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...
A cholera outbreak in Hajj camp where about 12,000 surrenders are currently kept in Maiduguri, Borno state's capital, has led to the death of about 25...
A 24-year-old man infected with Ebola has died in central Uganda in a fresh outbreak confirmed by health officials.
The health minister has told journalists...
Several African leaders were among hundreds of foreign dignitaries who attended the funeral of British Queen Elizabeth II in London.
Some 2,000 people gathered in...
A middle-aged woman was killed in an auto crash while chasing her husband and his alleged mistress in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Sunday.
It was...
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission has paid about $700,000 (£607,000) in compensation to victims of police brutality.
Fifty-eight people, mainly family members of victims of...
In his first day in office, Kenya’s President William Ruto gave orders to reverse some of the policies of his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta.
President Ruto...
Three Kitwe women have been arrested by police for circulating, what is now a viral, sex video with a mentally challenged man.
The incident occurred...
Nigerian comedian, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Ejekwu, popularly known as Oga Sabinus, was involved in an accident on Sunday morning.
According to reports, the accident occurred after...
