Top Kenyan university closed as political tensions rise
Kenya’s top university has been closed following unrest and allegations from students of police brutality. It is the latest sign of the deepening tensions...
Uganda opposition MPs’ homes attacked
Suspected grenades have been used in attacks on the homes of two opposition MPs – one of them the singer-turned-politician known as Bobi Wine...
Teen couple suspended for ‘marriage proposal’ return to class
Education campaigners in South Africa have criticised a school for suspending two pupils after their marriage proposal on the school grounds, reports the Sowetan Live.The...
Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis resulted in 17 deaths – Amnesty
International rights group, Amnesty International, says it has independently confirmed that 17 people were killed during clashes between Cameroonian security forces and pro-independence protesters.The...
Australian boy fatally crushed by gym weights
An Australian teenager has died after being crushed by weightlifting equipment at a gym.
Ben Shaw, 15, was attempting to bench press almost 100kg (220...
Trump calls N Korea talks waste of time
US President Donald Trump has told his secretary of state that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with North Korea over its...
Cameroon bans pro-independence rallies in Anglophone area
Cameroon has banned public meetings and travel in a mainly English-speaking region ahead of a protest to demand independence for the area.The South-West region's...
IS posts ‘new tape of leader Baghdadi’
Islamic State militants have released what appears to be an audio recording of their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.A speaker who sounds like the IS...
Confused by Trump, North Korea contacts former US officials
The proverbial game of chicken between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has only escalated in recent months, but amid...
Gunmen kill 14 at Mexico drug rehabilitation Centre
At least 14 people have been killed and eight injured in an attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in the northern Mexican city of...
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for first time next year
Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced Tuesday, marking a significant expansion...
Blind female Ethiopian lawyer wins global award for promoting disability rights
A blind female Ethiopian lawyer has been named a joint winner of the 2017 Right Livelihood Award, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.The...
Conservatives accuse the Pope of spreading heresy
Several dozen conservative Catholic scholars and clergy have charged Pope Francis with spreading heresy, a bold but perhaps futile salvo against Francis and his...
Ex-US Rep sentenced to 21 months in teen ‘sexting’ case
Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Monday for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, setting...
Man arrested with 1kg of gold in his rectum
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle gold and jewellery weighing up to 1kg (2.2lb) hidden in his rectum.Customs...
North Korea accuses US of declaring war
North Korea’s foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country.
Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North...
Wole Soyinka to teach in South Africa
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says being a traveling teacher has become "a way of life" as he takes up a post as visiting professor...
North Korea accuses US of declaring war
North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country.Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North...
Merkel wins fourth term, exit polls say
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest.Her conservative CDU/CSU alliance has won 32.5% of...
Lady chops off lover’s p3nis to stop him from marrying another woman
26-year-old Irshad, will be living without his penis as his 30-year-old angry lover who lured him to a guest house in Kattipuram, India, after...
Couple discovers they are siblings after 24 years (photos)
A Pakistani couple united in an arranged marriage over 24 years ago recently learnt that they were in fact of the same parents, SMACK...
The politician who only showers every three days
How far would you go to save water?Well, for the head of a provincial government in South Africa, it seems there is no sacrifice...
Migrants missing after boat capsizes
At least 50 migrants are feared drowned after their boat ran out of fuel and capsized off the Libyan coast.The dinghy, which had been...
World’s richest woman dies at 94
Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L'Oreal, has died aged 94, her family has confirmed.A statement said she had died at home "peacefully"...
Kenya election result ‘not verified’
Kenya's Supreme Court has blamed the country's electoral commission (IEBC) for its decision to annul the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.The judges said the...
Dozens killed in huge Mexico quake
A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing at least 44 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City, officials say.The...
China hit by financial scam ‘epidemic’
Li Wenxing was starting a new life. In May, the young university graduate left his home in rural China on the offer of work...
Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality
Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say.
The 12 women and eight men were picked up...
Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia
Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia.
Snapchat said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove...
US considering closing its embassy in Cuba – Secretary of State
The US is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a "sonic attack".Secretary of State...
Murderers remove albino’s brain
A 17-year-old boy with albinism has been found with his brain missing after he was brutally murdered in Mozambique.A local resident in Tete in...
Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims as the president seeks to secure equal rights for the country's female population."Congratulations...
Girl suicide bomber kills 5 in Cameroon mosque
A young girl detonated a suicide bomb in a mosque in northern Cameroon early Wednesday, killing at least five worshippers and wounding others.The girl,...
Top African university probes degree cheats
One of Africa's most prestigious universities is investigating how 300 students managed to get their degree results changed.Uganda's Makerere University discovered that the students'...
Eight dead at US nursing home hit by Irma
Eight people at a Florida nursing home that was left without power for days after Hurricane Irma have died.Police evacuated 115 residents on Wednesday...
N Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’
North Korea has threatened the United States with the "greatest pain" it has ever suffered following new sanctions imposed by the United Nations.Pyongyang's envoy...
Boy, parents die in volcanic crater
A boy and his parents have died after falling into a volcanic crater at Solfatara near Naples.What happened is still unclear, but Italian reports...
North Korea slapped with new UN sanctions
China and Russia have joined a unanimous UN vote to impose new sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test.The council...
Australians urged to eat kangaroo meat
Landholders and ecologists in Australia are warning wild kangaroo levels have become unsustainable, urging Australians to eat more kangaroo meat.
Government figures show there were almost 45...
IS attack on Sinai convoy ‘kills 18 Egyptian police’
TweetAt least 18 policemen have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula claimed by so-called Islamic State, security sources...