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Many of the Nigerian school girls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi have returned, according to residents who spoke to the BBC. People...

Zambia’s parliament suspended a cabinet minister on Tuesday from its proceedings for one month for slapping a fellow lawmaker within parliament grounds.Verbal abuse is...

Pope Francis has said men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited. The pope said this,...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma may challenge a prosecutor’s decision to reinstate corruption charges over a $2.5 billion arms deal, news broadcaster eNCA...

US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US painkiller-addiction...

Ghanaian social media has been shaken by the sudden death of Dr. Prosper Yao Tsikata, a Ghanaian professor in America. Believed to be in his...

Popular Uyo-based cleric and radio preacher, Rev. Fr. Patrick Henry Edet, tied the knot with his fiancee, Inyene Akpan in Akwa Ibom on Saturday. T​he...

A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi has died after allegedly being shot by her nine-year-old brother over a video game, police say. They said the boy...

A lady identified as Tonier Cain-Muldrow has taken to her Facebook page to celebrate 14 years of freedom. Narrating her story, Ms. Tonier revealed that...

South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption, Chief Prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has confirmed. Mr Abrahams said he...

A Danish man who was found with women's genitals in his freezer, has been given two life sentences by a South African court for...

A High Court in Mukono, Uganda, has sentenced a 63-year-old Imam with 3 wives to life imprisonment for defiling a two-year-old girl. Musa Mulo, an...

Israel's supreme court has suspended a controversial government plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants who entered the country illegally. It gave the...

Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe gives his first TV interview since he was ousted from power in November, claiming he was removed through military...

A Kenyan nurse has admitted to sending the wrong patient for brain surgery, blaming a heavy workload for the error. Mary Wahome only realised her...

Portions of two video recordings showing alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, confessing to committing crimes of kidnapping and armed robbery within and...

UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a 'determining role' in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Nyanmar. One of the team probing possible acts...

Lawmakers in Kenya have asked police to rein in increasing incidents of cyberbullying. In a discussion in parliament on Tuesday, they said that social media...

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s chapter in Germany have invoked curses on delegates who may attempt to collect bribes from any...

A Nigerian man has used a hilariously creative way of capturing his baby's attention while the wife was away. The creative father has shared a...

Omamen Iyawe, the wife of Pastor Idahosa Iyawe, Assistant Pastor of The StandPoint Church, Abuja, is dead. According to reports, Mars Iyawe died on the...

Zambian immigration authorities on Saturday deported South African entertainer Rebeca Libram, popularly known as Zodwa Wabantu, local media reported. Wabantu, who was due to appear...

Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, his family has said. The British physicist was known for his work with black holes and...

At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said on...

A Ugandan MP has been told to apologise to victims of domestic violence after saying men should "beat" their wives. Onesimus Twinamasiko said on Ugandan...

The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session have elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria as President of the...

President Donald Trump said his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could either fail or bring about the greatest deal for the...

Oprah Winfrey in a sit down with Gwyneth Paltrow‘s first episode of “The Goop” podcast has explained why she never wanted children. In their conversation,...

A man poured acid over his wife, on International Women’s Day, after she gave birth to a baby girl in Moradabad, in the Indian...

Kenya's president and opposition leader have promised to begin a process of reconciliation following last year's bitterly contested election. Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga spoke...

A gang is suspected of laundering £32 million through a kebab business pic.twitter.com/cVb4ixfCn1 — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 9, 2018A gang suspected of laundering £32...

Seven Ghanaians including a South African have been indicted by a US court in Columbus Ohio for an online romance scam, money laundering and...

As Mauritius is preparing to celebrate its 50 years of independence, the government has decided to launch impeachment procedures to dismiss the President of...

A Junior Secondary School pupil at Ohafia in Arochukwu Local Government of Abia State has reportedly died after consuming 10 tablets of Tramadol. This statement...

Nigeria Customs earlier this month arrested a man who attempted to travel with $375,000 cash to the United Arab Emirates. They have since handed the...

Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, parliament and local councillors. In...

Police in Rwanda have arrested six pastors they accuse of being the "masterminds" behind a plot to defy a government order closing churches. The suspects...

An adult film actress embroiled in allegations of an affair with Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against him alleging that a nondisclosure contract...

Some people & cultures believe in ghosts and reincarnation (the ability of the dead to still live and cohabit among the living) and as...

President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buahri, has lauded efforts by Ghana in mediating the political crisis in Togo where opposition groups are calling for incumbent...