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Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

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The organization’s name suggested a charitable purpose, but Leopold instead went on to establish the Congo Free State, a private empire of slavery and cruelty. Joseph Conrad called the ...

Nigeria, a nation of over 250 ethnic nationalities, remains trapped in a circular dance around its political evolution since ...