Africa

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...

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed at least seven people at a protest calling for President Joseph Kabila to step...

Tens of thousands of people again took to the streets of Lome Saturday to protest against the regime of President Faure Gnassingbe.. Responding to calls...

Yusuf Buhari, son of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown to Germany for medical treatment local media sources are reporting. The presidency on Wednesday...

Indications have emerged that popular Nigerian cleric and televangelist, Pastor TB Joshua had a hand in what seems the sure victory of Liberian presidential...

Former soccer star George Weah has been declared winner of Liberia’s presidential runoff vote held on December 26. According to the National Elections Commission (NEC)...

No-one really enjoys a long airport stopover, but for one Zimbabwean family, Bangkok's main airport has been home for nearly three months. According to the...

Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has demonstrated her readiness to handover to any of the two candidates that will be declared as the winner...

Former footballer George Weah is set to become Liberia's president following Tuesday's run-off election. The National Elections Commission said that with 98.1% of ballots counted,...

Liberian election officials began tallying votes on Wednesday from Tuesday’s presidential election, as Liberians awaited results that should usher in the country’s first democratic...

An international chess tournament is starting in Saudi Arabia amid controversy after Israeli players were denied visas. A Saudi official said visas could not be...

Liberians are to choose a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah. Mr Weah, 51, won...

Four persons were killed and eight others injured in an attack by a lone gunman in Kaduna State. The killings occurred on Friday night around...

Mauritania's press union has accused the government of deliberately using an ongoing paper shortage to lock out private newspapers and favour only state-run publications,...

The US has sanctioned former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who is accused of looting at least $50m (£37m) of state funds before leaving office...