Pope Francis walks past a portrait of himself as he arrives to meet with young people at the University of Santo Tomas in ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 13, 2013, after being elected by the conclave of cardinals. Francis praying for peace at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest ...

Several world leaders, including South Africa, Turkey, Iran and Nigeria, have hailed Pope Francis as a man who championed the poor and who was not afraid to pronounce on the genocide taking place in ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

She is the former Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan and the Permanent Representative to the African Union and United Nations Economic ...

Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back ...

Spotting fake banknotes doesn’t require expert skills. Here’s how to check for watermarks, security threads, and other features to avoid counterfeit cash in South Africa Spotting fake banknotes ...

Fried crickets are among the meagre provisions available at the Touloum refugee camp in Chad on Friday. At least 13 million ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

SOUTH AFRICA (TNND) — An American pastor from Tennessee who was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa has been rescued after ...

Afrobeats may be the hot sound of the moment, but Davido remembers a very recent past when music from Africa wasn’t embraced ...