February 27
Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Attack On Mosque
Dozens of Muslims were killed in a rural community in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the same day a deadly attack on a church left 15 people dead, Al Jazeera has reported. Read more »
January 15
South Africa: Jewish Calls for Gaza Ceasefire Follows Footsteps of Their Anti-Apartheid Forebears
Over four decades ago, South African Judge Richard Goldstone made legal history by refusing to implement a central apartheid law that prescribed where black South Africans could… Read more »
November 27, 2023
Mali: Kidnapped German Priest Lohre Freed in Mali
German missionary Father Hans Joachim Lohre, who was abducted in Bamako, Mali, last year, was set free by his captors, Reuters reports. Read more »
September 22, 2023
Kenya: Is First Lady Ruto Really Paying for Pastor Benny Hinn's Kenya Crusade?
The well-known televangelist Benny Hinn revealed that First Lady Rachel Ruto had invited him to organize a national crusade funded and backed by the government, The Standard… Read more »
July 11, 2023
Southern Africa: Pope Francis Names 3 New African Cardinals
Three new cardinals from the continent have been named by Pope Francis - Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin of Juba in South Sudan, Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, the… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Africa: Mass Mourning As Zimbabwean Cleric Ezekiel Guti Dies At 100
Prominent cleric and Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga) church founder Ezekiel Guti is dead. Read more »
April 10, 2023
South Africa: Bid to Extradite 'Facebook Rapist' Thabo Bester from Tanzania - South African News Briefs - April 10, 2023
Read more »
February 20, 2023
Africa: African Theologian Takes Top International Church Job
A leading South African theologian, the Revd. Jerry Pillay, has been installed as the ninth general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva. He is the second… Read more »
December 12, 2022
South Africa: Eskom Mum on Stage 5 Load Shedding - South African News Briefs - December 12, 2022
Read more »
December 05, 2022
South Africa: No New Release Date for Chris Hani's Killer Janusz Walus - South African News Briefs - December 5, 2022
Read more »
October 11, 2022
Southern Africa: Interfaith Groups Call for Agroecology to Be At Centre of COP27's Agenda #AfricaClimateHope
Faith communities all over the world are playing an increasingly important role in educating and encouraging followers to step up and take action on food security and the climate… Read more »
September 15, 2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Jets Off to U.S. to Meet Biden - South African News Briefs - September 15, 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Way to Meet U.S. President Read more »
August 23, 2022
Malawi: No Need for Witnesses In Bushiri Trial to Testify in Malawi, Court Rules
A Malawian Court has ruled that South African witnesses in the fraud case against self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary do not need to travel to Malawi to give… Read more »
July 06, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 6, 2022
UPDATE as at 16h30 SAST Read more »
May 30, 2022
Africa: Everyone Has a Role to Play in Ending Abuse Against LGBTQI+ Africans
In April 2022, the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria together with the Center for Gender… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Africa: African Faith Leader Urges Global Covid-19 Summit to 'Make Bold Commitments'
An African religious leader has urged a global coronavirus summit to give low- and middle-income countries more control over the supply of Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments. Read more »
January 01, 2022
South Africa: 'Scholar, Prophet, Pastor, Pray-er - Celebrating Archbishop Tutu
Sermon delivered by The Rt Rev. Michael Nuttall, Retired Bishop of Natal & Dean of the Province to Archbishop Tutu at the funeral service for Archbishop Tutu Read more »
December 26, 2021
Africa: A Life of Tenacity, Constancy and Courage – Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Laureate Dies at 90
Desmond Tutu lived his life with passion, courage, faith and deep insight, but it was a life lived against the odds. Read more »
Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Has Passed - South Africa's Presidency
South Africa's presidency has announced that Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died in the early hours of Sunday, December 26. Read more »
December 24, 2021
South Africa: Christmas Lessons Can Propel South Africa Towards Its Promise
The Christian scriptures tell us that Mary and Joseph went up to Bethlehem for the census. One of the reasons for a census was for the Roman authorities to establish how many men… Read more »
December 10, 2020
Southern Africa: This is What You'd Pay to Meet Fugitive, Self-Proclaimed Prophet Bushiri
Self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri from Malawi and his wife Mary, of the Enlightened Christian Gathering church, are facing charges of corruption and money laundering… Read more »
December 04, 2020
Southern Africa: Malawi Receives South Africa's Extradition Request For Bushiri, Wife
The Malawian government has confirmed receiving an extradition request from South Africa, three weeks after fugitive couple Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary fled the country. Read more »
November 24, 2020
South Africa: Malawi's Bushiri Wanted For Rape
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority has issued three warrants of arrest against Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church founder Shepherd Bushiri for rape. Read more »
September 22, 2020
South Africa: Controversial Preachers Bushiri, Mboro to Face Off in High Court
Pastors Paseka 'Mboro' Motsoeneng and Shepherd Bushiri will appear before the High Court in Pretoria today, eNCA reports. Read more »
April 21, 2020
Uganda: The Making of a Humanities Scholar
When I was young, having finished school with very high marks on my A-levels, people asked me what I wanted to study at university. I had never been interested in fields that… Read more »