Reporting Highlights Strings Attached: U.S. officials are demanding access to the health data of millions of Africans as a condition of giving billions of dollars in lifesaving aid to African countries. Privacy Concerns: Experts said the deals are vague and lack standard language to guard personal data from being exposed, misused or commercialized without people’s…
When Pope Leo XIV visits the African nation of Angola on Saturday, he will encounter one of the Roman Catholic Church’s enduring challenges on the continent. Angola has more than 20 million Catholics, but not a single cardinal, making the country a stark example of Africa’s lack of representation in Vatican leadership. Only 14 of…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. On March 29, Baku is hosting the international conference themed “Colonialism: erasing religious and national identity”, organized by the Baku Initiative Group, Trend reports. The event brings together leaders and representatives of independence movements, as well as families of political prisoners from territories under French and Dutch colonial rule,…
