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Blessing of same-sex couples: Case of Africa is “special” Pope says
Pope Francis said in an interview published Monday (Jan. 29) that the case of the Church in Africa was "special,"...
Read moreDetailsUK to loan back Ghana’s looted ‘Crown Jewels’ 150 years after looting from Asante King
Two British museums are returning gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement — 150 years after...
Read moreDetailsRwanda asylum scheme: UK House of Lords vote against approving Rwanda treaty
In the first vote of its kind, the House of Lords has called for the new UK-Rwanda treaty to be...
Read moreDetailsUK lower house passes bill to send some migrants to Rwanda
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak overcame a Conservative Party rebellion and got his plan to send some asylum-seekers on a...
Read moreDetailsBenin receives more than 200,000 doses of malaria vaccine
The Beninese government has received 215,590 doses of malaria vaccine, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. According to the...
Read moreDetailsShell agrees to sell its onshore business in Nigeria, but activists want pollution cleaned up first
Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria's Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s president says ‘massive education’ of youth will help end kidnappings for ransom
Nigeria's president said Tuesday that his government will embark on "massive education" of youth as a way to tackle the...
Read moreDetailsRwanda says it kills Congolese soldier, arrests two more
Rwanda said on Tuesday it had killed a soldier from Democratic Republic of Congo and captured two others on its...
Read moreDetailsUK plans to boost judicial capacity to process Rwanda deportation appeals
The British government on Tuesday set out plans to recruit more judges and staff to process appeals by migrants against...
Read moreDetailsNamibia criticises German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case
Namibia has condemned former colonial ruler Germany for rejecting a case at a UN court accusing Israel of committing genocide...
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