Africa

Kenya’s Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has been arrested at her offices in the Supreme Court in the capital, Nairobi over alleged corruption.She has...

The Edo state police (Nigeria) command have apprehended a 23-year-old mother of two, Miracle Johnson, for selling her six-weeks-old baby and using proceeds from...

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Sunday urged citizens to participate in land expropriation talks, as he seeks to ease political and ethnic tensions over...

Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe's president, after winning last month's bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since Robert Mugabe was...

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration.In a...

Six pupils (one male and five females) who are alleged to be witches and wizard, have revealed how they were initiated into witchcraft.The oldest...

Spanish police have said more than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco when they...

An Accra High Criminal Court has convicted a Zambian businesswoman Matildah Nkole Kangombe for trafficking precursor chemical in her luggage at the Kotoka International...

US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, although it is not clear where or when she plans on visiting...

A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-President Jacob Zuma.The inquiry is looking into "state capture", where the wealthy...

The flagship 3.5-billion-dollar Kilamba New City project, by China’s CITIC Construction, has converted a backward rural area into a modern satellite town in the Angolan capital...

Live lavishly, go out extravagantly.For many of the rich and powerful, funerals are becoming the final opportunity to flaunt immense wealth, competing with weddings...

Five months ago Jessica Osita had never used a computer, sent an email or even browsed the internet, yet she is part of a...

Over 20 people including primary school children and a female hospital employee perished on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 people sank...

A young man has been charged in court after allegedly refusing to pay a prostitute after engaging in three hot rounds of intercourse.The 28-year-old...

A Zimbabwean man who reportedly sneaked into his sick wife’s hospital ward to make love to her is currently in trouble.The man, a prominent...

Ugandan police have arrested one Harriet Nassali, a housewife, for allegedly beheading her husband, Siraje Kavuma, and digging a grave in their matrimonial bedroom...

A senior press secretary to Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said on Monday evening that the president’s car came under attack by opposition supporters...

A detachment of Nigerian troops fired into the air on Sunday - at an airport in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri - to protest...

The eastern part of Burkina Faso was on Saturday again attacked by a jihadist.Five gendarmes and one civilian were killed in a mine explosion...

A woman, from Benue state in Nigeria, continually slept with her son from her first marriage in order to have children with her second...

A 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has cut off the manhood of her fiance, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa state.The Nigeria...

The heads of the public land agency and the state railways ministry in Kenya have been arrested on corruption charges over land allocation, Reuters reported...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has filed a legal challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent election victory.Mr Chamisa says he has evidence to...

A little girl's plight has left people outraged after photos of her badly bruised back were shared online.READ: Ghanaian actress, Ellah Mensah robbed at...

Police in the Gambia have confirmed the arrest of six prison guards in connection with a prison break last week.Authorities, meanwhile, continue to hunt...

A 25-year-old woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly refusing to breastfeed her baby unless she was paid by her husband.Faith Nyokabi abandoned her 4-month-old...

A Kenyan mortuary has been forced to recall a total of five bodies which they released after one disappears mysteriously.Upon embarking on a fruitless...

Nigeria’s acting president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has terminated the appointment of the Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura.The decision to fire the...

A suspected kidnapper, who wanted to kidnap a pharmacy owner, slept off as a result of tramadol he took before the operation.The Ondo State...

Former Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has been sued by lawyers who represented her in several court cases involving a $1,2 million diamond ring...

On the eve of Ivory Coast’s 58th independence day celebrations, president Alassane Ouattara has announced presidential pardon to about 800 prisoners.Among those to be...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid is facing a growing challenge as members of his party defect to the opposition and support diminishes in...

Tragedy struck int he Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State PortHarcort on Saturday August 4,2018 as a tanker rammed into a bar where...

Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will be a leader for all Zimbabweans in a call for unity after rows broke out over his election victory.The...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, according to the country's electoral commission.With all 10 provinces declared, Mr Mnangagwa won 50.8% of votes...

A Ugandan pastor based in the U.S, has reportedly committed suicide in Massachusetts after engagement photographs of the girlfriend he left only a month...

READ: We manage risk; we don’t prevent banks from collapse – BoGWorshippers were left in shock when a whirlwind arose and blew away everything...

Businesses have shut in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, as the nation awaits results from the heavily disputed presidential election.Armed soldiers and police are on patrol,...

Two Nakuru MCAs caused drama at the House’ precincts on Tuesday, July 31, after they came to blows over a boyfriend. Honourables Joyce Anyiso and...