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Pope blasts 'exploitation' as he wraps up tour of Angola
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (710+ words) Pope Leo XIV greeted with songs and cheers in Angola's remote, diamond-rich northeast Saurimo Hundreds of faithfuls hundreds, dressed in colourful outfits lined the road singing as he arrived The pope spoke out against the harm caused by rampant exploitation…...
Pope Leo XIV calls for 'hope' before 100, 000 faithful in Angola
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (673+ words) The pope is on an 11-day tour of Africa Pope Leo XIV travelled to his mass outside the Angolan capital on his popemobile From Angola, the pope travels to Equatorial Guinea to end his tour of Africa Thousands gathered for…...
Photos of Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (344+ words) Pope Leo XIV waves to supporters as he leaves after his visit to the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. A woman kneels in prayer…...
Botswana seals energy, mining deals with Oman
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (307+ words) Botswana President Duma Boko visited France last week Botswana has signed energy and mining exploration agreements with Oman as it seeks to deepen economic ties with the sultanate, the presidency said. The Southern Africa nation has been courting Gulf states…...
Cape Town mayor elected to lead S. Africa's second-largest party
1+ week, 1+ day ago (609+ words) Geordin Hill-Lewis, the newly elected leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance party, was elected mayor of Cape Town in 2021 Geordin Hill-Lewis, 39, has been mayor of Cape Town since 2021 South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday…...
Two men in Kenyan court for ant-smuggling
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (237+ words) Two men appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of ants to China, a lucrative trade exposed last year in the east African country." Chinese national Zhang Kequn was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta…...
Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (446+ words) Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in Geneva on Monday. The founding committee of the new International Panel on Inequality (IPI), made…...
Kenya flash floods death toll rises to 45
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (212+ words) Flash flooding after torrential rains in Kenya has killed at least 45 people and forced hundreds to leave their homes, police said Monday. Torrential rains lashed the Kenyan capital Nairobi late Friday, turning major streets into rivers and flooding thousands of…...
Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (984+ words) A women only group prepares for training at the Out There Sport Shooting Range in Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. The group, some as young as 13 and others up to 65, are looking for ways to protect themselves in a…...
South Africa defends naval drills with Iran, Russia as 'essential"
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (399+ words) The joint military drills off South Africa's coast are being led by China Iranian vessels are also taking part in the exercises South Africa on Saturday began naval drills with Russia, Iran and China, describing the manoeuvres off its coast…...