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People look at the damage caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on Sept. 11, 2023. / Credit: AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 12, 2023 / 09:35 am (CNA). Catastrophic flooding in Libya resulted in what officials esti...

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke offers Mass in Rome at his titular church, the Holy Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Parish, on Feb. 5, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Feb 14, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).After Nigeria was recognized as having the highest Mass attendance in the world, the African nations youngest cardinal has shared some of the secrets behind his countrys vibrant sacramental life.A recent study found that 94% of Nigerias 30 million Catholics say they attend Mass at least weekly...

Stashed inside pickup trucks and guarded by armed militias and jihadists, every year billions of illicit cigarettes wind their way through the lawless deserts of northern Mali bound for the Sahel and North Africa. The profits from their long journey fuel north Mali’s many armed conflicts, lining the pockets of offshoots of al-Qaida and the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, as well as local militias, and corrupt state and military officials. This violence is now spilling out across West Afri...