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Africa

Card. Ambongo leads historic call for fundamental change in African water management

Feb 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Crux Exclusive: Card. Ambongo on historic AU partnership for ‘The Africa We Want’

Feb 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The attacked village of Woro, Nigeria, on Feb. 5, 2026. (Credit: Musa Salim/AP.)

US will send troops to Nigeria to train the military to fight extremism

Feb 12
Associated Press

From left, Cardinals Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Stefen Brislin and Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio arrive at a press conference at the end of Pope Leo XIV’s first Extraordinary Consistory, a special formal assembly convening the College of Cardinals from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

From Apartheid resistance to building bridges: South African Church’s 75-Year journey

Jan 30
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Irene Nabudeba, pregnant, mother of 5, waits for a consultation that used to be free at the Afia Himbi Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

In divided central Africa, a cardinal presents ‘Family of God’ as path to peace

Jan 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Victims of human trafficking are detained in an office in Bamako, Mali on Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: INTERPOL via AP.)

African Sister leads continental campaign against human trafficking ahead of St. Bakhita’s feast

Jan 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Freed students of the St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community upon arrival at the government house in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo.)

Nigerian children reunite with their parents after being released from abduction

Dec 11, 2025
Associated Press

A man with his wife and two of his brides walk, during mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

With address of polygamy, Vatican flunks early test of synodality

Nov 26, 2025
Charles Collins

In this image taken from video, pop star Nicki Minaj joined faith leaders Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters to lend support for protecting religious freedom, and addressing the rising levels of violence toward Christians in Nigeria. Minaj was invited to speak at the US mission to the United Nations by U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz. (Credit: Joseph B. Frederick/AP.)

Rapper Nicki Minaj calls for protections for Christians in Nigeria at UN event

Nov 19, 2025
Associated Press

Catholic environmentalist blasts massive African pipeline as ‘unacceptable gamble’

Oct 6, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Federal judge temporarily blocks the Pentagon from branding AI firm Anthropic a supply chain risk

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