The Catholic Church in Rwanda is yet to comment on the threats by Rwanda President Paul Kagame to round up anyone who engages in the annual Catholic pilgrimage to Kibeho Shrine on November 28.President Kagame termed the annual event as "worshipping poverty" threatening to arrest those who take part in the pilgrimage if it happens again.
During the 23rd anniversary of the late Fr John Anthony Kaiser MHM, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has protested incidences of extra-judicial killing of citizens and detention of human rights activists against the constitution.
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged ECOWAS, the regional bloc in West Africa to explore and exhaust all diplomatic avenues to avoid bloodshed and chaos, denouncing its intention to deploy military forces to Niger to restore constitutional democracy.
Catholic bishops in Tanzania are calling for the cancellation of the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Tanzania and Dubai, which gives exclusive rights to a Dubai-based logistics company DP World to take over some operations at Tanzanian ports.
Religious leaders in Ghana have described statements by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer on the LGBTQI bill as 'surprising and unfortunate’ and aimed at intimidating members of Ghana’s parliament who are working to pass an anti-LGBTQI bill.