Minuki, a senior ISIS-linked leader operating in West Africa, was killed in a joint US-Nigeria counterterrorism mission in ...

Cameroon has launched a World Bank-backed programme to digitise government payments through bank accounts and mobile money platforms, as part of efforts to modernise public finance management. The ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has led Tanzanians in congratulating the Tanzania women’s under-20 national football team, the ...

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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya signed a decree on May 4, 2026, authorizing Economy Minister Alamine Ousmane Mey to secure two ...

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and Electronic Arts Inc. announced this Sunday (3) a new multi-year licensing and marketing partnership, bringing fans closer to one of the most iconic ...

The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, commemorates World Press Freedom Day by honoring journalists who have been ...

April was a tense month across Africa, with security threats and social fractures rattling different corners of the continent.

Leo spoke out as the fragile ceasefire that has been in place since April 8 was being tested anew by the standoff over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The narrow waterway between ...

It has been a trip notable not just for the places he has visited, but for his outspoken comments that many have interpreted as directed at the US president.

Pope Leo XIV last Friday urged African youth to work toward improving their own countries rather than migrating elsewhere in search of better opportunities. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church ...

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Pope Leo XIV arrived Tuesday in Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey, a country that presents perhaps the most diplomatically delicate ...