Africa

Well-known for saying "President Robert Mugabe does not sleep, he only protects his aged eyes from the bright lights", presidential spokesperson George Charamba has...

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected early results of a presidential election on Wednesday that showed he was losing to incumbent and long-time rival...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85 percent of polling stations reporting, the election...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived an eighth vote of no confidence - despite the ballot being held in secret. Opposition parties had hoped...

Kenyans are awaiting their general election with a mixture of excitement and dread. Social media is buzzing with hopeful voters eager to shape their nation's future. But tens...

Nairobi newspaper Daily Nation is carrying articles written by incumbent President Uhura Kenyatta and challenger Raila Odinga, giving their final thoughts before the country...

A 29-year-old man has been reported to filming his fellow tenant’s wife while she was having her bath. The suspect, Abraham Matenda from Zimbabwe has been...

A blustery morning as showers of rain fall on Durban’s Golden Mile. Surfers brace the waves oblivious of the stunned onlookers. Past the bustling...

At least eight people have been killed in a gun attack on a church in southern Nigeria, police say. Up to 18 other worshippers were...

A Nigerian lady, Ebisike Victoria Chinyere, took to Facebook to invite her friends to her own burial because she has no money to treat herself! The...

A Nigerian man is urging Christians especially his brother to stop worshipping Jesus Christ who is the son of God. According to Eziokwu Chineke Gadi,...

Former President John Mahama is urging political leaders in Kenya not to shed blood ahead of the upcoming elections scheduled for next Tuesday, August...

The Nigerian Army has appealed to religious, traditional and community leaders, as well as all well-meaning Nigerians especially in the North East of the...

"If I talked about it, I would have been separated from the people. Even those who treated me would not have shaken my hands." Stephen...

Nigerians speculating on when their ailing president will return from London are now being encouraged to put their money where their mouth is. Sports gaming...

The Gambian government has revoked the diplomatic passports of former president Yahya Jammeh and those of his family. Jammeh and his family are among the 207...

The Kenyan election official whose body was found earlier this week had been severely tortured and strangled to death, an autopsy has found. Chris Msando...

Members of National Association of Deaf and Dumb people, Imo state branch, have just stormed the state government house to protest along with their...

A newly-married woman, Kate Elizabeth Prichard threatened to kill her husband with a gun hours after the two got married. The 25-year-old bride was arrested...

A Kenyan University lecturer has been sentenced to death for murdering her husband in a row over family property. Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge, said to be...

Kenya's president took to social media to proclaim he was "deeply shocked and saddened" by killing of a senior election official ahead of next...

A fake news report about Kenya’s election that is made to look as if it is from broadcaster CNN has been circulating on social...

Kenyan police say they have shot dead an attacker who forced his way into the rural home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, ending...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political stature...

Zimbabwe’s ruling party is considering calling elections early next year out of concern that President Robert Mugabe’s health is worsening and disputes among his...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, 93, has been urged by his wife to name his successor in order to end divisions over who the next...

A Nigerian couple in Nise, Anambra state allegedly flogged a 7 years old girl in their care with electronic wire after she was caught...

A young woman is at the moment recovering from a knife wound inflicted on her by her husband over her plan to further her...

Three women have appeared before a court accused of gang raping a pastor who went round to their home to demand money they owed...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, reportedly lavished his sister in-law with R780,000 which is approxiamtly $60,000, as she celebrated her 60th birthday on July 23...

A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose...

A pastor’s wedding was stopped midway in All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Abakaliki after a lady accused him of dating her and dumping her...

Three Kenyan men – who stripped, robbed and attacked a woman in a bus, in an incident that was recorded and widely shared on...

War crimes judges will rule whether former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo can be released from prison for the rest of his trial on charges...

Radio France International’s Hausa service journalist Ahmed Abba who was sentenced to 10 years in prison this year by a Cameroon military tribunal has...

Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to have sex on the eve of the elections on August 8. The National Super...

A TV debate for Kenyan politicians hoping to become deputy president in next month's elections went ahead even though only one candidate took part. Muthiora...

The 39-old woman has allegedly paid assassins to kill her husband for marrying a second wife. According to CP Adeoye, the incident happened at the...

This morning, Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh who says she is now a born again Christian said she's working on cleaning off all her tattoos. She...

A thirteen-year-old boy has been found dead in an uncompleted building beside his home after his mother allegedly rained abuses on him. The teenager, simply...