Nelson Mandela’s leadership in guiding South Africa peacefully out of apartheid was deeply influenced by the Christian faith that shaped his early life. Raised in a Christian home, baptised as a child, and…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it has obtained what it describes as concrete evidence linking leaders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in…

Security authorities in Morocco have announced the arrest of ten suspects accused of belonging to a terrorist cell linked to IS operating in the Sahel region. The coordinated operation took place across seven…

Zimbabwe’s parliament has approved constitutional amendments that would extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years; to become law, they await the signature of the president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The changes would…

Representatives from the UN and major aid organisations have warned of growing humanitarian threats affecting millions of people worldwide. Africa is facing a rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, with more than a thousand confirmed…

More than four hundred women and children abducted earlier this year by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria have been freed, according to local leaders and government officials. The captives were taken from…

Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan president Paul Kagame have inaugurated a new memorial in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Unveiled on the banks of the River Seine, the monument, known…

Three Christians were killed and 15 others abducted when armed attackers stormed a church prayer vigil in Kwara State, western Nigeria, on 23 May. The assault took place during an overnight gathering at…

Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta are pursuing legal action against Shell over extensive environmental damage linked to repeated oil spills from the Nembe Creek Trunk Line pipeline. Internal company documents disclosed during court…

For generations, women in Sierra Leone have supported their families by harvesting oysters from mangrove forests along the coast near Freetown. The physically demanding work, carried out in muddy waters and intense heat,…