Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a new leader in the person of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari.The leadership of the bloc...

A journalist working for the BBC has come under fire this week after he was accused of falsifying information about rape in Diepsloot.The documentary alleges...

Zimbabwe is awaiting the results of its landmark elections, with both frontrunners saying they are confident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had received "extremely positive"...

Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to...

Fourteen members of the same family were killed today in a car crash in central Vietnam on their way to a wedding party.The groom was...

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013. The...

Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe has given a surprise press conference on the eve of the nation's elections.Mr Mugabe said he would not support his...

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Saturday its coast guard rescued 334 migrants from 17 dinghies in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea.The...

A constitutional court in Uganda has validated a constitutional amendment that removes an age limit for the country’s leader, clearing the way for long-serving...

Democratic Republic of Congo Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga has announced that the Ebola outbreak in the country's Équateur province is over after 42...

Sierra Leone police have warned journalists and media organisations against broadcast of ‘misleading, disrespectful and inciting’ statements, which it says have the potential to...

Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - some people keep all their savings on their phone - and fraudsters are trying to...

A man convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in Kenya has been jailed for 18 years and six months.Keith Morris, 72, from Hull,...

Ethiopian journalist Addisalem Hadigu has met his daughters Asmera and Danait in Eritrea for the first time in 16 years.He was among many families...

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra.A press release...

A suspected thief was severely beaten after he was caught stealing bibles at a store in Anambra state on Wednesday.READ: Audio: Akufo-Addo is in my DNA...

Excitement has gripped the small village of Kogelo in western Kenya as their famous son, former US President Barack Obama, visits after 12 years.He...

A 29-year-old virgin named Lauren has discovered she...

Health authorities in Mozambique have expressed concern at the prevalence of HIV among the country's militarily.They say 11.5% of the force is HIV-positive.The head...

The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has said he'll be coming to Africa this week.The father-of-two made the announcement...

Over 100 Nigerians who went to Russia to watch the world cup and had intentions of staying back to pursue a better life in Moscow, are...

The president of Tanzania has called for prisoners to be made to work long hours, and to be punished if they are lazy.John Magufuli...

Banzana Yusuf, from the northern state of Kano State has been jailed for his part in the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls...

An 18-year-old marriage between one Okanlawan Akinbile and wife, Folake, has been dissolved by an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, over deception...

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...