The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Pope Francis had long urged the Catholic Church to “go to the peripheries,” meaning communities in Africa and Asia ... to French candidates since the 14th century, when a French pope moved ...

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South Africa’s second-biggest asset manager plans to grow its market share in East Africa to take advantage of the continent’s fastest ...

The agency announced this week that its newest office, based in Dubai, will provide healthcare advertising and strategic communications across the Middle East and North Africa region. Charles ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Margaret Mliwa as the next regional director of its East Africa office. Based in Nairobi, the Ford ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Margaret Mliwa as the next regional director of its East Africa office. Based in Nairobi ...

Commenting on the launch of the new branch, Mr. Abdullah Mubarak Al Khalifa, CEO of QNB Group, said: "India's banking sector is poised for rapid growth on the strength of robust economic growth ...

Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian ...

DOHA, Qatar/PRNewswire/ -- QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has become the first bank from the MEA region to open a branch in GIFT City in Gujarat, India's ...

A notable part of the Russian elite spent or is spending the beginning of the month in the Middle East and Africa, reports The Moscow Times. The Arab Emirates and Turkey are expected to be the most ...

This comes after the Palestinian Authority President called Hamas "sons of dogs" and called for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip. Information ...

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