Authorities report that at least 41 young men have died from circumcision procedures during traditional initiation activities ...

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 ...

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries. These new deals reflect the Trump ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Record winners Egypt, led by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, face South Africa in the first titanic battle of the tournament.

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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 ...