Africa

In a bizarre and unsettling incident in  Zimbabwe, a 58-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly using a live tortoise to threaten her Human Resources...

Four months after the tragic drowning incident that claimed the lives of actor Jnr Pope and three crew members, film producer, Adanma Luke has...

As record numbers of young Africans risk their lives trying to reach the Canary Islands, Spain’s Prime Minister begins crisis talks with Senegal, Mauritania...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has named a "troublesome" lion after one of the country's opposition leaders.President Samia was visiting the Tanzania Wildlife Authority...

Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals have started a seven-day nationwide strike to demand the release of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who has been...

At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the...

A recent Afrobarometer survey has unveiled alarming perceptions about the impact of climate change on agriculture across Africa.According to Dr Edem Selormey, Director of...

A  man whose mother turned him in to police after he confessed to a string of crimes was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment...

South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith, who has died aged 85.The beloved maths and science teacher and innovator died...

Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the East African country to four, according to the health...

Messaging app Telegram has said its CEO Pavel Durov, who was detained in France on Saturday, has "nothing to hide". Mr Durov was arrested at an airport...

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Lagos, Nigeria, as a special guest for the Nigerian Bar Association’s 64th Annual General Conference.Mr Mahama is...

The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara...

An anonymous whistleblower in Nigerian cyberspace, PIDOM Nigeria, has gone missing, and his social media accounts have been compromised, an exposé by Investigative Journalist,...

Many Nigerians have reacted with outrage after a new plane was bought for President Bola Tinubu at a time when the economy is experiencing...

An "alarming number" of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu travelled to France on Monday for a “work stay” on a newly acquired private jet, sparking criticism as the West...

Following the invitation of the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, by the police on allegations of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable...

Mpox is "not the new Covid", because authorities clearly know how to control its spread, a leading World Health Organization expert has said. Despite real...

A police commander in Tanzania's capital, Dodoma, has been removed from her post following controversial comments in which she linked an alleged gang-rape victim...

In a tender celebration of true love's perseverance, Ibrahim Mbogo, 95, and Tabitha Wangui, 90, finally said "I do" on Sunday, August 18, at...

David Tweneboah Koduah, a senior university sports coach at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), will represent Ghana as an International Technical Official at...

At least 20 Nigerian university students were abducted by gunmen who ambushed their vehicles in the country’s north-central region, police said Friday.The students were...

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities...

Having lived for exactly half his life under a bridge in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, Liya’u Sa’adu sees himself as the "guardian" of the...

The Presidency is aware of failed attempts by Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd., a Chinese company, to take over offshore assets of Nigeria...

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has described the seizure of aircraft in Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet as...

Doctors in India have begun a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal...

Travellers should consider getting vaccinated against Mpox if they will be visting affected areas in Africa, new advice says.The European Centre for Disease Prevention...

A Chinese mining company has revealed that it lost 12kg (26lbs) of gold – worth US$900,000 – in an armed robbery in Ghana earlier...

The mortal remains of former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou arrive in Cameroon ahead of his burial today August...

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala last week has risen to 26, while 39 people...

Chidimma Adetshina, the pageant hopeful who was forced to withdraw from Miss South Africa due to a nationality row, has accepted an invitation to...

A 55-year-old Chinese national, Dai Pengfei, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for operating a drone without the required licence.Pengfei appeared before...

Prominent national figures have continued to criticize the proposed House of Representatives bill that would impose a 10-year prison sentence on those who refuse...

Senegalese commuters hoping to browse the news on their way to work were left disappointed on Tuesday - most national newspapers refused to publish...

NGO Open Arms rescued dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea after search and rescue operations in international waters south of Lampedusa, one of...

Tensions are flaring between the Okoye twins, Peter and Paul, of the renowned Nigerian music duo PSquare.The discord erupted after Paul Okoye's recent interview,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, convene an emergency committee meeting over the upsurge of Monkeypox.WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom...

At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.Rescuers are...