Silas Isenjia

Silas Mwale Isenjia is a Kenyan journalist with a zeal and interest for Catholic communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Media, and Communication from Moi University in Kenya. He has vast experience in the media production industry. He currently works as a journalist for ACI Africa.

Articles by Silas Isenjia

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Zambia’s church leaders denounce attacks on faith leaders’ criticism of government

Mar 25, 2025 / 07:00 am

Auxiliary Bishop Gabriel Msipu Phiri has reportedly been at the center of tensions with the country’s government for being vocal about gaps in governance.

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court building. Credit: Duc Huy Nguyen/Shutterstock

Catholic activists call for diplomatic intervention for Kenyan on death row in Vietnam

Mar 23, 2025 / 07:00 am

CitizenGo Africa officials say the life of Margaret Nduta, a young Kenyan woman sentenced to die in Vietnam following a court ruling in July 2023, should be given top priority.

Democratic Republic of Congo Republican Guard soldiers walk in the streets of Kinshasa on March 1, 2025. As the M23 fighters continue their offensive in eastern DR Congo, hundreds of soldiers from the Republican Guard walk the streets of Kinshasa in a show of force. Credit: HARDY BOPE/AFP via Getty Images

Caritas Internationalis warns violence in Democratic Republic of Congo may become regional

Mar 8, 2025 / 08:00 am

At the 58th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Caritas Internationalis highlighted the widespread effects of the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes between South Africa and the United States government. Credit Photos courtesy of SACBC

Bishops in South Africa urge racial healing as Trump condemns country’s land policy

Feb 21, 2025 / 11:50 am

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing tension between South Africa and the U.S. over land reform.

Pope Francis meets the Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his final day in Kinshasa on Feb. 3, 2023. Credit: Elias Turk/CNA

Democratic Republic of Congo bishops stress need for ceasefire, dialogue, and human dignity

Feb 12, 2025 / 10:15 am

Leaders of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar have appealed for action for victims of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a Jan. 29, 2025, report, the leadership of the aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said the situation in Goma has worsened due to escalating conflict, underscoring the need for a heightened humanitarian response. Credit: CAFOD

As fighting rages on in Eastern DR Congo, Catholic charity steps up humanitarian response

Feb 2, 2025 / 09:00 am

In a Jan. 29 report, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development urged the international community to acknowledge the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November. Credit: SACBC

Illegal workers stuck in South African mine should be handled ‘with dignity,’ bishop says

Jan 7, 2025 / 13:00 pm

The illegal miners stuck in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province are human beings whose dignity should be respected, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka said.

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on Oct. 12, 2024. Credit: AFP via Getty Images

Christian foundation decries ‘widespread, systematic’ forceful conversion to Islam in Sudan

Oct 18, 2024 / 14:40 pm

Christian Solidarity Worldwide condemned the detention of the 12 and the forceful conversion of Christians to Islam in various Sudanese villages.

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria's Wukari Diocese and one of the church stewards who lost an eye. Credit: Wukari Diocese

Catholic diocese in Nigeria condemns brutal assault on priest by military

Aug 14, 2024 / 17:06 pm

The Diocese of Wukari in Nigeria has condemned an attack on All Saints Catholic Church Ikyaior by the Nigerian military personnel on Aug. 5.

The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka. Credit: SACBC

South African bishop decries government inaction on alleged ISIS operations

Aug 12, 2024 / 13:18 pm

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka said the group is destructive based on its activities in Mozambique and Nigeria.

Catholics in Africa want Nigeria withdrawn from ‘pro-LGBT, pro-abortion’ Samoa agreement

Jul 12, 2024 / 14:25 pm

In a July 9 petition CitizenGo Africa say there have been widespread debates in Nigeria compelling the government to withdraw from the agreement.