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Victims of Monday’s bomb blast at a market receives treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria

  • Mar 18
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Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, center, greets the crowd during a military-backed tribes’ rally in the Nile River State of Sudan, July 13, 2019. (Credit: Mahmoud Hjaj/AP.)

US labels Sudanese militia a terror group, but will it protect civilians? A bishop’s view

  • Mar 18
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Pope Leo XIV visits the parish complex of Sacro Cuore di Gesu on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope’s upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast

  • Mar 17
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A woman and young girl displaced from Boko Haram attacks push a cart in Dikwa, Borno province, north east Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Jihadis intensify attacks against Nigeria’s military, killing officers and carting away weapons

  • Mar 11
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Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

  • Mar 9
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

  • Mar 6
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Leaders of numerous Anglican churches attend a religious service on the sidelines of their meeting of the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

  • Mar 6
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Card. Ambongo leads historic call for fundamental change in African water management

  • Feb 27
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Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands in the dock at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 20. 2024. (Credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP.)

Supporters of jailed Ugandan opposition figure pray for him after president tries to stop it

  • Feb 23
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Children leave school in Dschang, Cameroon, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Robert Bociaga/AP.)

Cameroon bishop denounces ‘normalized’ violence in Anglophone regions

  • Feb 21
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Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

  • Mar 19
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As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

  • Mar 19
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Houston summit aims to help priests build parishes for 21st century

  • Mar 19
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César Chávez, noted for his Catholicism, accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta

  • Mar 19
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