Four African artists were among a long list of global musicians who won an award at the 65th Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, California.
Pope Francis concluded a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday urging the people to make themselves immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts.
The United States said Thursday it has noted “important progress” made by parties in Ethiopia to enforce a peace pact signed in Pretoria, South Africa to end the country's horrific two-year conflict.
UPDATED TO NOTE BLINKEN TRIP DELAY: Beijing voiced regret Friday for an "unintended" breach of US airspace by what it said was an unmanned civilian airship, after the Pentagon said it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon. The incident has prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to delay his PRC trip.
Pope Francis on Friday began a three-day visit to South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation in the world's youngest country, riven by the scars of civil war and extreme poverty.
At least 21 people were killed in a cattle raid in South Sudan on the eve of a visit by Pope Francis to encourage peace in the conflict-ridden country, local authorities said.
House Republicans have voted to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her past comments about Israel and its influence in Washington.
Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and distrust that have fuelled so many bloody conflicts in Africa.
Pope Francis heard harrowing accounts of killings and rapes told by victims of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday and asked God to console them and to convert the hearts of those who carry out atrocities.
Organizers in the Democratic Republic of Congo say over one million people attended the Mass celebrated Wednesday by Pope Francis in Kinshasa on the second day of his DRC visit on his three-nation tour. People began arriving on Tuesday night to be in-place for the papal service.
Football sources watching the European transfer window Wednesday confirmed that French giants Paris Saint-Germain have failed to sign Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech on loan from Chelsea after their national league (LFP) refused to ratify the player’s contract.
Berlin-based good governance NGO Transparency International has just released its 2022 "Corruptions Perceptions Index" listing countries in order of their apparent corruption. A regional average score of 32 out of 100 marks another year of stagnation for Sub-Saharan Africa. Forty-four of the 49 SSA countries assessed are below the 50-mark, with gains made by a few such countries outweighed by significant declines in others.
Rival presidential candidates from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party and opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are trading accusations in the run up to next month’s election.
South Africa's central bank on Thursday raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.25%, smaller than the 50 basis point increase expected by the majority of economists polled by Reuters.
Pope Francis is due to spend two days in South Sudan in February. The pope has wanted to visit predominantly Christian South Sudan for years but plans were postponed due to the instability there and a scheduled trip last June was cancelled due to the pope's knee ailment.
EU interior ministers on Thursday discussed how to return irregular migrants to their home countries more effectively -- with some arguing for limiting visas to uncooperative nations.
UPDATED AGAIN WITH ZELENSKYY THANKS: The United States announced on Wednesday it will supply Ukraine with 31 advanced M1 Abrams tanks worth $400 million in a matter of months, a decision that helped break a diplomatic logjam with Germany over how best to help Kyiv in its war against Russia.
UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL IBRAHIM COMMENTS: Africa must fight against a slide towards strongman authoritarianism that has resulted in a series of military coups and a clampdown on civil society in many countries, Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim said.
U.S. box office hit movie “Girls Trip” which grossed over $140 million worldwide, is set to produce a sequel which according to its director and producer Tracy Oliver, will be filmed in Ghana.
UPDATED WITH FRESH STOLTENBERG REMARKS: Germany's defense minister said Tuesday that allies could start training Ukrainian forces on using Leopard tanks, even though a decision is still pending from Berlin on whether to allow delivery of the armaments to Kyiv.
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