President Edgar Lungu has led Zambians in prayers dedicated to seeking "God's divine intervention in the country's economic challenges". Read more »
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has said that 355 pilgrims were involved in the Mina stampede, of whom 99 were confirmed dead. Read more »
Preliminary reports from Mina, where the stampede occured, revealed that the Chairman of the Borno State Pilgrims Board, Professor Tijjani Almiskin, a prominent Nigerian female ... Read more »
The flamboyant Prophet Shepherd Bushiri arrived on his private jet and reportedly granted treatment similar to a president. Read more »
Security agents in Zimbabwe allegedly detained two Nigerian men and blocked their leader, Chris Okafor, who last year prophesied President Robert Mugabe's death. Read more »
The government has received the names of locals who were among 769 victims of the stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Read more »
Father Munna Walter Mashamba has said that it would be a privilege to host the pontiff, adding that the visit would honour the Ugandans canonised as martyrs in Rome 51 years ago. Read more »
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that major challenges facing the country are ethnic and religious divisions among its people. Read more »
"It would appear that the people on the Afrikan continent are the only group that does not have either a God of their own or even a name for their religion," says Joseph Diescho in ... Read more »
Hundreds of pilgrims were killed in a stampede in Mina, a town outside Mecca - this follows the tragic crane crash at a mosque that claimed over 100 lives. While some Algerians ... Read more »
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