Africa

A flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country touched down early Wednesday in Uganda where they will be given temporary...

A Zimbabwean lecturer, Dr Matthew Chiwaridzo, has declined an officer as a senior lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in...

Social media users have been thrown into disarray after photos of a woman getting married to her groom's photos popped up.The lady, believed to...

Allies of South Africa's graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma, who was jailed for contempt of court last month, on Tuesday pleaded with the public...

Founder of Winner’s Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has banned the use of earphones and others in his church, describing them as devil’s tools.According to...

Millions of Africans are at risk of contracting Covid-19 due to a lack of the most basic public health tools to protect themselves, including...

After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned...

Ghanaian celebrity tailor, Elikem Kumordzie, has asked his ex-wife, Zimbabwean socialite, Pokello Nare, to forgive him after their failed marriage.In his latest post...

Leaders in Nairobi are introducing new rules and regulations they say will keep Kenya’s capital clean and hygienic.The new rules and regulations were introduced...

A new law has been passed in Nairobi which prohibits blowing of nose without hankerchief or tissue in public. The new rules and regulations, which are aimed...

The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline...

As the saying goes, one man’s food is another man’s poison. That is what the case is like in the Bodi Tribe, Ethiopia. In...

A 34-year-old South African lesbian, Busisiwe Labi, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months imprisonment for killing her two children.Judge Belinda Hartle...

Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told Reuters on Thursday, adding that...

The Ugandan government said on Friday it had ordered more than 50 non-governmental organisations to suspend operations, a major escalation of its efforts to...

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has spoken out about living with diabetes for the last 35 years.President Obasanjo said many of his friends...

Two girls, aged two, burnt to death after they and another child were allegedly left home alone by a caregiver in a locked house...

Uganda’s constitutional court is scrapping a controversial anti-pornography law whose provisions included a ban on wearing miniskirts in public, in a decision hailed by...

A 22-year-old Kenyan house help has been charged with raping a 12-year-old boy for six months and forcing his five-year-old sister to have oral...

Tanzania’s former Finance Minister, Basil Mramba, has died at the age of 81 after being hospitalised with Covid-19 complications, his family says.He died on...

The women of South Sudan are demanding that they be promoted in the army, police, and other organised forces so that they can participate...

A desperate law graduate has taken to social media to publicly appeal that she needs help with getting a job.Zainab Aderonke Adeyemo shared...

A Kenyan man has handed his 25-year-old wife to the police for faking a pregnancy and later buying a baby to pretend she had...

One Joel Namasaka claimed his girlfriend turned into a goat while in bed with him at Mayuge village, Navakholo constituency in Kakamega county of...

The security in Equatorial Guinea is falling apart: the weak and underequipped army is not ready to confront the gathering outside forces ready to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has gone into self-isolation to observe the COVID-19 protocol required of anybody who comes in contact with a virus-positive person.The self-isolation...

South Africa’s jailed former President Jacob Zuma has undergone surgery and remains in hospital, prison officials say.The 79-year-old is due to have other procedures...

The Islamic police force in Kano, a Muslim-majority state in Nigeria, has raised eyebrows after it ordered shops to only use headless mannequins to...

Rwandan President and Arsenal fan, Paul Kagame, has vented his frustration at the club's shock defeat by a newly promoted club on the opening...

A man has left residents of Kinyach in Baringo North sub-county of Kenya in shock after being caught engaging in a sexual act with a cow.Jackson Kakugo,...

Sierra Leone is dropping the last three zeros from the face of its currency, the leone.According to the country’s central bank, the new currency...

A 39-year-old cleaner, identified as Sunday Julius, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his four daughters.Suspect Julius was arraigned for defiling his...

A lady, identified as Precious Iwuji, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly selling her photographs and facebook account to internet...

A video of church members praying in tongues to quench fire has gone viral on social media.Members belonging to the MFM Lagos Region 1...

Oil giant Shell will pay a Nigerian community $111m (£80m) over an oil spill more than 50 years ago.A spokesman said the payment would...

The Tanzanian government has issued a stern warning against men craving breastmilk which has severely impacted the health of their toddlers and spouses.This was...

A Kenyan police officer attached to Ngethu Water Treatment plant in Kiambu has committed suicide by setting himself ablaze.The incident occurred on Monday, August...

A Ghanaian judge in The Gambia, His Lordship Alexander Osei Tutu, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney-General to compensate an...

A Nairobi househelp, who stole her employer’s gold chains, cash, and mobile phone has, alongside his boyfriend, pleaded guilty to the theft charges.Rebecca Isiche...

One of the Nigerian schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants Boko Haram from the town of Chibok in 2014 has been freed and reunited with...