Leaders in several West African countries increased crackdowns on freedoms as they strengthened their hold on power in 2025.

The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday. General Dagvin ...

A number of Bangwaketse crowded Gangwaketse main kgotla to welcome Mr Botswana 2025 Moitshepi Seametso, who was recently crowned Mr Friendship International Africa 2025/26 in Bangkok, Thailand.

A yearslong effort to convince Washington of religious persecution is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, ...

Despite these challenges, Brislin remains optimistic, outlining his vision for the Church as a crucial “bridge-builder” in a ...

Positive news about LDS Church growth in Africa is hardly surprising nowadays, but some rarely seen stats reveal the breadth and depth of the faith's expansion.

For decades, Northern Ghana occupied a peculiar place in the national imagination . It was seen as poor but peaceful, ...

Analysis - Israel's recognition of Somaliland continues to reverberate across the Red Sea's fast-changing geopolitics. How to read the emerging regional map? Certainly not through the lens of colonial ...

The advocacy group Open Doors said in its report that worldwide Christian persecution was at an "all-time high." ...

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the Savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud signals that the marksman's shot was true. The horn from the felled rhino will ...