Africa

A 13-year-old sexual abuse victim has reportedly cut off a policeman’s manhood with a knife in Katsina State.According to reports, the inspector who is...

Uganda is reviewing its decision to impose taxes on the use of social media and on money transactions by mobile phone, following a public...

Deborah, an 18-year-old human trafficking victim, has revealed that she used to sleep with more than seven men every day at Wagbas Hotel, located...

Nigeria's main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has formed an alliance with dozens of other parties in a bid to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari...

Students have torched seven boarding schools in Kenya in the last week in protest against the introduction of tough new measures to prevent cheating...

This is way better than Jungle justice.READ: I wont let NPP down – Freddie BlayA student of the Niger Delta University NDU was forced...

The son of South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma will appear in two separate court cases this week after returning to the country to attend...

A man has cut off the manhood of his brother during an arguement over ludo game.The Anambra State based man identified as Ifeanyi Echiechine...

A Lagos based man has reportedly set himself ablaze in a bid to escape the hardship in Lagos , Nigeria.According to an eyewitness identified...

The organisers of an online auction in South Africa which offered the chance to spend a night in Nelson Mandela’s former prison on Robben...

A London-based nurse has been jailed for trafficking Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to "voodoo" rituals.Josephine Iyamu forced...

Kenya's public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of two farm managers and several government officials over a dam which collapsed and killed more than...

A Kenyan man is seeking damages from the country's quality control body, the tax revenue authority and pharmaceutical company Beta Healthcare after alleging that...

One of former South African President Jacob Zuma's sons has died.Vusi Nhlakanipho Zuma, who was born in 1993, was the youngest son of Mr...

Many Ugandans are turning to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass a new social media tax that came into force on Sunday.The new law imposes a...

Gambia's government plans to auction ex-President Yahya Jammeh's luxury planes and cars online, the AFP news agency reports.Regional countries intervened to force Mr Jammeh...

Police in western Mozambique's Tete city say they have detained a man who was caught slaughtering a dog, apparently to sell it as goat...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life.Two people...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life.Two...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life.Two...

The UK's Guardian newspaper reports that six albino candidates will run for office next year in Malawi's general election."We want to show the public that...

A man in Kenya has allegedly confessed to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports.Angry...

A young Somali man who married two women on the same night has told the BBC that he will encourage other men to do...

A priest in Kenya has been suspended for misconduct after rapping in church.Fr Paul Ogalo had been using rap music to attract youth to...

Nollywood actor, Ramsey Nouah has shared a picture which shows that he was the kid in the Blue Band margarine advert which was famous...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo.Mr Mnangagwa said an object "exploded a...

A popular pastor of the Celestine Church in Ozuri, Adavi Local government area of Kogi State,  Shegun has been arrested for allegedly killing a...

Pastors now wish their wives death.Shocked? Don’t be because it is a fact.An evangelist, Wale Olugbenro told our correspondent that he was shocked to...

A Nigerian Prophet has asked Nigerians to donate N750,000 to him so he can organize prayers for the national team to win the World...

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for a meeting with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, as part of talks...

Authorities in Nigeria say they will close their border with an unnamed neighbouring country within the next few days to stop foreign rice being...

The police in Lagos have arrested one Mrs. Yetunde Bello for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old housemaid, Paulina, with a hot iron.It was learnt that...

Raphael Jaja, the houseboy of a naval officer who allegedly killed his boss, Lieutenant Abubakar Yusuf and his girlfriend, Lorraine Onye, has confessed to...

Ghanaian and African businesses will be seizing the chance to boost trade opportunities with the UK during the GUBA Greenwich Trade Expo this week.The...

Guinean leader, Alpha Conde, has made a day’s visit to Ghana, to confer with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the political situation in...

A 34 year old serial robber, Mr. Idowu Dosumu who was recently nabbed in his criminal activities has revealed that his wife is aware...

A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia.Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about...

A 19-year-old man has been arrested by the Niger state police command for allegedly selling his 6-year-old brother to a ritual killer for N20,000.Aliyu Basala...

A teenager has died after being beaten by his uncle, the wife, and six children over an argument regarding his inheritance.Dominic Adiele, 17, of Uzi-Ezike...

A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna yesterday ordered that Idris Sai’du be given five strokes of cane for violation of the...