Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.

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The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) on Thursday 1 May confirmed that “the phased withdrawal” of troops and equipment from ...

After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

According to the World Bank, Nigeria accounts for 19 per cent of the share of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan with 14 per cent, nine per cent and six per cent, ...

The World Bank last Thursday raised   disturbing alarm  that poverty in Nigeria will  rise astronomically by 3.6 percentage points  as 20 millions will swell the ranks of the poor over the next two ...

Pope Francis has been praised for his understanding of the poor and marginalised - which made him particularly ... of natural resources in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, a vast ...

World Bank noted that sub-Saharan Africa has the highest extreme poverty rate globally, with a large share of the poor ...

The Congolese government and opposing rebel movements have agreed to a ceasefire. It comes at a time when tensions have reached a boiling point following reports that former President Joseph Kabila ...

At least 10 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel-appointed governor ...

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South ...