Fr. Olivier Ntsa Ebode, a Catholic priest in the Lékié region of Cameroon, has been found dead. According to local press reports, he was murdered in the night between the 28th February and the 1st March, after being lured out of his house by men claiming that a relative of
At least six people have been killed and power at Europe's largest nuclear plant has been lost after Russia launched missiles across Ukraine. The attacks hit cities from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west. Buildings and infrastructure were
Japan was forced to blow up its new rocket during a failed launch on Tuesday, setting back efforts to crack a market led by Elon Musk's Space X. Its space agency had to send a self-destruct command to the H3 rocket when its second-stage engine failed minutes after lift-off.
Government leaders on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war remain reluctant to start negotiations immediately, with NATO expansion imminent and battles raging in Ukraine. One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's goals, that of preventing further expansion of the NATO military allia
Thousands of people have been rendered homeless after a massive fire broke out in a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh. The blaze, which broke out on Sunday, engulfed some 2,000 shelters at a camp known as Cox's Bazar. Hundreds of people have now retu
Christian politicians in Iraq are attempting to overturn legislation banning the import and sale of alcohol saying it is undemocratic. Customs officials were given orders on Saturday to enforce the ban. It became law last month despite opposition. The group, which has five sea
Ukraine says it is still holding off attacks from Russian troops trying to surround its eastern city of Bakhmut, where many forces on both sides have been killed along with civilians. As fighting continued, a row of army sleeping bags lined up a basement in what is left of the eastern U
Dozens of people reportedly were murdered in post-election attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Benue State Wednesday, according to a diocesan official. In an exclusive interview with ACI Africa Friday, Father Remigius Ihyula, the director of Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the
Father Antoine Macaire Christian Noah, a Claretian priest from Cameroon, escaped unharmed from a crime gang that had kidnapped him in Haiti last month and has been taken to another country for his safety. On March 2, Father Fausto Cruz Rosa, major superior of the Antilles Delegati
Russian President Vladimir Putin says a Ukrainian sabotage group entered a Russian border region on Thursday and opened fire on civilians in a "terrorist act". The governor of Bryansk region said "saboteurs from Ukraine" had fired at a civilian car in Lyubechane, a b