The West Africa Food Festival (WAFFEST) has over the past six years brought together stakeholders within the culinary profession.
It is the biggest regional food...
Two employees of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have been suspended for performing a ritual in their office.
The decision was taken after...
Dutch medical products maker Philips says it has reached a $1.1bn (£877m) deal to settle lawsuits in the US relating to potentially faulty breathing...
Fuel shortages that hit parts of Nigeria last week have escalated, bringing several businesses to a halt, including in commercial hub Lagos.
Public transport users...
Sierra Leone's Energy Minister Kanja Sesay resigned on Friday over a weeks-long electricity crisis, the same day the government announced it had paid some...
A fake doctor has been arrested after an X-ray blunder at a Hospitals in Zimbabwe.
Douglas Garikayi Mutoredzanwa’s audacious attempt at impersonation came crashing down...
There was drama after a wife stormed a Civil Court and stopped her husband’s secret wedding with another woman.
This incident unfolded when the husband,...
118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre after a downpour on Wednesday night, April 24, caused extensive damage to the facility.
This...
The Tanzanian government has denied allegations that villagers have been subjected to abuses, including forced evictions, as part of a project to expand a...
A residential building that was under construction in Ethiopia’s capital city has collapsed, killing seven people sleeping in a house next door.
The disaster happened...
Renowned anti-HIV/AIDS crusader Asunta Wagura has welcomed twin girls at the age of 60, becoming a mother of seven children.
Taking to her Facebook page...
Ghana is grappling with an alarming increase in the number of children not receiving age-appropriate vaccinations, as revealed by recent data released by the...
The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African...
President Akufo-Addo has expressed concern about the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and...
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has said that the Finance Ministry’s decision to put all of the Electricity Company...
At least 58 people have died in the Central African Republic after the overcrowded ferry carrying them capsized, say officials.
Most of the 300 people...
Togo's parliament has given final approval to a new constitution extending the President's term, after critics denounced the move as a coup.
The West African...
Mr. Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, stated last Friday that efforts are underway to ensure Ghanaians have uninterrupted...
Finance Minister Dr Mohammed Amin Adam has revealed that the bilateral creditors through the Official Creditor Committee have shared the draft document on Ghana’s...
The South African community is reeling in shock after thugs hijacked a Toyota Quantum carrying corpses to funeral grounds.
According to police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela...
Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and...
A 29-year-old man, Hillary Rambakupetwa, found himself in legal trouble as he stood before the Bindura Magistrates’ court facing allegations of robbery.
On April 10,...
Kenya’s military chief, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president said.
Ogolla –...
More than 40 toddlers were taken to hospital in South Africa on Monday after mistaking rat poison for sweets.
"Upon medical examination, 17 were admitted...
