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Sudan Protest: Sudan reopens border crossing

Sudan has reopened a key border crossing with Ethiopia that it closed last month after accusing Ethiopia of executing seven of its soldiers. A statement...

Xenophobia attack on the rise in SA – UN warns

UN experts have warned that attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa are on the increase and they've called for greater accountability. They say violence...

SA drops pregnant police trainees

Two police trainees have been removed from the All Saints Police Academy in the Eastern Cape after it was discovered, midway through the programme,...

Catholic priests kidnapped by terrorists

Two Catholic priests, Rev. Fr. John Mark Cheitnum and Rev. Fr. Donatus Cleopas have been kidnapped in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According...

Ivory Coast President Ouattara meets long-time rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié for reconciliation talks

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara held a rare meeting on Thursday with his predecessors and long-time rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié in...

Special number plates banned in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police has banned the use of special number plates that grant holders priority on roads and security privileges. In a statement,...

23-year-old jailed for biting off man’s finger

A 23-year-old man identified as Mohammed Abubakar, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun state for biting off...

Famous boxing belt donated to Mandela stolen

South African police have launched a manhunt for suspects who stole a boxing belt donated to Nelson Mandela by US champion Sugar Ray Leonard. The...

Man stabs woman in bar for refusing to dance with him

Kenyan police have reportedly launched a manhunt for a man who stabbed a woman at Kilifornia bar and restaurant after she refused to dance...

Patients burnt alive at church clinic

The UN says 20 people have been killed and dozens more abducted in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The dead include children...

WHO emergency hub construction in limbo

The World Health Organization's (WHO) plans to put up an emergency hub in Kenya have been thrown into jeopardy over a land ownership wrangle. The...

Cattle war kills hundreds

The authorities in South Sudan say more than 230 people have been killed over the last two weeks in ethnic clashes in the south...

Ex Rwandan official jailed over genocide role

The man who planned one of the bloodiest single episodes of the Rwandan genocide has been found guilty of complicity by a French court...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing 21 sheep

South African police have arrested a man after intercepting a minibus taxi carrying 21 sheep suspected to have been stolen. They said preliminary investigations showed...

Popular Netflix actress pronounced dead

South African actress Busisiwe Lurayi, who acted in Netflix's comedy series How To Ruin Christmas, died in her residence on Sunday, according to her...

Seven children killed in Togo bomb explosion

Seven children are reported to have been killed by an improvised bomb in Togo. Witnesses said they were woken by a loud blast late on...

E-passport Covid vaccine launched

An African Union vaccine e-passport has been introduced, which is intended to enable easier travel within and outside Africa. The passport will be in digital...

DR Congo rebels refuse to withdraw from fighting

Congolese M23 rebels say talks between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Félix Tshisekedi will not stop the fighting...

Church issues certificate of virginity to female members after testing them

In order to encourage chastity among ladies in society, a Nazareth Baptist Church located in South Africa has carried out a free virginity test...

Gunmen attack President Buhari’s convoy

Gunmen have attacked a convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's team in Katsina, his home state in the north.Two persons sustained injuries in the...

Boko Haram suspects missing after Nigeria jailbreak

Officials in Nigeria say dozens of Boko Haram suspects are missing after prison in the capital, Abuja, was attacked by armed men on Tuesday...

Zimbabwe to officially use gold coins to trade

Zimbabwe’s central bank says it will start selling gold coins later this month as a way to protect people against spiralling inflation. Central Bank Governor...

Researcher jailed over Facebook post

An Egyptian court has sentenced a researcher to three years in prison in a retrial over charges of “publishing false news”. Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy,...

DR Congo crisis: I am prepared for the worst – Paul Kagame

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he wishes the best but is "prepared for the worst" over the row between his country and neighbouring Democratic...

Mining activities suspended amid kidnap attacks

The authorities in Niger state in central Nigeria have ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating...

ECOWAS leaders lift sanctions on Mali, agree on Burkina transition

Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted sanctions on Mali’s military regime. The West African leaders also accepted a...

Nigeria: Police on manhunt for missing priests in Nigeria

Police in southern Nigeria say they’ve launched a manhunt for two Catholic priests who were kidnapped at the weekend in Edo state. The two men...

Sudan prepares for civilian rule

Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the army will make way for a civilian government. In a televised speech, he said the...

Newborn baby found alive next to dead mother after mass killing

A newborn baby was found alive next to her dead mother during a wave of recent mass killings in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, a family...

Police on manhunt for missing catholic priests

Police in southern Nigeria say they've launched a manhunt for two Catholic priests who were kidnapped at the weekend in Edo state. The two men...

3 arrested after heroin found in baby food

A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos' main airport, according to police. Three suspects have been arrested...

Why I married the ‘ugliest man in the world’ – Wife shares interesting story

The wedding of a beautiful bride and the "ugliest man in the world" made headlines some years back, with many prophesying the couple would...

Bitcoin hub launched in Central African Republic

The Central African Republic has launched its government-backed cryptocurrency hub called Sango - named after one of the country's official languages. President Faustin Archange Touadéra...

Students reject Ukraine online degrees

The message from Nigeria's medical council could not have been more cruel for a student, Moses Damilola Fehintola. After being trapped by war in Ukraine...

Guinea-Bissau President elected ECOWAS Chairman

Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Guinea-Bissau President has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of ECOWAS. He takes over from...

Dr Ibn Chambas withdraws as ECOWAS envoy to Guinea

Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has communicated his intention to withdraw as...

Why Christians don’t need guns – Pastor Adeboye explains

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A Adeboye, has said Christians don’t need guns for self-defence. On Sunday, Adeboye clarified...

The Nigerian man who has fathered five sets of twins

Ayopo Ogunleye, who has fathered five sets of twins, has become something of a local celebrity in western Nigeria.He told BBC Yoruba he was...

Dozens freed from church awaiting ‘second coming’ of Christ

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the southwestern state of Ondo. Some of them...

Manhunt for judge accused of wife’s murder

A huge manhunt is underway in Egypt for a leading judge accused of murdering his television presenter wife, who he reported missing from a...