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At a May Day rally in Bloemfontein, South Africa, trade unionists demand that South African President Jacob Zuma step down. The president was jeered by labor activists and his speech was cancelled after scuffles broke out between his supporters and workers chanting for him to step down at the rally. (AP Photo/Khothatso Mokone)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
What should one make of this chaotic month? Is the presidency of Jacob Zuma reaching an endgame?
ishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, N.M., gestures during a March 23 meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
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Catholic News Service
The Congolese bishops voiced their concern over rising tension in Congo after President Joseph Kabila unilaterally nominated Bruno Tshibala as prime minister over the objection of opposition parties.
Ajok Uogu feeds her 2-year old daughter, Awok, a nutritional supplement on April 26 in St. Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
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Paul Jeffrey - Catholic News Service
Last June, fighting broke out between soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army and a mixture of local opposition groups and members of other ethnic communities.
Pope Francis and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shake hands during a private audience in 2014 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Gabriel Bouys pool, via Reuters)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
"I hope that this visit will be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East," the pope said.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Margot Patterson
Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan; Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia are on the brink of it.
During a previous spasm of unrest related to xenophobia, protesters are seen looting a shop at a gas station in 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. (CNS photo/Herman Verwey, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Are Nigerian, Zimbabwean, Pakistani and other immigrants “stealing” jobs from South Africans?