Residents of Busia county in Kenya are decrying a shortage of government-supplied condoms.
The residents, a majority of whom are commercial sex workers in Busia...
An investigation has begun in Kenya after well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead by police at a roadblock on Sunday.
He was "fatally...
A 19-year-old Zambian woman has been arrested on charges of faking her own abduction.
The woman, whose identity has been withheld by police, is alleged...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested two suspected currency counterfeiters in Abuja.
A statement issued by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on...
President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has withdrawn controversial perks for cabinet ministers and their deputies that saw their homes supplied with free electricity...
A video making rounds on social media which captured an unseen woman breastfeeding puppies has stirred reactions online.
The woman is allegedly a Kenyan domestic...
Nigeria’s government has signed an agreement with US technology giant Microsoft to train five million people in digital technology.
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy,...
The Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, Right Reverend Jonas Benson Okoye, has dismissed five priests in his diocese over alleged insubordination.
The five...
Corruption Watch's investigative journalist, Francisca Enchill from Ghana and 24 distinguished journalists, have made the list of finalists for the 2022 edition of the...
In a shocking revelation, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has narrated how an...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confirmed the World Health Organization's (WHO) identification of four substandard medicinal products in The Gambia.
The four products...
The authorities in Zambia have charged a former health minister with corruption.
Chitalu Chilufya is accused of conspiracy to defraud the state $17m (£15m) over...
Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the presidency, following last week’s seizure of power by military officers.
A statement read on national television...
The Moroccan government has issued 10 permits for farmers to legally grow cannabis for industry and export for the first time.
Farmers in the northern...
A Nigerian boy has been killed by his brother while testing a newly-bought “bullet-proof” charm, police say.
The two believed they had “fortified themselves with...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says sexual harassment in the country’s universities has reached alarming proportions, and law and order agencies are rightly treating it...
The Ugandan President’s son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been dropped from his position as the commander of the country’s land forces.
He was however promoted to...
The authorities in Liberia say they have seized $100m (£88m) worth of cocaine in a suburb of the capital Monrovia.
The operation also involved officers...
Nigeria’s advertising regulator is suing Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – as well its local affiliate for 30bn naira (about $70m;...
Thirteen young women who were abducted by unknown people in Zambia have been rescued months after they disappeared.
The women, aged between 17 and 28,...
Single ladies in search of husbands recently attended a church service dressed in wedding gowns.
The christian ladies attended the church service dressed in wedding...
Burkina Faso's military leader, who was ousted in a coup on Friday, has formally agreed to step down, religious and community leaders said.
They said...
An army captain in Burkina Faso has announced on national television that he has ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba.
Ibrahim Traore cited Lt...
Mali's transitional authorities have received a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) for talks on the fate of 46 Ivorian...
Some emergency officials have shared more information on some of the victims of the building which collapsed in Lagos on Friday, September 23.
It was...
Police in Nigeria have arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper known for flaunting his wealth on social media.
Many knew John Lyon as a banker whose...
