It has been ‘painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over others who have been in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years,’ ...

Functioning as quasi-religious organizations, these societies often gave rise to independent black churches. In 1787, for example, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones organized the Free African ...

Catholic leaders in South Africa have blasted the Trump administration over claims of an ongoing genocide against white South ...

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The leader of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa issued an urgent appeal to the US to save two programmes crucial for ...

Church leaders in Africa said they trusted Pope Leo XIV would recognise the continent as “an indispensable partner in the ...

who rode to power partly through the support of the church, said he is in dire need of prayers to succeed in unifying the nation.The president spoke at the African Independent Church of Africa ...

However, the IPHC is one of what is known as an African independent church, which is allowed to officiate them - as long as the marriages are also registered with the country's home affairs ...

Functioning as quasi-religious organizations, these societies often gave rise to independent black churches. In 1787, for example, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones organized the Free African ...