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Faith underpins efforts to rescue child soldiers in Congo

Feb 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

UN troops in DR Congo. (Credit: AP.)

70 Christians decapitated in DR Congo

Feb 25
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Children leave school in Dschang, Cameroon, Friday, Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Robert Bociaga/AP.)

Amidst moral decline in Cameroon, Church speaks of vital importance of Catholic education

Feb 24
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A doctor treats a Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. (Credit: Patricia Simon/AP.)

Sudanese bishops urge tax exemptions amid conflict and economic turmoil

Feb 22
Ngala Killian Chimtom

People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Jan. 26, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

Vatican praises Burkina Faso for fight against terrorism

Feb 19
Ngala Killian Chimtom

South African soldiers line the street leading to Cape Town’s city hall where South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his annual state of the union address, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Nardus Engelbrecht/AP.)

Africa’s history ‘a history of extraversion and violence,’ priest says

Feb 18
Ngala Killian Chimtom

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, center, in El Fasher, Sudan, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Planet Labs PBC via AP.)

Catholic charities serving war-hit Sudan affected by U.S. funding freeze

Feb 18
Charles Collins

M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Credit: Janvier Barhahiga/AP.)

Religious sister says Angola can support refugees from the Congo

Feb 17
Ngala Killian Chimtom

President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

White South African Church leaders respond to Trump

A view of a street where Ateasong Belts Tajoah teaches philosophy, helping to rebuild a community scarred by conflict, in Dschang, Cameroon, Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Robert Bociaga/AP.)

Cameroon priest says elections help build a community of love

Feb 15
Ngala Killian Chimtom