By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1313 EAT on Friday 25 April 2025 Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the Vatican. Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St….

By Faith Barbara N Updated at 1252 EAT on   Friday 25 April 2025 One of the scenarios is to give up territory. It’s not fair. But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution, temporary,” he said. But the 53-year-old former boxing champion-turned politician stressed that the Ukrainian people would never accept…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1832 EAT on Thursday 24 April 2025 Pangolins have two claims to fame: first, that they are the world’s only scaly mammal, and second, they are one of the most trafficked animals globally Beyond that, most people know very little about them. But the new Netflix documentary “Pangolin: Kulu’s…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1728 EAT on Thursday 24 April 2025 Pope Francis’s funeral will take place at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST) on Saturday. However, he will be the first Pope in more than a century not to be buried in the crypt at the Basilica – he will instead be…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1712 EAT on Thursday 24 April 2025 This is not the first time that President Trump has issued a verbal warning to President Putin. He previously threatened secondary sanctions in his rush to secure an end to the war in Ukraine. Yet the prevailing wind that comes from…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1332 EAT on Tuesday 22 April 2025 Beijing has warned its trading partners against succumbing to US pressure to isolate China in President Donald Trump’s tariff war, as part of its carrot-and-stick approach to win over countries caught between the world’s two largest economies. Trump administration’s plans to…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1314 EAT on Tuesday 22 April 2025 Following tradition, the pontiff’s death was confirmed by the head of the Vatican’s health department and the cardinal chamberlain (camerlengo, in Italian) Kevin Joseph Farrell. He was the first Latin American pope in the Church’s history. The Pope’s body will now…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1303 EAT on Tuesday 22 April 2025 Pope Francis’s coffin will be taken to St Peter’s Basilica tomorrow for the public to pay their respects. He will then be laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major on Saturday. There’s a steady stream of people going into the…