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Mali’s military government suspends all political activities/in /by
The decree was issued days after a rare pro-democracy rally and ahead of a planned protest on Friday against the junta.
Pope Leo XIV as seen by friends from same religious order/in /by
Hours after Leo was selected by cardinals in the conclave, his friends from the Order of Saint Augustine spoke about the new Pope's down to earth human touch
Mali urged to pay ‘enormous’ outstanding debt for regional hydroelectric dam/in /by
The $94 million funding gap has raised the spectre of more electricity outages for the country.
Over 100 vultures dead after eating poisoned elephant in South Africa/in /by
Officials say the elephant had been poisoned with agricultural pesticides by poachers.
US to cut $50 million health aid to Zambia because of medicine theft/in /by
It said this was due to the government's failure to address the "systematic theft" of donated drugs and medical supplies.
Catholics in Ivory Coast happy with election of new Pope Leo XIV/in /by
As Catholicism declines in Europe, it is expanding in the developing world, with the number of faithful growing faster in Africa than anywhere else.
United States: with diversity initiatives under threat, Black students stage their own graduation/in /by
At the University of Kentucky, Black students organised their own graduation event after the establishment recently called off celebrations for minority graduates, citing federal and state policy changes.
Rugby: Maro Itoje is first Englishman to captain Lions since 2001/in /by
The 30-year-old English rugbyman has been made captain of the prestigious Lions team. The squad will tour Australia in June.
Pope Leo XIV, first US pope, addresses crowd at St Peter’s Square/in /by
Pope Leo XIV, the first US pope, addressed the faithful on St Peter's Square, emphasising peace, dialogue and unity, recalling his roots as an Augustinian priest.
Robert Francis Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV, elected new pope/in /by
The 133 cardinals agreed on cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as new pope on Thursday, 8 May, shortly after 7pm Central European Summer Time. The 69-year-old is the first American pope in history.