An Australian woman on trial for murder says she threw up the toxic mushroom meal which killed her relatives, after binge-eating dessert.
Erin Patterson has...
Mali has suspended artisanal gold mining activities during the June to September rainy season to protect workers from landslides, the West African country's mines...
Kenya's President William Ruto has publicly apologised to Tanzania following days of tension between the neighbouring countries.
Some Kenyans on social media have been targeting...
Nollywood actor Godwin Nnadiekwe has been hospitalised with internal bleeding after being kicked in the chest by fellow actor Zubby Michael during a film...
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The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months...
Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prompting protests from the opposition who said the move...
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivered a speech at the Cambridge Africa Business Conference, rallying a global audience around Africa’s digital awakening.
Declaring that...
Mali's military government announced on Tuesday that it has dissolved all political parties in the West African country.
Mamani Nassire, the minister of political reforms,...
Edelman Africa launched its Regional Advisory (ERA) team, comprised of senior industry veterans and communications advisors spread across North, East, West, Central, and Southern...
President John Mahama has advised African leaders to adopt a new public debt management agenda to develop the continent and improve the wellbeing of...
A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation...
South African park rangers and a local wildlife organisation rescued more than 80 vultures from a mass poisoning in the country's Kruger National Park...
The Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining has urged the government to extend its excavator tracking system nationwide to enhance efforts in curbing illegal mining,...
Nine Zimbabwean women have been arrested in Harare for allegedly advertising massage services with “happy endings,” which are considered violations of the Criminal Law...
The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter.
Kelly...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been sworn in as the first-ever Chairman of the Council of Ministers, assuming the highest executive position in the...
An INTERPOL-led police operation in West Africa has uncovered approximately 150 stolen vehicles, most of them from Canada, as part of a sweeping two-week...
Mali's military leader, Gen Assimi Goïta, has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next five years.
The 41-year-old,...
Leading human rights organisations have renewed calls for investigations into the killing of protesters by Kenya's security forces during demonstrations against a rise in...
A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces.
Local media report that a...
Namibia's agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago.
Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly...
The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points over the next five years, reaching 2027.
The World Bank...
Benin's government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country's north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso...
