Pope visits Cameroon city hit by post-vote protest deaths
Pope Leo XIV will give a giant mass on Friday in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala, the biggest event of a visit marked by his calls for peace and spat with US President Donald Trump.
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Gabon opposition leader Bilie-By-Nze placed in pre-trial detention
Gabon’s main opposition leader and former prime minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze was placed in pre-trial detention Thursday night following his arrest over allegations of fraud and breach of trust linked to a 2008 cultural festival. The case has spa…
At least 18 people dead after minibus taxi ‘explodes into fire’ in Zimbabwe
The fire took place on a highway near the second biggest city of Bulawayo, police said in a separate statement
South Africa’s EFF leader Julius Malema jailed for five years on gun charges
A South African court has sentenced radical left-wing opposition leader Julius Malema to five years in jail for firing a rifle into the air at a rally eight years ago.
The struggle to help Mozambique’s poorest villages as aid cuts really bite: ‘I feel our feet are being cut off’
Harry Johnstone speaks to members of community groups aiming to improve the lives of villages and towns across northern Mozambique – even as aid cuts filter down to them, making the job increasingly difficult
Pope Leo blasts the ‘tyrants’ ravaging Earth with war and exploitation on Cameroon visit
Pope Leo XIV condemned “a handful of tyrants” that were ravaging the world with war on Thursday, calling instead for the billions spent every year on weapons to go instead towards healthcare and education. The pontiff’s strident comments came during a…
South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence
Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rallyThe South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political ra…
South African opposition leader jailed for firing rifle into air at rally
If the sentence is upheld, it will disqualify Julius Malema from serving as a politician
Anti-France influencer Kemi Seba arrested in South Africa for inciting rebellion in Benin
An anti-France activist and influencer has been arrested in South Africa for “inciting rebellion” by openly supporting last year’s foiled coup in Benin. Kemi Seba was born in France to Benin parents but was stripped of his French nationality two years…
Pope Leo brings message of unity to Cameroon’s divided Anglophone regions
Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world’s most neglected crises.