Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps has claimed reaction to her autobiography has been “distorted” and insisted she did not intend to “tear anyone down”. Extracts from the 32-year-old Paris St ...

One of the most interesting Prisoners of War taken by the Allied powers was a Korean soldier that served in the German Wehrmacht. He had only recently fought on the side of the Germans, however.

Following the resounding success of its previous editions, the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) — the literary body that organizes the annual Chinua Achebe Literary Festival ...

Since March 2025, Riek Machar, the First Vice President of South Sudan, along with seven others, has been under house arrest for nearly six months. Subsequently, they faced charges of treason, crimes ...

Try this short quiz on Africa’s vibrant literary scene and its globally popular authors. By J. D. Biersdorfer Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the ...

Last week’s papal letter on immigration to the U.S. bishops captured world headlines, but it was not news that Pope Francis — who is being prayed for as he continues to be hospitalized for bilateral ...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from his wheelchair during the Saturday Jubilee audience in the Vatican’s Audience Hall, Jan. 11, 2025 (photo: Vatican Media / VM) Almudena Martínez-Bordiú/CNA/Aci Prensa ...

FILE - Mosul and Aqra Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa, left, waves as he stands next to Pope Francis at the start of a gathering to pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul ...

Chinua Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. He was a writer, known for Things Fall Apart (1971), Things Fall Apart (1987) and Ebony (1982). He was married to Christine Chinwe Okoli.

If you had any notion that, at 83 years old, Martha Stewart should be slowing down, she's speeding by you in the fast lane. After announcing her 100th cookbook earlier this year, she revealed another ...