More than 540 people have been killed in Sudan’s North Darfur in just three weeks as paramilitaries intensify their attritional battle for the regional capital of el-Fasher, according to the United ...

Tens of thousands of Sudanese driven from their homes by conflict are now returning, despite war still raging in some parts ...

Sudanese activists say the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least 30 people in an attack in Omdurman, ...

Guests at the Vatican service were told of the Pope's call to "build bridges", as Trump and Zelensky were pictured meeting ...

Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, ...

COMMENT: Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls his meetings with Pope ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

Hours before his death, Pope Francis made an appearance before a crowd of thousands at Saint Peter’s Square where his Easter blessing was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli.

South Sudan recalls ‘a profound act of humility’ The South Sudan ... Francis’ final public act – an Easter morning blessing and popemobile tour through a crowd of thousands in St. Peter’s Square – in ...

Currently, 135 cardinals are aged under 80 and eligible under Church law to enter a conclave to elect a pope after Francis ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...