Ngala Killian Chimtom

Cameroon, Yaoundé

Freelance Africa Correspondent at CRTV

Journalist at Freelance

Freelance journalist based in Yaounde Enjoys breaking the news, but also going beyond the headlines

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German-Israeli priest says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘genocidal’

1 day ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Jesuit Father David Mark Neuhaus, a German-Israeli, says Israel’s actions in Gaza count as a “genocide.”Neuhaus is superior of the Jesuit community at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem, and is a member of the Jesuit Institute of South Africa. From 2009 to 2017, he also served as patriarchal vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Pope Leo says drug addiction is an ‘invisible prison’

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Nirmala Carvalho |Ngala Killian Chimtom

Drugs and addiction are an “invisible prison” for their victims, Pope Leo XIV told to people marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Thursday. Most of them came from Italy’s San Patrignano community, that works with those suffering from drug addiction and offers them rehabilitation. One member, Paola Clericuzio, addressed the pope during the meeting. When she was just 18, she started using cocaine because of her boyfriend.
African Church leader backs new report urging reforms on debt relief

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Unveiled in Rome, a Vatican-backed report advocates for a radical reform of the global financial system, claiming its debt mechanisms harm Africa and developing nations. The Jubilee Report was compiled by around thirty leading economists specializing in debt, development, and global finance.
Church joins partners in Southern Africa to tackle human trafficking

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Representatives from churches, frontline responders, regional authorities, and civil society in Southern Africa are emphasizing the critical need for regional cooperation to combat human trafficking. This consensus emerged from a gathering held at the Padre Pio Retreat Centre in Pretoria from June 16 to 20.
Catholic official says refugees don’t leave their homes unless they have no choice

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As western nations take conservative measures to keep migrants at bay, a senior official of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) has warned that building fences and strengthening border controls ignores the fundamental causes of migration.
Armed groups in DR Congo still recruit children to their ranks

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Grim statistics from a new SOPROAD, a French-languary development agency, report show that nearly 600 children have been forcibly recruited by armed groups in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). SOPROAD coordinator Jean-Pierre Kakule Kavaketi confirmed 584 children are currently being used as fighters by these groups in the area. What worries him further is the emergence of over 100 children who have formed their own militias.
Congo bishops denounce claim by political leader Church involved in conspiracy

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are pushing back at allegations that they are complicit in a cynical plot to either oust President Felix Tshisekedi, or to physically eliminate him. During a June 9 interview on Top Congo FM, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communication Channels of the DRC, accused Catholic bishops of being part of a plot to overthrow the president, or possibly eliminate him physically.
Church in South Africa remembers history of discrimination in nation

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – June 16 is celebrated across Africa as the Day of the African Child. It was first established by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1991 to commemorate the courage of South African black schoolchildren. In 1976, these children were tragically massacred in Soweto as they protested against the discriminatory education policies of the apartheid regime.
British Parliament votes to decriminalize abortion

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Ngala Killian Chimtom

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In Britain, Parliament has voted to decriminalise abortion, a move that has “deeply alarmed” the Catholic bishops. Abortion remains a criminal offence in England and Wales if it takes place after 24 weeks of pregnancy, although there are various exceptions in place in the law, including the woman’s life is in danger, there is a severe fetal abnormality, and the woman is at risk of grave physical and mental injury.
Religious freedom will help an Africa becoming ‘increasingly fragmented’

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As the International Religious Freedom Summit takes place in Nairobi, Kenya, one priest says “Africa is becoming increasingly fragmented.” “Africa needs to be reconciled to herself and this involves the question of identity… Are our churches and institutions made in Africa or are they simply patchworks?… It seems that fashioning a people is a very important challenge so that the Church in Africa will be truly a contextual and enculturated Church serving the needs of all...