The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
Launched in 2012, the program began as a $500 million initiative to...
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...
A 21-year-old Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her sister to death after learning she had been flirting with...
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...
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...
Former President John Mahama is in Virginia, USA to address the 500 CEO Summit organised by Liberty University, the largest Christian University in the...
A woman identified as a Republic Airways flight attendant was arrested Monday at Reagan National Airport after authorities said she took a passenger’s bracelet...
Twitter has agreed — once again — to Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for $54.20 a share.
In a statement, Twitter confirmed it had received Musk’s...
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...
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,...
North Korea has fired a suspected intermediate range ballistic missile over part of northern Japan.
It prompted a warning from the Japanese government for people...
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...
Just four months after the verdict was rendered, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial is set to be sensationalized even further with a new movie, and EW...
Hanan Erdidi’s husband has made a life-changing decision. The night before we meet in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, he told her he was leaving.
Smugglers have...
A Ghanaian footballer based in the United States, Eugene Quaynor has died.
The 23-year-old was involved in a car accident on Wednesday, September 28, 2022,...
Meghan Markle wanted to be seen as a princess, which is likely why she and Prince Harry requested to reside at Windsor Castle after marrying.
Prince...
New coins featuring the portrait of King Charles III have been revealed, with a 50p carrying his image entering general circulation within weeks.
BBC News...
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...
Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, her death certificate has revealed.
The document, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, says the late...
A female civil servant’s response to a schoolgirl’s request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India.
The teenager made the request at a...
Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and...
Colombian music star Shakira will stand trial in a Spanish court for allegations of tax fraud amounting to €14.5m (£12.9m).
A Barcelona court has ordered...
Apple has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the technology conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte, from its App Store globally.
In...
