Tanzania's President Samia Hassan has ordered fresh training for pot-bellied immigration officers to make them more agile.
She made the remarks in Swahili on Monday,...
Eyinatayo Iluyomade, a 19-year-old Lagos-based comedian, has been arrested and charged to court for saying an expensive joke.
The skit maker was alleged to have...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded a 20-year-old man, Musa Salimon, at the Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly raping his friend’s...
At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the...
Deputy President, William Ruto has won Kenya's presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said, amid dramatic scenes.
He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga,...
There's growing anticipation that the much-awaited results of last week's Kenya presidential election will be known shortly.
Desks being used for the result verification process...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met families of passengers kidnapped during a train attack in late March in northern Nigeria.
It was the first time such...
Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce lower denominations of gold coins to allow ordinary people to purchase them, according to the state-owned newspaper The...
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has described anti-government protests in the country as acts of terrorism instigated by agitators living abroad.
About 130 people...
Anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Sierra Leone's opposition areas.
It has been reported that a number of officers and protesters have died.
Many Sierra...
Mali's interim President Col Assimi Goïta said he held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a post on Twitter, Mr Goïta...
Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country's youth minister told CNN on Thursday.
The officers, six...
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county.
Her father, Anyang Nyong’o,...
The President and Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has relieved his nephew, Dr Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren, of his position as the President...
People who refuse a marriage proposal in Mangalmé in north-eastern Chad must now pay a fine, known as "amchilini".
The region's Higher Islamic Council ruled...
Tanzanian police authorities have released the Nigerian music star, Kizz Daniel, born Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, hours after he was arrested.
He was detained at the Oysterbay Police...
A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced 20 Ghanaian fishermen to one-year imprisonment each for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka...
Nigeria’s government says it has banned the importation of Sim cards used in mobile phones.
Communications Minister Isa Pantami said at an industry conference on...
Two male adults were on Tuesday crushed to death during a fight at Oshodi-Oke inward Gbagada Expressway in Lagos State.
The incident occurred at day...
