Christian communities in Africa reportedly under siege as Islamist groups target churches and believers across multiple ...

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African leaders convened in Algiers on Sunday for the Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa. The conference was another step in the African Union’s plan of action to advance justice and ...

Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life who gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10 have called for the support of African ...

Police in South Africa say they have arrested 11 people and are seeking a potential connection to Sunday’s shooting at a pub that killed 10 people.

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In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the ...

Two agencies have launched a project to improve food safety in 10 African countries. The African Development Bank and African Union Commission (AUC) said the Strengthening Food Safety Standards and ...

A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said, including three children. The children killed ...

Police have arrested a 32-year-old suspect in connection with a mass shooting at an unlicensed pub in South Africa.

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New research has revealed that for four decades before slavery was abolished in 1838, printed publications enabled slavery in the Cape colony. In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History ...