Ugandan police have arrested one Harriet Nassali, a housewife, for allegedly beheading her husband, Siraje Kavuma, and digging a grave in their matrimonial bedroom...
A senior press secretary to Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said on Monday evening that the president’s car came under attack by opposition supporters...
A 17-year-old girl, Ramatu Tafida, has cut off the manhood of her fiance, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa state.
The Nigeria...
The heads of the public land agency and the state railways ministry in Kenya have been arrested on corruption charges over land allocation, Reuters reported...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has filed a legal challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent election victory.
Mr Chamisa says he has evidence to...
A little girl's plight has left people outraged after photos of her badly bruised back were shared online.
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Police in the Gambia have confirmed the arrest of six prison guards in connection with a prison break last week.
Authorities, meanwhile, continue to hunt...
A 25-year-old woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly refusing to breastfeed her baby unless she was paid by her husband.
Faith Nyokabi abandoned her 4-month-old...
A Kenyan mortuary has been forced to recall a total of five bodies which they released after one disappears mysteriously.
Upon embarking on a fruitless...
Nigeria’s acting president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has terminated the appointment of the Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura.
The decision to fire the...
Former Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has been sued by lawyers who represented her in several court cases involving a $1,2 million diamond ring...
On the eve of Ivory Coast’s 58th independence day celebrations, president Alassane Ouattara has announced presidential pardon to about 800 prisoners.
Among those to be...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid is facing a growing challenge as members of his party defect to the opposition and support diminishes in...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, according to the country's electoral commission.
With all 10 provinces declared, Mr Mnangagwa won 50.8% of votes...
A Ugandan pastor based in the U.S, has reportedly committed suicide in Massachusetts after engagement photographs of the girlfriend he left only a month...
Businesses have shut in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, as the nation awaits results from the heavily disputed presidential election.
Armed soldiers and police are on patrol,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a new leader in the person of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari.
The leadership of the bloc...
A journalist working for the BBC has come under fire this week after he was accused of falsifying information about rape in Diepsloot.
The documentary alleges...
Zimbabwe is awaiting the results of its landmark elections, with both frontrunners saying they are confident.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had received "extremely positive"...
Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to...
An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013.
The...
Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe has given a surprise press conference on the eve of the nation's elections.
Mr Mugabe said he would not support his...
Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Saturday its coast guard rescued 334 migrants from 17 dinghies in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea.
The...
A constitutional court in Uganda has validated a constitutional amendment that removes an age limit for the country’s leader, clearing the way for long-serving...
Democratic Republic of Congo Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga has announced that the Ebola outbreak in the country's Équateur province is over after 42...
Sierra Leone police have warned journalists and media organisations against broadcast of ‘misleading, disrespectful and inciting’ statements, which it says have the potential to...
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra.
A press release...
A suspected thief was severely beaten after he was caught stealing bibles at a store in Anambra state on Wednesday.
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