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US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, including...

US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 other people.The...

The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone. Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him...

Instagram and WhatsApp are now back online after a mass global outage affected several Meta-owned apps on Wednesday.Facebook has yet to confirm whether all...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray has said he will resign before President-elect Donald Trump, who has indicated he would fire him, takes...

A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom has been sentenced to decades in prison.Deobra Redden was...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is doing "well" after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed, his doctors say. The 79-year-old was taken to...

Nikki Giovanni, the award-winning US poet who emerged as one of the leading voices of the 1960s Black Arts movement, has died aged 81. Giovanni...

The United States has congratulated John Dramani Mahama on his election as Ghana’s President for the next four years, set to begin on January...

Nigerian politician and former presidential candidate, Peter Obi has extended warm congratulations to Ghana's President-elect, John Dramani Mahama over his victory in the 2024...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.Police say three bodies were recovered earlier...

Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government.The dismissal of...

As Ghana approaches the December 7 general elections, there is rising political tension amid calls for a peaceful atmosphere.Citizens are gearing up to exercise...

Every ten minutes, a woman is killed by an intimate partner or family member.This is contained in the report “Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates...

Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning -...

Africa's development narrative is undergoing a transformation, driven by bold leaders who are challenging conventional approaches and advocating for inclusive, sustainable growth.Among these visionaries...

A US woman has pleaded guilty to drink-driving charges over an incident in which she killed a newlywed bride who was travelling in a...

An Ohio woman has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty for killing and...

An estimated 350,000 African artefacts and manuscripts, as well as human remains, photographs and natural history specimens, have been found in a university's collections.Dr...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia's first female president after last week's disputed...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s cabinet has reversed a martial law order in the country, just hours after he issued the surprise decree that...

A courageous Zimbabwean woman is recovering in the hospital after managing to fight off a lion that attacked her in the wild.Violet Moyo, a...

Zimbabweans reacted with hilarity after it was revealed that a 47-year-old man claiming to be the secret son of the late former president Robert...

In a landmark achievement, Nigerian songstress Yemi Alade has earned her first-ever solo Grammy nomination in the Best African Music Performance category for her...

US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases.In a statement, the...

Global InfoAnalytics has predicted victory for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in the presidential race, John Dramani Mahama.The research firm released its latest...

Britain's MPs have voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.A majority of MPs supported a Bill...

A boat accident occurred in the early hours of Friday along the Dambo-Ebuchi sections of the River Niger, resulting in the loss of multiple...

Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its parliament approved the world's strictest laws. The ban, which will not take effect...

A recount of the votes cast in Sunday's first round of presidential elections in Romania has been ordered by the country's top court following...

Can a navigation app be held responsible if a user gets into an accident? That is the question being asked in India after three men...

At least 14 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda, but officials fear that the true number of deaths is much...

More than 1,000 people suspected of cybercrimes were arrested in 19 African countries between September and October, Interpol announced on Tuesday.Operation Serengeti — led...

Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn't do.He was released in...

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and picks for his White House team have been targeted by bomb threats. The FBI said it was aware...

Sean "Diddy" Combs will remain behind bars until his May 2025 sex-trafficking trial. The defense's third attempt to free the 54-year-old music mogul was denied...

A young man identified as Anaegbuachara, has allegedly confessed to to killing his mother, grandmother, sister, and niece for ritual purposes.Anaegbuachara admitted to lacing...

The incoming regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, just three months after he was...

The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi was filled with an exuberant crowd, celebrating the return 100 years ago...