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The funeral cremation ceremony for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej has started in Bangkok, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets to...

A South African man has been stoned to death by a mob after they allegedly caught him raping a six-year-old girl. The unnamed man was killed...

Kenya's controversial presidential election will go ahead as planned on Thursday after the Supreme Court couldn't rule on a challenge because not enough justices...

US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton's team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia.Unfounded claims that...

The United States says it is concerned about the increasingly deteriorating political situation in Togo. The use of excessive force by security forces on...

In a surprise move, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has said he will not run for re-election, citing "outrageous and undignified" behavior from the White...

The Togolese government has cancelled the Francophonie ministerial conference scheduled to be held in the capital Lome in November.The cancellation comes amid opposition protests...

China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao...

A spoof government notice hit social media as soon as President Robert Mugabe announced he had set up a new ministry responsible for Cyber...

Kenya’s chief prosecutor has ordered that opposition leader Raila Odinga’s sister should immediately be charged with inciting violence against the election commission. Ms Odinga, a...

Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, confirmed a congresswoman's earlier comments that President Trump had said her husband "knew what he...

The leading presidential candidate in Liberia and football legend, George Weah, on Sunday attended a Church service in Lagos, Nigeria to “seek God’s face”...

Heroes' Acre looms on a hill overlooking Windhoek, Namibia's tidy capital.Under a brilliant blue sky, a series of granite steps slope upwards in a...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s original proposal sparked an outcry.He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.But Mr Mugabe’s critics say Zimbabwe’s...

The bubbly 15-year-old dreamed of becoming a firefighter, a lawyer, or veterinarian. She was passionate about drawing and spending time outside with her dogs...

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a...

President Buhari today said his administration has demonstrated the ability to contain the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria, especially in the North...

A section of women in Kenya have called for a sex ban ahead of the country’s presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme Court,...

Angst-ridden letters from a young Barack Obama to his girlfriend reveal a 20-something plagued by insecurities about race, class and money.The handwritten letters are...

In the early hours of Thursday, dissent was met with brute force as scores of angry protesters in neighbouring Togo were met by the...

Military officers in Togo are being ejected from their homes by property owners in the wake of political clashes that have claimed three lives...

A senior official from the Kenyan electoral commission has fled the country.The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was expected to make changes after the...

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has created a ministry to punish “rats” who make use of the cyberspace to attack his government.Appointed as head of...

See how God healed this blind girl and opened her eyes after she got blind while undergoing her NYSC.She joined in the scheme to...

Tension is mounting once again in Togo following Tuesday's clash between government forces and supporters of the opposition party which left four persons dead.There are...

News of the revocation of economic sanctions against Sudan by the United States government, is music to the ears of businesses and investors interested...

Politicians the world over are known to be surrounded by security personals and in bulletproof cars, however, the Dutch have their own way of...

South African lobby group Afriforum has announced plans to privately prosecute President Jacob Zuma’s son.The group says it wants to prosecute Duduzane Zuma on...

President Donald Trump's fortune reportedly fell by $600 million, and the president is now tied with Snap founder Evan Spiegel on Forbes' 2017 ranking...

Yevgeny Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch dubbed "chef" to President Vladimir Putin by the Russian press. In 2002, he served caviar and truffles to...

A first-time Kenyan MP has been asked to apologise after posting a message with sex tips on his constituency WhatsApp group, the local Daily...

As many as 165 unidentified bodies have been buried after a massive truck bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday.At least 276...

Forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in California after six days of wildfires that have devastated swathes of countryside and destroyed...

Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election.Nearly all the results from Tuesday's poll...

Without doubt, churches have denominations and patterns of worship differ, but when you stumble on one, where weird activities are the order of the...

The second syndicate Adebayo Mudasiru and Rashid Abass said they bought human parts for N12, 000. They were arrested with dry and fresh human...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma must face charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled.It agreed with...

An aircraft has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from the international airport of the main city Abidjan, with...

A rescue ship has docked in Sicily with 606 migrants picked up in less than two days off the Libyan coast.They are from about...

Global powers, including key US allies, have said they will stand by the Iran nuclear deal which US President Donald Trump has threatened to...