Africa

A "naked" choir performance by a group of South African schoolgirls has led to calls for investigation by the country's education minister.Angie Motshekga said...

On the eve of Children’s Day, May 26, wives of state governors in Nigeria visited President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha in Aso...

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website's effect on the country.Communication minister Sam...

A 39-year-old spinster identified as Princess Josephine Uloma, who is an indigene of Orlu in Imo state has revealed all of her ordeal in...

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s has once again failed to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating missing diamond revenue.Mr Mugabe had been invited to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering placing a moratorium on  the practice of allowing members of the executive to take their spouses and/or other adult...

A nine-year-old girl has been shot dead in what local media are calling a "botched hijacking" outside a school in South Africa.The incident took...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity.Mr Ramaphosa said the gesture was aimed...

Zimbabwe has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth - 15 years after they left the group.Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said she was delighted to receive...

A South African pastor who blamed the Cape Town drought on “wickedness and homosexuality” has been given a 30-day prison sentence.Oscar Bougardt was found...

Two Kenyan politicians survive bridge collapseTwo Kenyan politicians have escaped unhurt after a bridge collapsed, according to local media.Capital FM news site reports that Governor...

An opposition coalition in Burundi has said it will not accept the results of a referendum on constitutional reforms that could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza's time...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a new law on Wednesday that outlaws the abuse of people on social media but which critics say...

A new law in Kenya is the latest in East Africa to punish the spreading of "false information" and impose a lengthy jail term...

Angry villagers have set fire to police headquarters after a five-year-old girl with albinism was abducted and killed by armed men in Mali.Djeneba Diarra,...

A Kenyan High Court has ruled against a petition to change a clause in the Marriage Act which limits divorced couples to only claim...

A South African farmer has denied he forced one of his workers to drink faeces.Harry Leicester, along with his wife Maria and son Chris,...

The Ebola virus has reared its head again, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While it is impossible to predict exactly where...

Floodwater from a flower-farm dam that burst after days of torrential rain in Kenya’s Rift Valley killed at least 47 people as it swept...

In an attempt to keep Nigerians safe from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London.Nigeria's...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London.Nigeria's...

While Robert Mugabe will not appear before Zimbabwe’s parliamentary committee on mines as scheduled on Wednesday, but its boss, Temba Mliswa, says its only...

Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the north-western town of Bikoro, a health official in the Democratic Republic of Congo told news...

More than 3,000 Nigerian migrants who failed to reach Europe, have been flown home by the International Organization for Migration. Many sold everything to...

Burundi suspended operations by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Voice of America on Friday, two weeks before a referendum that could extend the president’s...

One of Zambia’s top universities has urged female students to stop visiting the library "half-naked" because it distracts male colleagues.The University of Zambia -...

Africa's largest economy has moved to boost trade with China.Nigeria, China have announced they will conduct a currency swap amounting to nearly $2.4 billion,...

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the driving force for seeking public office should be to serve the people, and see...

Thousands of young people in Nigeria are addicted to codeine cough syrup – a medicine that’s become a street drug.

Four miners have died after an earthquake caused a cave-in at a South African gold mine.The miners were among 10 rescued from Sibanye-Stillwater's Masakhane...

An alleged thief was reportedly forced to surrender to the police after the stolen bag of goods got stuck to his head.READ: My next...

Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, called on Kenyans to forgive him for ‘damaging the unity of the country in any way’ during last year’s heated...

A South African man has been found guilty of killing his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend in a case that shocked the country last year. The High Court...

Six pupils from a school in a rural area in Kenya fell into a pit latrine after it collapsed on Wednesday morning, local media...

Several of the 6,000 people displaced by raging floods in Kenya's coastal county of Kilifi have said they want condoms, the privately owned Daily Nation...

The Kenyan government has banned evening prayers popularly known as “kesha” in Narok County. Narok County Commissioner, George Natembeya, made the directive following rising statistics of...

Malawi's former president Joyce Banda has returned home after four years of self-imposed exile despite facing the threat of arrest over corruption allegations. Banda, 68,...

The first Kenyan film to debut at the Cannes Film Festival has been banned in Kenya due to its lesbian storyline. The film Rafiki, which...

Twenty-three students of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) have challenged the university's decision to suspend them for one year for allegedly indulging in sexual...