Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...

FOR over three decades, the global powers at the United Nations have been acutely aware of the complex and tragic dynamics underpinning the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since th ...

President Donald Trump closed America’s doors to refugees worldwide through an executive order on the first day of his second ...

South Africa completed Wednesday the evacuation of 127 troops from the front lines of the conflict in eastern Democratic ...

One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous ...

The South African military on Wednesday completed the evacuation of no fewer than 127 troops from the front lines of the ...

Defending champions Quadri Aruna of Nigeria and Dina Meshref of Egypt, along with Egypt’s Omar Assar and Hana Goda, showcased ...

Their role in technology and the global economy has made countries with rare earths a key focus in geopolitical discussions.

Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending ...

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern ...