While reciting the Angelus, Pope Francis urged people to pray for various intentions, including praying for those suffering from the pandemic.

A Catholic sociologist has said that if women were allowed to participate in governmental affairs in Africa, their input would have an impact on how the pandemic and its associated problems are handled.

Nigerian bishops have asked Catholics in their country to pray with the intention that the killings in southern Kaduna state cease.

The Nigerian governors’ forum has declared a state of emergency because of the upsurge of violence against women.

There are more young girls selling their bodies as Zimbabwe’s economic difficulties continue, in a broad collapse now exacerbated by the pandemic. The city is experiencing a spike in social vices like child prostitution and domestic violence.

In its recent report, the U.S.-based International Committee on Nigeria called for U.S. intervention after a terrorist group executed five men abducted while providing assistance in northeastern Nigeria.