Africa

A 56-year-old man has reportedly been beaten to death by his three sons who accused him of breaking into their house to steal a smartphone they...

A lotto operator, identified simply as Seyi, has reportedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze.The deceased, who runs a  gambling house in Ikire, Osun State,...

A police officer attached to Changamwe Police Station in Mombasa, Kenya, has reportedly committed suicide. In a letter addressed to Officer Commanding Station (OCS), the police officer stated...

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Isabel dos Santos, often described as Africa's richest woman, "for her involvement in significant corruption by misappropriating...

Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has in a decree dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and dissolved the government.“The functions of...

A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has been stabbed to...

The Nigerian government has responded to a Reuters news report that a million coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month, by saying they “had been...

Four lecturers at a leading university in Morocco have appeared in court over accusations of offering students better grades in exchange for sex.The academics...

An 83-year-old Nigerian monarch is allegedly demanding a DNA test from one of his wives over alleged infidelity.Instagram blogger Gistlovers claims Alaafin of Oyo,...

ECOWAS member states have proposed January 1, 2022, for the reopening of all land borders.ECOWAS sectoral ministers, in collaboration with the West African...

A 58-year-old woman has died at a church where she had gone to seek prayers after she was diagnosed with chest pains and high...

A Kenya Defense Force (KDF) impersonator who stormed a Police Station while dressed in a jungle jacket of a Military Police Sergeant and assaulted...

Sensational Afrobeats group, R2Bees, has revealed why their affiliation with the Starboy Worldwide music label did not stand.Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty...

The eight children found dead in a parked car at Jah-Michael community, along Badagry Expressway, Olorunda LCDA axis of Lagos, have been laid to rest. The...

A Kenyan police officer has shot dead his wife and five other people and then killed himself in the capital Nairobi.The officer is said...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said hospitals are preparing for more admissions as the country entered a fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron...

Ugandan police have arrested a pastor and his wife for the alleged ritual murder of a 4-year-old girl named Trinity Nakisuyi Nabirye Zabeela.Prophet Joseph...

The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a Sectoral Ministers virtual meeting on the reopening of land...

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they...

A Zimbabwean Magistrate has faced court for allegedly sodomising a court interpreter.The Magistrate, Simbarashe Gundani, 30, reportedly attempted to sodomize Kudzanai Pesanai, 32, after...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has once again decried attempts to single out African countries for the imposition of travel bans as instruments of immigration control.In...

Forbes has named Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo as the 'African Person of the Year 2021.'According to the pan Africa media company, President Akufo-Addo has repositioned the...

A Kenyan father allegedly hacked his own wife and four children to death after becoming angry his dinner didn’t have onions in it.Paul...

There was agitation in Yaoundé, Cameroon after a man won 13 billion CFA Francs ($22 million) yet wasn't paid.It was gathered that the man played a bet...

Some 12 women are in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma road by Bayelsa State Government with juju...

The last time Paul Thorn saw his parents, decades ago, they threw away the crockery he ate off out of fear of infection. When...

A middle-aged man has been arraigned and charged with stealing Bible at Naivas Supermarket worth Ksh1840.Augustine Wanyoni, who was arraigned at Milimani Law...

Government says Twitter has agreed to all the conditions it laid out for its operations in Nigeria.The Minister of State for Labour and Employment,...

A short video posted by 'Ghanaian museum' on Instagram shows Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah commissioning Tema Motorway to speed traffic between Accra...

Seven people, including a three-year-old, have died on Tanzania's Pemba island after eating poisonous turtle meat.Three others are still in the hospital.The meat is...

Flamboyant Kenyan pastor, Lucy Natasha, has announced her engagement to fellow preacher, Prophet Stanley Carmel. The founder of Empowerment Christian Church said ‘yes’ to Prophet Carmel during an...

Tanzanian socialite-turned-singer and baby mama of Tanzanian music star Diamond Platnumz, Hamisa Mobetto, has fueled rumors regarding her relationship with American rapper and record...

Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed —...

In a dramatic turn of events, a conniving man is alleged to have sold his own car only for him to steal it from...

A 16-year-old girl, who accused her father of rape in Port Harcourt, River State, has made a U-turn at the police station, claiming she...

A disgruntled elderly man reportedly set fire in the Lands Ministry offices in a city in Zimbabwe after accusing the government officials of corruption.The...

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations are investigating a robber who robbed an Uber driver and his passenger.Police officers say that the driver,...

Residents of Lessos area in Kwanza Constituency, Trans Nzoia County, woke up to shocking news of a Kenya Prisons warden who blew up his...

A housewife, Sule Nana, has been arrested for faking her own kidnap with the aim of getting money from her husband.Ekiti State Police Command in...

Kenya's Ministry of Health has stated its commitment to ensuring the condoms shortage in the country is addressed as soon as possible.This is after...