Africa

Patricia Masithela, a 27-year-old originally from Nigeria, met a horrific fate when she was mauled to death by a pack of starving dogs in...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies...

Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime...

Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a significant move...

Mozambique has sworn in its new parliament with the streets of the capital largely deserted after the opposition leader called for a strike to...

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported.The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday...

Nigerians on social media are mourning the death of a woman who was allegedly beheaded by a man reported to be her boyfriend in...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109...

The Federal Government has confirmed an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, in Kano State, affecting various bird...

Disturbing videos have emerged showing the dire situation at a disused gold mine in South Africa where scores of illegal miners have reportedly been...

Ugandan military prosecutors on Monday added a charge of "treachery" - which carries the death penalty - to the list of violations of military...

African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on African governments to make agriculture a real priority sector as leaders on the continent...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto...

Five suspects, including the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, were arrested following the recovery of a hijacked Uber vehicle at Mandela's...

A South African woman, Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi.Advocacy group Women For Change issued a statement on...

Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public...

Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel...

Francis Ahovi, a Security analyst and Executive Secretary of Global Security for Africa Research and Good Governance (GLOSARGG), has shared his perspective on President...

A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy, is now living in a...

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.The gold...

A drunken police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say.Detective inspector...

A young boy has been found alive after surviving five days in a game park inhabited by lions and elephants in northern Zimbabwe, according...

Two suspected thieves were electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal solar streetlights in the Ogobiri community of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.The bodies of the two...

Kenya is set to strengthen its relationship with Ghana by boosting trade, investment, agriculture, mining, tourism, and oil and gas.The initiative aims to unlock...

Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger's military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation.In a Christmas Day...

Morocco aims to grant women more rights over child custody and guardianship as well as a veto over polygamous marriage, in the first review...

At least 69 people died, including 25 Malian nationals, after a boat headed from West Africa to Spain capsized off Morocco on Dec. 19,...

A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday,...

Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential...

Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness, the country's disease control agency said...

Kenyan business student, Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with...

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say.It is the...

Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said. The country's National...

Revered Ghanaian preacher, Apostle Ekatso, has declared that all believers must urgently pray for Liberia.Last Sunday, during a church service, Apostle Ekatso had a...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has facilitated the release of four French nationals detained in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, since December 2023.The Ministry of Foreign...

A stampede at a religious event in Ibadan, the capital of Nigeria's southwest Oyo state, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, Governor Seyi Makinde...

A river boat sank in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local...

Shell has received approval from Nigeria's oil Minister for the sale of $2.4 billion in onshore and shallow-water assets to Renaissance Group, Renaissance said...

A family in Zimbabwe is reeling from grief and confusion after mistakenly burying the body of a Malawian man, thinking it was their 23-year-old...

Nollywood actress Sarah Martins has taken to social media to express her distress after allegedly falling victim to theft at her home.She accused her...