Haiti President’s widow speaks for first time
The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...
Peacekeeping missions weakening Africa
The security situation in Mali is due to the failure of the UN peace mission (MINUSMA) as well as the French forces that came...
Ivory Coast: Suspicion and surprise as Ouattara, Gbagbo meet
Ivorian President, Allasane Ouattara and his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, met for the first in over a decade on Tuesday.The two men described their encounter...
Bribe my angels – Pastor tells congregation [Video]
A pastor has caused quite a stir on social media after telling his church members to bribe his angels so that his grace can...
‘Lovebirds’ who were married for 76 years die 6 hours apart [Photo]
An elderly Kenyan man and wife, who were married for 76 years, have reportedly died six hours apart. Maritim Biwott Arap Tuwei and his wife,...
Poor internet: Malawi president’s excuse for travelling to UK for virtual conference
Controversy has trailed the comments made by Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi, moments before he travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) for a virtual conference.President...
Ghana hosts maiden ECOWAS committee meeting
Ghana will host the maiden delocalised committee meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament at Winneba, Central Region, from July...
I’m no longer feminist – Woman cries for husband online [Video]
A woman has gone online to renounce feminism while begging for interested men to marry her.The woman said she spent years being a feminist and she's...
Footballer slumps and dies during match
A football player, identified as Jonah, has died after he slumped during a football match in Nasarawa State in Nigeria.Details of his death are still sketchy at...
Nigeria school kidnappers abduct man delivering ransom
Kidnappers in Nigeria have seized a man who was sent to deliver a ransom payment to secure the release of dozens of abducted school...
Manasseh Azure sends message to Gabby Otchere-Darko over LGBTQ+ bill
Senior investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has asked Gabby Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the incumbent New Patriotic Party, why the Western World aren't...
Promoters of ‘LGBTQ+ bill’ want Ghana blacklisted – Gabby Otchere-Darko
A leading member in the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, says politicians and citizens championing the anti LGBTQ+ bill against those vying for same-sex...
Man accused of attempted assassination of president dies in custody
A man accused of attempting to stab Mali's interim President, Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security...
Chilling details of how woman murdered husband for seeking divorce
Detectives from the homicide department of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Kenya, have arrested two main suspects behind the double murders of Mombasa-based...
Woman, husband nabbed for faking her kidnap
The police in Niger has arrested one Sadiya Ibrahim Umar, 31, and her 35-year-old husband, Mohammed, over alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping.According to the report...
Scary moment man almost severed Mali president in Mosque [Video]
A footage released has shown the scary moment interim President of Mali was almost assassinated in a Mosque.During the Eid al-Adha celebrations, President Assimi...
Man who disappeared while going to buy rice reunites with family after 47 years
A Kenyan man, James Mwaura, who disappeared from home 47 years ago, has found his way back home in Molo, Nakuru County, thanks to Facebook.Mr Mwaura, now...
Meet the man whose saliva burns like fire
Having to be born different is one of the most challenging aspects of human existence, and especially, having to face judgmental lot in society.This...
JSS 2 student stabs School Prefect [Photo]
Senior Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Education, Mr Castro Ezama has decried high level of moral decadence and increasing cultism in Secondary and...
Girl, 15, allegedly commits suicide over grades, lists names of mates who mocked her
A 15-year-old girl, who sat for her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Bwikya Muslim Primary School in Hoima City in western Uganda last year,...
Tunisia Health Minister sacked as Covid-19 spirals
Tunisia's Health Minister, Faouzi Mehdi has been sacked as the country struggles to cope with surging numbers of coronavirus cases.He faced criticism for organizing...
Fraudsters inject 800 Ugandans with water instead of Covid shots
At least 800 people in Uganda received fake Covid-19 vaccines in June from “unscrupulous people” as employers rush to inoculate workers amid a spike...
Séléka: The history of a Central African armed group
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a former Séléka leader, is facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the crimes he committed in the...
13 Nigerian policemen killed in ambush
The authorities in Nigeria say 13 policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected armed gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara on Sunday.Seven...
Woman dies 4 days after her wedding [Photos]
A 31-year-old woman, Ate Joy Veronica, who died four days after her wedding, has been buried in Benue state. Veronica and her husband, Irabor Samuel,...
Mali interim President survives assassination attempt
Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack after Eid al-Adha prayers at the Grand Mosque in the capital,...
Church sacks 40 pastors for not meeting targets for ‘tithes and offerings’
A man, who identified himself as a former pastor of a church in Nigeria, has claimed he and other pastors were sacked by the church for...
The MP who was slapped but not beaten
When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman...
Nigerian pilot escapes as another military jet crashes
The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) on Monday confirmed the crash of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara.The aircraft was returning from air interdiction between the...
Fuel tanker explodes; at least 13 killed
At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya over the weekend.The truck collided with another...
Jacob Zuma appears in virtual corruption trial from jail
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared on a video link from prison to attend a corruption trial.Mr Zuma faces charges of fraud...
Amputee hawker buys house, owns pure water factory [Photo]
Mary Daniel, the sachet water hawker who went viral because she's an amputee, has acquired a 17.5 million Naira apartment in Lagos.The 27-year-old Kogi indigene...
Groom abducted at wedding ceremony by men yet to be identified
There was chaos at a wedding ceremony after unknown men stormed a wedding venue and kidnapped the groom.The incident reportedly occurred inside the New...
Bizarre: Kidnapped 12-year-old boy found inside coffin
Security operatives in Kwara State have rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnapped victim. The boy was rescued by the joint border patrol...
Nigerian army general shot dead in attack
A senior Nigerian army officer has been shot dead by gunmen while travelling from the central city of Lokoja to the capital Abuja.Maj-Gen Hassan...
Man gifted 246 cows for mother’s funeral
The backyard of Nigerian entrepreneur, Obi Cubana, has been turned into a cattle ranch ahead of his mother’s burial ceremony.This became so as Cubana...
How cooking oil helped shop employees to stop looters during South Africa riots [Videos]
Shop workers in a South African town hit by ongoing riots foiled looters by pouring cooking oil on the floor outside the entrance to...
Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew
Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea.Five abductees in the first attack have...
South Africa Zuma riot: Top politician apologises for punching looter
The leader of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province has apologised for punching a looter who was attempting to make off with goods stolen from a...
Meet the woman running to become Somali president
When Somalia’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam, announced her candidacy for president in the next elections, the reaction in Mogadishu was...