Africa

A gorilla in a public zoo is at the centre of a financial probe in Nigeria after officials of the Kano Zoological gardens said...

The former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been buried in Cairo hours after he died suddenly after collapsing in court. Several members of his family...

Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013, dies in court, state TV says. The 67-year-old reportedly fainted after a...

Over the last five years, lots of countries have revised their laws to decriminalise the usage and trade of marijuana.The marijuana industry reports...

Bronx residents gathered for a special street co-naming in honour of a fallen Ghanaian hero, who made the ultimate sacrifice while trying to save...

Mr Kassim, MP for Wajir East in north-eastern Kenya, is accused of attacking Ms Gedi in the parliament building car park after confronting her...

A student of Bayero University in Kano has died a day after bagging a first class degree from the Bayero University Kano.Though the circumstances...

The man who saved Ghana at the 'Ghana Meets Naija' concert over the weekend, Patapaa Amisty, has been spotted having a lovey-dovey time with...

Former Liberia president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has become one of the many prominent people to own one of the vehicles made by Ghanaian...

The US's top diplomat for Africa is going to Sudan this week amid unrest, the state department said on Monday.Tibor Nagy, the US assistant...

Popular South African, singer Nichume Siwundla has died after an apparent suicide, a statement sent on behalf of her record label, Top Chap Media,...

Highlife musician, Kofi Boakye, popularly known as Kofi B, has made a call to Ghanaians to discourage Dancehall because the genre is associated with...

Louisa Satekla, wife of Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy, has revealed that she is not interested in making new friends on social media, particularly, Instagram.She...

Dancehall act, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, gave fans a thrilling show over the weekend where he performed his back-to-back...

Stonebwoy gave off an electrifying performance in Kenya over the weekend at the Kasarani Sports Stadium.He performed some of his best songs including the...

Liberians are angry about the apparent disappearance of state funds - and are planning a protest march on Friday to demand answers.Their anger centres...

A 50-year-old Ghanaian artisan, popularly known as Pabobo, has died while working inside a water tank in the Osborne area of Lagos.He was said...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday advised the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, to use the “pillow talk” principle to draw the attention of her...

Sudan's military have been condemned for their violent attack on protesters in the capital, Khartoum, which reportedly left at least 30 dead.UN Secretary-General António...

It has been tears and anguish for the family of a nursing mother who left home 16 days ago to buy things and hasn’t...

Andy Ruiz Jnr, a native of Southern California became the first boxer of Mexican descent to win a heavyweight title by upsetting British star,...

Uganda has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol in sachets, which officials say threaten public health.The small plastic packets of spirits - sometimes...

Two years after his death in Belgium, a state funeral is being held for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of...

The former leader of Angola's Unita rebel group, Jonas Savimbi, is being reburied 17 years after his death.Thousands of former Unita fighters wearing white...

After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo's president is now lying in state in his home country.Thousands...

Ghanaians have been thrown into a state of shock as Charles Nii Armah Mensah aka Shatta Wale has posted a photo of him and...

The pomp and ceremony of Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration will not mask the huge challenges the 76-year-old Nigerian president faces during his second term in...

Ethiopia's foreign ministry has apologised after a map of Africa on its website incorporated neighbouring Somalia within its own borders."We sincerely regret any confusion...

Islamist insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, two security sources...

It was close to midnight when the young man crawled into the desert. All around him was darkness. A hundred metres away, a handful...

Kenya's High Court has ruled against campaigners seeking to overturn a law banning gay sex.The judges rejected claims that the colonial-era law violated the...

Sudan charged ousted president Omar al-Bashir and others with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters, the public prosecutor said in a statement...

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The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in...

A 26-year-old hairdresser, Kenile Nwabuzor, has reportedly committed...

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