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Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future
One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...
Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that
She visited Fann hospital in Dakar, where neurologist Dr. Pedro Rodriguez measured her lung capacity. He suspects Mariama had ...
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Hosts Dakar make BAL debut with narrow win over US Monastir
Sahara Conference hosts ASC Ville de Dakar (ASCVD) got their Basketball Africa League (BAL) campaign up and running with a 70 ...
Attack by armed men in western Niger border village kills 12 soldiers, army says
Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...
Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths
Senegal's top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government ...