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Ivory Coast opposition struggles to rally protesters
A call by Ivory Coast's main opposition party for protests outside courts on Thursday over the barring of its candidate from ...
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Will the next pope be African?
Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...
Vitriol, aggression won't halt presidential bid, Ivory Coast's Thiam says
Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's ...
Pope Francis' body taken to St. Peter's Basilica for lying in state
The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...
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Will the next pope be African? Catholics call for historic papal change
Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...
The New York Sun1d
Possibility Emerges of an African Pope — and a New Conservative Era for the Church
The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.
Funeral date and time for Francis confirmed by Vatican with Pope's body to lie in state
Recap our coverage as Pope Francis's funeral arrangements are discussed in the Vatican with world leaders set to attend.
Police rescue 33 West Africans from a human trafficking scam in Ivory Coast
The international police agency Interpol says that police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring ...
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Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development (HHS)
She is the former Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan and the Permanent Representative to the African Union and United Nations Economic ...