After having wreaked havoc across Ethiopia and Somalia, the swarms of locusts have reached Kenya, a country in which 10 million people already face food insecurity (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute). Some areas in Ethiopia and Somalia – countries that had not faced an infestat
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a new peace plan for the Middle East on Tuesday. The plan includes an independent Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem. Trump said Jan. 28 that the plan offe
“Even though our practice of religion in Nigeria is quite laudable and impressive, we must be careful to check that it is devoid of externalism and fanaticism, whereby we tend to be judgmental of others and try to see the speck in the eyes of others but not the log of wood in our eyes! Le
Pope Francis on Sunday praised China's commitment to contain the coronavirus outbreak and said he was praying for all those affected.“May the Lord welcome the dead into his peace, - he said - comfort families and sustain the great commitment by the
US basketball legend Kobe Bryant was among five people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California.Bryant, 41, was travelling in a private helicopter when it crashed and burst into flames, according to reports.
The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria are appealing for the release of four major seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna, Nigeria, by unknown gunmen on the night of 8 January.RECOWA, the Catholic Bishops’ West African regional office based in Abidjan, Ivory Co
Pope Francis is concerned about the worsening situation in the Middle East, and is urging a continued commitment to dialogue in the region, a senior Vatican diplomat told the United Nations Security Council Wednesday. Monsignor Fredrik Hansen, charg
Officials suspect nomadic Misseriya herders from Sudan to be the perpetrators of an attack on the Dinka village of Kolom. The village is situated around 9km Northwest of Abyei, a much disputed region on the border of South Sudan.The conflict lies between
Thirty-six civilians were murdered on Monday in Burkina Faso’s Sanmatenga province when armed militants reportedly forced their way into the market of the village of Alamou.A government statement said that first they attacked the people, and
A Nigerian seminarian who was abducted this month was freed by his kidnappers after 10 days in captivity. Three seminarians kidnapped with him remain in captivity.The freed seminarian, who has not yet been identified, is being treated at a Catholic hospi