A wealthy businessman with a reputation for being frugal, Peter Obi has emerged as a powerful force ahead of February's Nigeria's presidential election, energising...
Kenya’s parliament has ordered an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations revealed in a BBC report.
Lawmaker Beatrice Kemei said she watched...
Instagram and Facebook users will now be able to pay for a blue tick verification, parent company Meta has announced.
Meta Verified will cost $11.99...
A municipality in South Africa says it will charge its staff members for misconduct after pictures surfaced on social media showing them sitting and...
Three people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.
More than 680 people...
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.
Turkey's disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced the largest-ever allocation from its Central Emergency Fund.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the AU...
The US will repatriate nearly $1m (£840,000) to Nigeria which were embezzled by the former governor of an oil-producing state, the US Justice Department...
South Africa is due to start a joint military exercise with Russia and China.
The naval drills coincide with the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion...
Qatar plans to send 10,000 cabins and caravans from last year’s World Cup to provide shelter for survivors of the Turkish earthquakes, officials said.
The gas-rich...
A Kenyan senator was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign.
Gloria...
The management of Christian Atsu has provided an update on the ongoing rescue mission in Turkey to locate the player from the tragic earthquake.
The...
An award-winning German ballet director has been suspended after smearing dog faeces on a critic’s face.
Marco Goecke was apparently furious about a review of...
Few natural phenomena, when captured on lens, can leave one breathless and astonished. With easy availability of advanced cameras and constant access to social...
A family of five were pulled from the rubble to safety in Turkey’s Gaziantep province earlier today five days after Monday’s earthquake, according to...
When Ethiopian university student Moti Dereje logged into his Facebook account in late November 2018, he was expecting to see the usual updates from...
More than 20,000 people are now known to have died after Monday’s earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria.
Turkey’s disaster and emergency management authority...
