Africa

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...

Eight people have been killed during a Senegal football league final in Dakar in a stampede that broke out following clashes at the end...

Zimbabwe's state-owned airline has laid off 200 workers, roughly half of its staff, with immediate effect. The job losses are part of a turnaround strategy...

A 19-year-old boy, Adeolu Bamiteko has been sentenced to death by hanging for theft. He was reported to have robbed one Adefunke Amire of her...

So, Pastor Adeboye is this romantic? The Redeemed Christian Church of God General Overseer Pastor E.A Adeboye celebrated his wife, Folu Adeboye today July 13,...

President Muhammadu Buhari is "recuperating fast" and will return home "very soon", says Nigeria's acting head of state Yemi Osinbajo. He made the announcement at...

The management of a private mortuary, Toluwalase Hospital Morgue, located at Otunba Oladokun Street, in Igando area of Lagos State has ejected corpses deposited...

Police detectives attached to Nnewi Division of the Anambra State Police Command on Saturday, July 8, arrested a 24-year-old mother Oluchi Emeobi, of Nnewi...

Private health and wellness facilities are setting Kenya apart as one of the key medical tourist destinations in Africa, a new report shows. The Economic...

South African wildlife rangers are searching for four male lions that escaped from a national park. The lions escaped from Kruger National Park on Sunday...

A Zimbabwean woman from Kuwadzana, has made a stunning confessions in church and admitted to acquiring and keeping a juju snake for acquiring wealth.According...

One 29-year-old bus driver, identified as Folarin Olorunto, has raped his sister-in-law after he threatened her with a knife to be able to rape...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical treatment, in his third such visit this year, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Africa's oldest ruler...

The International Criminal Court on Thursday rebuked South Africa for not arresting Sudan's president on a genocide warrant when he visited Johannesburg in 2015...

A controversial Ugandan pastor, Aloysius Bugingo, has been summoned by a court in the capital, Kampala to defend himself against allegations that he burned...

The International Criminal Court on Thursday rebuked South Africa for not arresting Sudan's president on a genocide warrant when he visited Johannesburg in 2015...