Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump.
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The Iran war has exposed Africa's vulnerability to fuel chokepoints and is heading for a 86 million tonne fuel shortfall by 2040, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) said Thursday.
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Pope Leo XIV urged Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday to work for justice and to close the gap “between the privileged and the disadvantaged,” as he drew attention to the vast income inequalities and human rights abuses in the Central African country.
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Ethnic Tigrayans in a disputed region of northern Ethiopia are victims of discrimination and arbitrary detention, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, assessing that the abuses could amount to "crimes against humanity."
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Pope Leo XIV heads to Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday for the final leg of his four-nation African journey, arriving in a country that presents perhaps the most diplomatically delicate challenge of this trip and his young papacy.
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The DR Congo government and the M23 group agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, according to a joint statement Sunday following talks in Switzerland.
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Pope Leo XIV will hold a giant open-air mass and visit one of southern Africa's holiest Christian sites on Sunday, on the first full day of a visit to Angola.
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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Angola on Saturday on the third leg of visit to Africa, lamenting that the tour had been marked by a war of words with US President Donald Trump.
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As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to reverberate across global markets and amidst security calculations, African policymakers are increasingly focused on a pressing question: How to shield the continent from the fallout of conflicts it did not create but inevitably feels?
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Pope Leo XIV arrived on Wednesday in Cameroon and delivered a masterclass on wielding authority legitimately to its 93-year-old president, Paul Biya, who consolidated his four-decade grip on power with a contested election last year that gave him an eighth term in office.
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Nigeria's military has killed more than 60 members of criminal gangs known as bandits, blamed for most of the country's mass kidnappings, said a Sunday security report seen by AFP.
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Ethiopia will prioritise vehicles transporting essential goods and those in the public transport sector at fuel stations as the country grapples with shortages caused by the Middle East war, authorities said Tuesday.
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Nairobi will host the second edition of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Investment Forum on 26 March, bringing together policymakers and investors to discuss regional integration and investment across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for "urgent action" to avert a return to full-scale civil war.
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At least 30 people were killed in three separate jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria, where escalating violence has choked the region in recent months.
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Ethiopia on Monday redrew the electoral boundary of Tigray, where many fear a fresh war is imminent, in a move denounced as a "threat to peace" by Tigrayan leaders.
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South Africa on Monday said it had accepted a conservative envoy who is highly critical of Pretoria as the new US ambassador to the country, amid frayed relations with President Donald Trump.
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South Sudan journalists have raised alarm over a new cybersecurity law they fear could undermine press freedom in the world's youngest nation, as it grapples with renewed tensions across several regions.
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More than eight months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's remains are still in a South African funeral home, the subject of a macabre fight between his family and the longtime rival who succeeded him.
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