UNDP: Work, Not Religion, Main Recruiting Tool of Violent Extremist Groups
GENEVA — A new report by the U.N. Development Program, UNDP, warns violent extremism is growing in sub-Saharan Africa and...
UN Revises Toll From DR Congo’s Kishishe Massacre to 171
KINSHASA — M23 rebels killed at least 171 civilians during a massacre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in November,...
Two cholera cases confirmed in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called for vigilance as the country has recorded two laboratory-confirmed cases...
Rhino Poaching Sees Slight Decline in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — The number of rhinos poached for their horns in South Africa decreased slightly in 2022 but...
UN Chief: World Needs ‘Wake-Up Call’
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world needs to wake up and take urgent action...
POPE URGES END TO ETHNIC HATRED AT OPEN-AIR MASS IN SOUTH SUDAN
Pope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their "weapons of hatred" at an open-air...
South Africa Records 2 Imported Cholera Cases
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has recorded two confirmed imported cases of cholera, the health department said Sunday, as it called...
Africans Rescued in Mediterranean
Italy’s coast guard Friday found eight bodies, including the body of a pregnant woman, on a migrant vessel that was...
41 Dead After Bandits, Vigilantes Clash in Nigeria
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Authorities in Nigeria's Katsina state have launched a joint security operation after 41 people were killed when...
Three Killed in Attacks on Ethiopian Orthodox Church, According to Report
NAIROBI, KENYA — Three people have been killed Saturday in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia, according to reports...
POPE TO MEET WAR VICTIMS ON SOUTH SUDAN PEACE PILGRIMAGE
Pope Francis on Saturday will meet victims of South Sudan's civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned plea for...
POPE MEETS DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
Today, Pope Francis met with internally displaced people in South Sudan, after urging its leaders to make a "new start"...