Police have arrested two witchdoctors in Mitooma district, Uganda for allegedly raping a female student of Kampala International University and stealing Shs2.9 million from...
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, was arrested Monday on drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Department of...
Three students were injured in Cameroon’s South-West region after a stampede broke out following a rumoured Covid-19 vaccination campaign, The Guardian Post newspaper has...
A pole-dancing champion from the UK hanged herself after struggling during lockdown, an inquest has heard.
Jessica Leanne Norris, 27, was found unresponsive at a...
The Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, says he is withdrawing his court case challenging the results of last month’s presidential election.
Bobi Wine, whose real...
Two women disguised themselves as "grannies" in a failed attempt to get a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida health officials said.
“So yesterday, we realised...
eSwatini’s King Mswati III says he has recovered from COVID-19 after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen sent antiviral medication to help him.
The small southern African...
Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, was ousted and killed in the 2011 uprising, but several of his family members survived.
A decade on, what has happened...
Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 as the continent praised for its early response to the pandemic now struggles with a dangerous...
The NASA Perseverance rover safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed at 3:55 p.m. ET Thursday.
The rover landed...
Six “ring leaders” of a “Ghana-based criminal enterprise” have been arrested in the United States (US) over $50m laundering charge, investigators have said.
“The scams...
Celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke, has been jailed 10 years by a United States (US) federal court for masterminding an $11 million cyber fraud...
An actress sacked over a Facebook post that attacked homosexuality has had her claim for discrimination, breach of contract, and harassment rejected.
Seyi Omooba, 26,...
South Africa will administer its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shot alongside health...
China has arrested the leader of a multi-million dollar scam that passed off saline solution and mineral water as Covid-19 vaccines.
The man, identified as...
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by China.
The consignment arrived on Monday morning in a Air Zimbabwe...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the resurgence of Ebola in West Africa and activated response efforts.
WHO’s Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti...
Another royal great-grandchild is on the way: Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are pregnant with their second child.
A spokesperson for the couple confirmed Sunday in a statement...
Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, has died after being knocked down in a hit-and-run accident, TMZ has reported.
Nassau County Police in New York said...
Nigerian security forces have detained at least 12 people following protests over the reopening of the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Saturday.
The toll...
A North Carolina man has been charged for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday.
David...
The Uganda army spokesperson has confirmed that one pilot died from a mishap involving a jet ranger on Thursday during a flight training session.
The...
Billionaire businessman and former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has raised alarm over alleged plan to take his life and...
International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China.
Peter Ben Embarek,...
A popular Cameroonian cross dresser known as Shakiro and two homosexuals have been sentenced to prison.
According to Cameroon News Agency, the court of first...
Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia.
They have discovered a virus that is a close...
Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19 after testing positive just a few weeks before her 117th birthday.
Sister André, a nun who was born in 1904, tested positive for...
U.S. President, Joe Biden, on Thursday issued a presidential memorandum aimed at expanding protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...
Two Christian men were publicly flogged today in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in a rare case of non-Muslims facing...
