Moment when President Bola Ahmed was conferred with the chieftaincy title of ‘Dike si mba Anambra’ by all the royal fathers ...

She is a music legend whose voice and presence have shaped generations beyond the African continent. Beninese-French singer ...

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Sharaa, who with the toppling of Bashar al-Assad last December, shed his fatigues and his Islamist militia leader name Abu ...

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Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group turned out on the streets of Dhaka to oppose a plan to enshrine equal rights.

A group of more than 20 United Nations experts said world leaders faced a decision "to remain passive and witness the ...

The continent as a whole is strong in the faith, it is the only region where numbers are still growing and it ordains the highest number of priests in the world.