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In an interview with CISA in July 2023, Bishop Lagho said the Church in Kilifi was not silent about the intrigues of Pastor Paul Mackenzie, the alleged man behind the Shakahola Massacre that has claimed over 400 lives, adding that the interfaith council had alerted the authorities about the pastor and his unorthodox teachings since he was a well-known figure within the evangelical circle.

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in Niger, scheduled to take place on August 10, 2023, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has urged President Tinubu to dehort ECOWAS Heads of States from using military might to subdue the coup plotters.

In a letter addressed to the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, African Faith Leaders drawn from across the continent are appealing for a decree of a debt moratorium and debt relief initiatives for African countries and the mobilization of additional resources through grant and development bank support.

After a three-year hiatus, the Consolata Missionaries Kenya-Uganda Region celebrated the First Religious Profession of 11 Consolata Missionaries Novices (2022-2023) at Sagana Noviate in the Catholic Diocese of Muranga, Kenya.

As displacement numbers continue to surge and delivery of assistance remains heavily constrained by insecurity, lack of access and funding shortfalls in Sudan, Most Rev. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mula has appealed to various dioceses in South Sudan to set up emergency centres for resettling refugees and returnees seeking safety in the country.