Lions are the national emblem of Senegal and are considered auspicious by many of its citizens. This has lead to hunting of lions to create protective talismans, threatening the future of the big cats ...

Congolese religious leaders are aiming to organise peace talks that would bring President Felix Tshisekedi's government, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and exiled opposition figures around the same table, ...

The National Peace Council (NPC) has reached a consensus with all mission schools in Ghana on the use of hijabs, paving the way for enhanced religious tolerance in educational institutions across the ...

The grandson of an imam, he was born in June 1967 in Cape Town, home to South Africa's largest Muslim community, to a mother ...

Dikembe Mutombo’s towering presence on the basketball court made him a household name. With his signature finger wag and unmatched shot-blocking ability, he dominated the NBA for nearly two decades.

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...

The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of ...

ARTHUR — More details emerged Tuesday in the strange case of the African-American suspect who dressed as an Amish person — and police said wanted to join that religious community — and is now accused ...

Vital humanitarian activities that Jesuit Refugee Service leads in nine countries remain in jeopardy, JRS says, even after a ...

The world’s first openly gay imam has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha in South Africa. The imam ran a ...

A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many ...

The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.