modern slavery

Digital Evangelisation for Human Dignity: Ending Trafficking in Africa

Human trafficking increasingly exploits digital spaces, turning technology into a tool for deception and exploitation. In this timely interview, Sr Leonida Katonge reflects on the enduring legacy of Saint Josephine Bakhita and on how faith-driven digital evangelisation is mobilised across Africa to defend human dignity, protect the vulnerable, and confront trafficking through prayer, truth, and collective action. VoiceAfrique: We’ve been…

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“I Have Loved You”: Pope Leo XIV’s Call to an African Church of the Poor

Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (“I Have Loved You”), was issued at a decisive hour for Africa and for the world. It comes as our continent stands at once wounded and hopeful — home to one of the fastest-growing Christian populations on earth, yet still carrying the heaviest burdens of poverty, hunger, human trafficking, and displacement, amidst…

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