Africa

Michel Gbagbo, the son of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay a...

A middle aged man has allegedly poisoned has five month old son over lack of money for naming ceremony. Operatives of the Nigeria Police in...

President Buhari and former president Olusegun Obasanjo are both attending the 30th general summit of the African Union holding in Addis Ababa. See more photos...

In a letter to African regional leaders, President Donald Trump has said he "deeply respects" the people of Africa and that Secretary of State...

Fulani herdsmen in Ondo have killed a woman and also took off with her heart and private parts. Aside the destruction of over 200 hectares...

A 90-year-old grand mother, identified as Priscilla Sitienei, who hails from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county, has not given up on education, as she’s enrolled...

Water for Rural Africa (WRA) calls for immediate and urgent action to be taken to address the current drought gripping the south-western parts of...

The University of Zimbabwe has published former First Lady Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis after an anti-corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether the wife...

New Liberian President George Weah has appointed the first members of his cabinet, all of them men, largely naming party allies but picking a...

In Cape Town, South Africa, they're calling it "Day Zero" -- the day when the taps run dry.City officials had recently said that day...

Three men in Zambia have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking herbs which reportedly boosted "sex enhancing" qualities, but whose symptoms...

Bill Gates has warned that Donald Trump's "America First" position could damage the US' relationship with Africa. " the balance of hard power versus soft...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against seeking re-election next year. Mr Obasanjo supported Mr Buhari's election in 2015...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has given a speech declaring his "love" for US President Donald Trump. Earlier this month, Mr Trump was accused of...

Harare — The extent of former first lady Grace Mugabe’s vast wealth came to light at the weekend when the one-time Zimbabwe presidential hopeful...

While George Weah has made global headlines since his first presidential bid in 2006, many have criticised the media for focusing on his football...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described the peaceful handing over of power from one democratically elected government to another in Liberia, and the swearing-in of President George Weah, as...

The United Nations has allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish in its offices around the world, with accusers ignored and perpetrators free to...

The Kenyan police have arrested a middle-aged man identified as Mbiti Munyao,in Kangundo constituency, Machakos, for allegedly raping two goats to death. According to the...

Former Ivorian international footballer, Didier Drogba, has inaugurated a school built in his region. It is specifically in the village of Onahio Pokou-Kouamekro. Under the auspices...

A man, Edet Asuquo, has fled his home in the Idi Araba area of Lagos State after he nearly killed his newborn baby, Gift...

Yesterday, a Man killed his wife and three children, then set the house on fire in Malaba, Juja within Kiambu County, Kenya. Patrick Nderitu, a...

A video showing the alleged ‘transformation’ of a renowned ‘transvestite’ is currently trending after it was uploaded onto Emmanuel TV, the channel of famous...

Former President Robert Mugabe is set to appear before Parliament to expand on the allegations he made in 2016 that $15 billion worth of...

Monday marked the first day of fasting and praying for God’s intervention in the ongoing cholera epidemic in Zambia, and many on social media...

Adama Barrow, President of the Gambia has been conferred with a doctorate by the country’s main university, University of The Gambia (UTG). He was...

Liberia’s outgoing president has been expelled from her own party, for allegedly failing to support its candidate to succeed her. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is accused...

Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the country’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is accused by party leaders of meddling in last year’s...

The Lagos State Government has begun moves to tackle high-profile tax defaulters in the state and ensure high level of compliance with its tax...

Hajiya Aisha Wakil, known as Mama Boko Haram because of her closeness to the members of the sect, tells KAYODE IDOWU that the insurgents...

A mass burial of more than 70 people has been held in Nigeria's central Benue State. Dozens have been killed in conflicts between nomadic herdsmen...

The once-fringe English-speaking movement in majority French-speaking Cameroon has gathered pace in the last few months after a military crackdown on protests, leading it...

The Nigerian Army has reported averting a suicide bomb attack in Borno State, the heartland of the Boko Haram insurgency. The attack which involved three...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has advised President Buhari not to treat the Fulani herdsmen’s hostility against Nigerians the way former President Goodluck Jonathan...

A housewife, Bayonle Bamidele, has stated the reason she denied and beat up her husband, Adeyemi Bamidele, anytime he demanded sex.According to her, she...

A teenage bride has allegedly poisoned her husband two weeks after their wedding. The Kano State Police command in Northern Nigeria has commenced a manhunt...

Zimbabwe's anti-corruption commission says it is probing the circumstances surrounding the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Mugabe, whose husband...

The United States embassy in Accra has honoured the sacrifice of Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, a Ghanaian-born soldier in the U.S. Army who died whiles...

A 52-year-old Zambian woman, Banda Yvonne, has openly confessed to having sexual intercourse with her son in order to maintain his riches. She disclosed that...

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. The migrants will be given up...