Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88, just a day after greeting delighted worshippers after Easter Mass.The death of the Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, came less than a month after having been released from hospital following a …
Pope Francis is dead at 88Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:55:08 GMT Read More »
Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88.The Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, spent 38 days being treated for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital before seeming to recover and leaving the facility on March 23.His death came just …
Pope Francis has died aged 88Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:34:49 GMT Read More »
The rhino lay frozen in the sand, its grey legs stiff, glassy eyes open, horn crudely sawed off. A dead giraffe slumped nearby and a lion’s twisted body to the right — a tableau of devastation. Three figures in white hazmat suits tip-toed through the dust, marking every footprint. They were not first responders to another poaching …
Sat comfortably in a large chair at the New Afrika Shrine, his family’s legendary Nigerian music venue, Femi Kuti was surrounded by history.The concert hall is an homage to his father Fela Kuti’s original Shrine, which had also been located in the northern outskirts of Lagos before its demise. Femi’s own music awards are scattered around, …
Nigerian Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti takes a look inwardMon, 21 Apr 2025 05:47:02 GMT Read More »
Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil’s Rio Carnival to the streets of Lagos in Nigeria.The festival, albeit on a smaller scale than that of its Brazilian model, helps to keep their heritage alive and celebrate the city’s Afro-Brazilian …
The Democratic Republic of Congo government said it had suspended the political party of former president Joseph Kabila, days after his properties were raided by security services.”This decision follows the overt activism” of Kabila, the interior ministry said in a statement dated Saturday.Kabila was president for 18 years up to 2019 and remains head of …
DR Congo authorities suspend party of ex-president KabilaSun, 20 Apr 2025 20:59:54 GMT Read More »
The United States would drastically reduce its diplomatic footprint in Africa and scrap State Department offices dealing with climate change, democracy and human rights, according to a draft White House order.The executive order, framed as a strategy to cut costs while “reflecting the priorities” of the White House, also lays out measures to slash US soft …
Qatar’s chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal.”We’re definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There …
For a week, eight-year-old Mohamed has suffered the pain of shrapnel stuck in his arm. But he is one of the lucky ones in Sudan’s western city El-Fasher, which is under paramilitary attack.”One of our neighbours used to be a nurse. She helped us stop the bleeding,” Mohamed’s father, Issa Said, 27, told AFP via …
The mayor of the DR Congo town near where a boat caught fire earlier this week told AFP on Saturday that at least 33 people had died in the disaster, significantly fewer than previously reported.More than 200 passengers were crowded onto a wooden boat on the Congo River in northwest DRC on Tuesday when the …
DR Congo boat fire toll revised down to 33Sat, 19 Apr 2025 20:05:46 GMT Read More »
