With tens of thousands of cases waiting to be heard, some people have to wait four years for their trials to start.

ARUSHA,Tanzania-- If this were the plot of movie, it would be too far-fetched to be believable. South African authorities have taken over management of a maximum-security prison run by a private ...

The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The ...

This morning, the "Lineamenta" (or draft guidelines) for the Second Special Assembly for the Synod of Bishops of Africa were presented in the Holy See Press Office. The synod will focus on the many ...

Catholic bishops in Africa and Europe urged national leaders to refocus their partnerships on mutual respect, environmental stewardship and human dignity, as politicians converged for a joint meeting ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel's national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Catholic leader in South Africa, a country where mineral wealth long has been an economic mainstay, says that today the Church in his country often encounters “the suffering face ...

South Africa’s Minister of Justice Robert Lamola accused Israel of acts of genocide at the International Court of Justice in The Hague: “‘In extending our hands across the miles to the people of ...

At the close of an inaugural summit on climate change hosted this week by the African Union and the government of Kenya, activists who had demanded more than carbon credits and other glossy solutions ...

General, Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh, has challenged members of the Federation of African Law Students (FELAS) to play a decisive role in strengthening Africa's legal and constitutional frameworks amid what ...

The Justice Department is reviewing 5.2 million Epstein-related documents as lawmakers grow impatient over missed deadlines.

Justice Leopold Greenberg, one of the greatest South African jurists and a former justice of the Appellate Division of the South African Supreme Court, died here yesterday at the age of 79. A ...