Thousands of miles from the Vatican, the death of Pope Francis is being mourned by millions of Catholics on the African ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

She said she met him when he went to Kenya a decade ago on the first of his five visits to the continent which took in 10 ...

The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for African economic growth by 0.3 percentage points, citing multiple ...

Two African Cardinals are on the list of those who could succeed Pope Francis. The Catholic Church has only seen three popes ...

The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.

London Indaba sets the stage for high-stakes conversations on mining, critical minerals and investment in the continent’s ...

Fund managers focused on raising private capital for African companies more than doubled their funds to $4 billion in 2024, ...

Covering the World's Second-largest Continent Welcome to our brand-new show - Firstpost Africa - that brings you stories from ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

US aerospace giant Boeing has opened a new office, in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. This office was intended to ...