Burundi's president-elect, 52-year-old Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is expected to be sworn in Thursday, is highly regarded as a "humble" and "religious" man.
He was among...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients.
Data from...
South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...
A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in...
As various campaigns against rape heighten, Ugandan media personality, Faith Mulungi, has claimed that a mother hired thugs to rape and humble her daughter...
The police in Zamfara state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala, who allegedly raped and murdered his elder brother’s wife, Hauwau Iliyasu.
The state police...
Four staff members working in the office of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta have tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the presidency says.
All four...
In Kenya, more claims have emerged of the police using heavy-handed techniques to enforce the country’s Coronavirus curfew.
The BBC's investigation series, Africa Eye, has...
Some 717 rape cases were recorded in Nigeria between January and May 2020, the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Muhammad, has revealed.
Speaking to State House...
Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, has expressed his pain of seeing educated black youth being "instruments" of white people.
In a short clip shared...
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered an investigation into a shooting incident inside the grounds of his official residence involving security guards.
The incident reportedly...
A woman in Kenya's eastern town on Makueni has been hospitalised after being attacked by her ex-husband with a machete.
Local media reports have quoted...
The Central Region has recorded a total of three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (3,198) teen pregnancies from January to May this year.
According to...
A 21-year-old man identified as Zuozoa, from Agudama-Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been arrested and is cooling off...
Three police officers in Kenya have been arrested after one of them was filmed apparently dragging a 21-year-old woman tied to a motorcycle.
Accusing her...
Africa will have a “steady increase” in COVID-19 cases until a vaccine is developed and strong public health measures are needed in current “hotspots”...
Nigerian prosecutors have decided not to press charges against a 15-year-old girl detained after killing a man who had attempted to rape her.
Police said...
Africa has now confirmed over 200,000 coronavirus cases across all 54 countries, according to latest statistics from the Africa Center for Disease Control and...
Denise Nkurunziza, the widow of Burundi’s late president, returned home from receiving medical treatment in Kenya hours after the announcement of her husband’s death,...
Nigerian clergyman, Reverend David Okechukwu, led members of his church to pray and also stage a peaceful protest over the deplorable state of Ohanku...
Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament has agreed to extend the prime minster and government’s term in office beyond October because elections have been delayed.
Polls...
