A UN peacekeeping soldier patrols a street near Bangui’s Koudoukou mosque, Central African Republic, before the arrival of ...

Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead.

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...

Arsenal fans staged a protest on Tuesday against the club’s sponsorship deal with Rwanda due to the country’s alleged ties ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural ...

Pope Francis, 88, the oldest pope in over a century, died Monday morning, though quiet discussions on who could succeed him ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

African leaders praised the "legacy of compassion" and "commitment to inclusivity" of Pope Francis as they joined global ...

A person has been shot dead at a hospital where Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works in the east of ...

Thirty-three people have died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred on Tuesday on the ...