Pope decries migrants and refugees being treated ‘worse than house pets’
Pope Leo has previously criticised Donald Trump’s US immigration policies, calling for better treatment of refugees.

Pope Leo has previously criticised Donald Trump’s US immigration policies, calling for better treatment of refugees.









Tunisia joins Morocco as the second African nation to directly qualify for next year’s World Cup in North America.

With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence?
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Recent cases of Marburg disease have also been reported in Cameroon and Tanzania, according to the WHO.
Three of the eight confirmed cases are receiving treatment even as 161 contacts are being monitored, according to WHO.
The country officially declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Monday.
Nine deaths from the disease linked to a funeral ceremony in Equatorial Guinea’s Kie-Ntem province bordering Cameroon.
Cameroonian authorities said restrictions were imposed due to ‘high risk of importation’ of the unidentified illness.
Julio Obama Mefuman was serving a 60-year jail term after being taken from South Sudan in a suspected kidnapping.