mukenge, Reuters)

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A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, church sources warn

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 25, 2025|5 Min Read

A notice outside a clinic Jan. 28, 2025, states that Wits RHI Key Population Program in Cape Town, South Africa, is unable to provide services until further notice following a USAID notification to pause the program. As the United States paused foreign assistance to countries across the world, confusion, panic and desperation has gripped many organizations that benefit from the funds, including church-based groups. (OSV News photo/Esa Alexander, Reuters)

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African church organizations 'devastated' amid USAID shutdown, call for dialogue on program cuts

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 19, 2025|5 Min Read

Congolese civilians who fled from Goma, in eastern Congo, following fighting between M23 rebels and the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gather to register Jan. 28, 2025, at a reception center in Rugerero near Gisenyi, in Rwanda's Rubavu district. (OSV news photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters)

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Congolese bishop deplores escalation of violence as city of Goma claimed by rebels

Fredrick Nzwili|Jan 28, 2025|4 Min Read

Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather June 22, 2024, to eat boiled leaves at a camp for internally displaced people located within an area controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan's Boram County. (OSV News/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters)

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US declares genocide in Sudan as country undergoes 'unimaginable' suffering

Fredrick Nzwili|Jan 16, 2025|5 Min Read

Anglican Archbishop Samuel Peni of Western Equatoria, South Sudan, Catholic Bishop Alex Sakor Eyobo of Yei, South Sudan, and Catholic Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of El Obeid, Sudan address the "Growing Together" summit sponsored by the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity and Mission Jan. 24, 2024, in Rome. Bishop Andali said Dec. 2 that he narrowly escaped execution in his country some days prior when he fell into the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, engaged in a deadly war with the Sudan Armed Forces. (CNS photo/Neil Turner, IARCCUM)

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Sudanese Catholic bishop narrowly escapes execution

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 5, 2024|3 Min Read

A protester stands near a burning barricade in Maputo, Mozambique, Nov. 7, 2024, during a "national shutdown" against protests over the outcome of general elections. (OSV News photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters)

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Mozambique bishops set National Day of Prayer after nation hit by post-election crisis

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 22, 2024|3 Min Read

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After Vatican report, officials in Africa flag cultural challenges to safeguarding minors

Fredrick Nzwili|Nov 1, 2024|4 Min Read

A mother applies medication on the skin of her child who is under treatment for mpox at a health center near Goma, Congo, Aug. 19, 2024. The infectious disease caused by the mpox virus results in a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. (OSV News photo/Arlette Bashizi, Reuters)

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Congolese Catholic Church leaders concerned as mpox marches through country

Fredrick Nzwili|Aug 27, 2024|4 Min Read

Rwanda

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Bishops in Rwanda express their closeness to 1994 genocide survivors

Fredrick Nzwili|Apr 8, 2024|5 Min Read

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