The Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Basilique Notre-Dame d’Afrique) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Lodonga, Uganda.

[2] This is approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi), north-east of Arua, the largest city in the West Nile sub-region.

[4] Construction of the basilica was initiated by Reverend Father Pietro Valcavi, a Comboni Missionary during the 1950s.

He worked closely with Father Bernardo Sartori, Reverend Father Toni La Salandra, Brother Arosio, with the blessing of Monseigneur Angelo Negri.

[1] The basilica was damaged during the war that removed Idi Amin from power in 1979.