White House communications director quits
The White House communications director has resigned only three months after being hired by President Donald Trump.
Mike Dubke, an experienced Republican strategist, was hired...
‘Last African dinosaur’ discovered in Moroccan mine
A fossil of one of the last dinosaurs living in Africa before their extinction 66 million years ago has been discovered in a phosphate...
Chinese lesbian dating app Rela shuts down
A Chinese dating app for lesbians that has more than five million users has been shut down.The app, Rela, is no longer available in...
Germany slams Trump
Germany's foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the US President's actions have "weakened" the West and accusing the...
Indonesian Muslim preacher named as porn case suspect
Indonesian police have named a controversial hardline Muslim preacher as a suspect in a pornography case.Rizieq Shihab is accused of exchanging graphic messages and...
BA boss ‘won’t resign’ over flight chaos
BA chief executive Alex Cruz says he will not resign and that flight disruption had nothing to do with cutting costs.He told the BBC...
Kenyan presidential aspirant charged after ‘attempting suicide’ at EC office
Presidential aspirant Peter Solomon Gichira has been charged with attempted suicide, malicious damage and creating disturbance at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...
Tiger Woods arrested for drink-driving in Florida
Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida early on Monday morning, police say.Police recorded the arrest at 07:18 local...
Palestinians ban divorces during Ramadan
The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words...
Search for children abducted from school in Nigeria
Nigerian police are searching for six children abducted from their school on the outskirts of the main city, Lagos.
The abductors freed four other children...
Jacob Zuma ‘plans second home in Dubai’
South Africa's embattled president Jacob Zuma has been planning to set up home in Dubai, according to emails published in the local media.The reports...
Manchester attacks: MI5 probes bomber ‘warnings’
MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was...
Girl-14 attempts to kill master with rat poison
A 14-year-old maid allegedly tried to poison her master because she was rebuked. Mr. Nasiru Akinlosotu, 63, a former medicine store operator escaped death...
Emails reveal Zuma ‘plans second home in Dubai’
South Africa's embattled president Jacob Zuma has been planning to set up home in Dubai, according to emails published in the local media.The reports suggest deepening...
PHOTOS: They tried for 17 years to have a baby. Now they have sextuplets
This birth announcement won't fit on your standard 5x7 greeting card.Adeboye and Ajibola Taiwo had tried for 17 years to start a family. Now,...
How an English footballer became a chief in Ghana
Sir Stanley Matthews remains one of England's most famous footballers and was known as the Wizard of Dribble. But he was also arguably the...
Indian acid-attack survivor finds love after dialing wrong number
In the superficial, dating app-focused world in which we live, it seems like appearances are everything.Even if you have the most beautiful personality in...
Brazil protests: Ministerial building set on fire during clashes
Angry demonstrators in Brasilia have started a fire inside the ministry of agriculture and have damaged several other ministerial buildings.Brazilian authorities estimate around 35,000...
TV viewers in New Jersey see terrifying emergency warning in the middle of primetime
It wasn’t a test, but it wasn’t a real emergency broadcast, either.On Tuesday evening, TV viewers in parts of southern New Jersey saw a...
Ethiopian politician jailed for 6.5 years for ‘encouraging terrorism’ via Facebook
A federal high court in Ethiopia has sentenced politician Yonatan Tesfaye to six years and six months in prison for planning, preparing and encouraging...
Mark Zuckerberg finally gets his Harvard degree – 12 years after dropping out
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg features in a long line of university dropouts who became millionaires after founding technology companies - Bill Gates and Steve...
PHOTOS: Ghana marks AU Day
Today Thursday, May 25, 2017 is the 54th African Union (AU) Day and Ghana joins the rest of the continent in commemorating the day.AU...
Today marks AU Day
The youth are the centre of focus today as the continent marks the 54th African Union (AU) Day with ceremonies in member countries and...
‘Work harder’ – Nigerian civil servants told
Nigeria's acting President Yemi Osinbajo has extolled the virtues of hard work, while addressing civil servants.Mr Osinbajo, who is standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari,...
PHOTOS: Ghana marks AU Day
Today Thursday, May 25, 2017 is 54th African Union (AU) Day and Ghana joins the rest of the continent in commemorating the day.
AU Day...
Christ Embassy pastor in 4 abortion mess with 16 years old maid
A Serving Minister at Believers Love World Ministry popularly known as Christ Embassy Church, Rev. Sunday Olisa has landed in trouble over alleged sexual...
World’s third penis transplant successfully done in South Africa
A team of surgeons from Stellenbosch University (SU) has successfully performed a second penis transplant, making it the first medical centre in the world...
Trump at Vatican for talks with Pope
US President Donald Trump has met Pope Francis at the Vatican for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip.He...
500 Islamic scholars pray for Nigeria’s ailing President Buhari
A total of 500 Islamic scholars from 14 districts of the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara have prayed for ailing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari...
British police name suicide bomber, threat level raised to critical
British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester,...
Trump to meet Pope and Italian leaders
US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Pope Francis and Italy's top leaders in Rome on the third leg of his...
Yahya Jammeh ‘stole $50m’ from state
The Gambia's former president stole "at least" $50m (£38.4m) from the state before he left the country in January, the justice minister has said.Yahya...
Manchester Arena attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt
Twenty-two people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suspected suicide attack at Manchester Arena.The blast happened at 22:35 BST on...
Yahya Jammeh ‘stole $50m’ from state
The Gambia's former president stole "at least" $50m (£38.4m) from the state before he left the country in January, the justice minister has said.Yahya...
Hot video: Terrifying moment as sea lion yanks a girl into water
The first part of a now-viral video shows a sea lion swimming near a dock in Steveston, a seaside community on Canada’s western coast....
Ghanaian asylum seeker charged for raping woman at knife point in Germany
A Ghanaian asylum seeker has been charged with raping a woman at knifepoint in front of her boyfriend days after learning he was going...
Harvard student submits rap album as final thesis, graduates with honours
An Ivy League student will be graduating with one of the highest accolades after submitting a 10-track rap album for his final thesis, the first to do so...
PHOTOS: Obama lookalike gets mobbed for photos everywhere he goes
Jose Oliveira looks so much like former president Barack Obama that he can hardly go anywhere without people stopping him and asking for selfies.Oliveira,...
Fourth person in probable Ebola death in Congo: WHO
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, as the...
Cholera outbreak claims 315 lives in Yemen
A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 315 people since April 27, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.The cholera infection...